Streambox, Inc. has expanded its presence in the Pacific Rim with the opening of a new office in Tokyo. Streambox Japan will allow the company to concentrate sales efforts on new opportunities in the Japanese market for its IP video transport and acquisition platform, as well as to provide optimum support for its Japanese customer base. 

One such Japanese customer is NHK. The broadcaster recently adopted the Streambox® SBT3-9500 video transport solution for IP-based newsgathering from a number of locations around the world that have traditionally proved challenging for contribution of high-quality video, due to network limitations. NHK deployed the small-form-factor hybrid HD/SD encoders to its field reporters and foreign bureaus along with video management and playout systems at its Tokyo-based headquarters.

Based on Streambox's ACT-L3™ technology, the Streambox® Live™ service enables broadcasters and citizen reporters to transmit live video streams to broadcast studios through 3G, 4G, wired and wireless networks to Internet-based Streambox® Live™ Data Centers. The Streambox® Live™ service interoperates seamlessly with Streambox's platform of SD and HD broadcast-quality video encoders and decoders, as well as its complete line of broadcast and distribution servers.