Danish broadcaster TV 2 employed ultra-low latency live video contribution over a private 5G network during its coverage of the Danish general elections.
TV 2 broadcast its coverage of the election from the Danish parliament in Copenhagen, which meant it had to deal with limited public network connectivity.
It employed a non-public 5G standalone “network in a box” from Neutral Wireless for live coverage inside and outside of the building, as well as technology from Haivision, including the company’s Haivision Pro460 mobile transmitter and Haivision StreamHub receiver and decoder.
Live video was captured by two television cameras mounted with Haivision Pro460 mobile transmitters and sent to a Haivision StreamHub receiver over 5G. The live video was then decoded by StreamHub and delivered to TV 2’s Copenhagen production facility over a dedicated fibre network.
According to Haivision, initial tests demonstrated end-to-end latency of less than 100 milliseconds from the parliament building to the production facilities.
“The election coverage proved to be a huge success as our goal was to follow the results as closely as possible and reliably transmit coverage in real-time,” said Morten Brandstrup, head of news technology, TV 2 Denmark. “Haivision video transmitters were easy to deploy and worked seamlessly over our private 5G network, allowing us to achieve low latency transmission without compromising reliability or quality.”
