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THE Zane Rencken tribute rally saw the first live streaming by LiveU, an award-winning audiovisual company that is changing how the world views sport.
Sales manager and former Epworth girl Tumi Langa said LiveU supported the regional race in KZN to show the rally world the next level of spectating.
“For the drivers, rally racing presents a lot of intense action and requires super-quick reactions, but for the fans, a rally boils down to long waits interspersed with a flash of car followed by a cloud of dust.
“LiveU changes all this by putting the fan in the car using a small camera and our proprietary hardware that streams the visual content with only a 1,4-second delay to screens around the world, or in the case of the tribute rally, to the screens of the Dalton Farmers’ Hall. The stream is also captured for highlights editing,” Langa said.
She said that LiveU’s patented bonding and video transport technology have set the industry standard for live video production, and have already brought surfing and mountain biking to big and small screens in the Ballito Pro and the Cape Epic.
“This same technology is available for use with any camera through a web-based portal, giving high-quality, live video directly to social media and online video providers.
“Basically, LiveU enables events of all sizes to acquire and share live video reliably to screens of all sizes, from giant screens on site to Facebook Live and YouTube,” Langa said.
