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Episode 017: Tactical Streaming For Drones During Public Safety Operations with Fred Poole and Matthew McEwen (TVU Networks)


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Charles Werner, your host, welcomes representatives from TVU Networks to discuss tactical streaming for drones during public safety operations. Fred Poole, Director of Government Markets for TVU Networks, and Matthew McEwen, Vice President of Product Management also at TVU, are accompanying Charles to today’s episode to share their knowledge about streaming and the different solutions that are currently available in the market.

 

Key Takeaways:

[1:14] Fred Poole introduces himself and talks about his professional journey.

[2:02] Matt McEwen talks about his career path.

[2:56] Fred talks about how public safety is approaching tactical streaming and the different solutions available.

[4:56] Matthew shares about streaming and its application to drones.

[6:48] Fred shares an exemplifying experience.

[8:18] Fred provides examples of specific incidents related to public safety.

[10:15] Matthew provides examples pertaining to firesites.

[12:40] Why have Fred and Matthew been chosen to do their jobs? They give an answer while explaining the coincidences between media (sporting events and news) and public safety.

[18:22] What makes this more of a tactical streaming compared to a typical streaming?

[19:30] Reliability over latency.

[20:25] Matthew explains their unique technology called aggravation to achieve carrier diversity.

[25:42] How do you know that your streams are going out?

[26:20] What is it like to set up TVU Networks in the field?

[27:59] Fred and Matthew dive deep into streaming and how it actually works.

[29:58] The user can decide if they want the streaming encrypted or not.

[31:04] 15 years in the broadcast space gives TVU Networks their unique skills.

[32:10] Are consumers pleasantly surprised about how easy it is to use TVU networks?

[32:55] It is easy to expand the system since everything is uploaded to a cloud.

 

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Airborne International Response Team

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