KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI), has announced that its content
delivery service IP-MobileCastTM now includes high-resolution
updates from Applied Weather Technology (AWT), a leading marine
weather service provider, as a standard feature. Subscribing
vessels will receive global weather data four times per day via the
KVH mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network without incurring any data
transmission costs.
This standard feature is now available to all KVH mini-VSAT
Broadband customers who also are licensed users of AWT’s Bon Voyage
System (BVS®), a leading onboard application for weather rendering
and voyage optimization. To begin receiving the AWT weather
updates, mini-VSAT Broadband customers need only subscribe at no
monthly charge to the FORECASTlinkTM channel of KVH’s IP-MobileCast
service.
“As a weather-based, ship routing and vessel performance
company, AWT is excited by this opportunity. We can deliver
high-resolution weather data at every six-hour forecast interval,
while collecting ship data from our customers for performance
optimization,” says Haydn Jones, AWT’s CEO.
The ability to provide weather data updates with no data
transmission costs is made possible by KVH’s IP-MobileCast
multicast communications protocol, a technology launched by KVH in
2014. The IP-MobileCast service also features news, entertainment,
training, and sports content for subscribing vessels at sea without
affecting data transmission speeds or vessel communications
performance.
“We are thrilled to be working with AWT to enable vessels to
receive such high-quality weather information around the clock via
our FORECASTlink channel,” says Martin Kits van Heyningen, KVH’s
CEO. “Weather data gives vessel operators essential information for
voyage planning and route optimization, critical to their bottom
lines, especially during these challenging economic times. This is
one more way that our breakthrough IP-MobileCast service is
transforming the maritime industry.”
KVH’s IP-MobileCast content delivery service is a vital aspect
of the overall integrated maritime solution offered by KVH, which
is addressing the needs of the maritime industry in a unique way.
KVH’s solution includes the mini-VSAT Broadband satellite network,
which provides broadband connectivity to thousands of vessels
worldwide; the TracPhone® V-IP series advanced satellite
communications antenna systems; leading marine content from KVH
Media Group and VideotelTM; and, the KVH OneCareTM comprehensive
global support program. Taken together, the company refers to the
complete solution under the Power of OneTM banner.
To showcase KVH’s new FORECASTlink feature, AWT will be
demonstrating BVS as part of the ongoing presentations of
IP-MobileCast in KVH Stand 1.218 at Posidonia, the international
shipping exhibition taking place in Athens, Greece, this week.
Note to Editors: For more information about AWT, please visit
the website, www.awtworldwide.com. For more information about
IP-MobileCast and KVH’s complete maritime solution, please visit
the IP-MobileCast website, www.ipmobilecast.com, and the mini-VSAT
Broadband website, www.kvh.com/one. High-resolution images of KVH
products are available at the KVH Press Room Image Library,
www.kvh.com/press-room/image-library.
About AWTApplied Weather Technology, Inc.
(AWT), a StormGeo Company, is an industry leader with 50,000 ship
voyages routed annually, award-winning fleet management tools, and
more than 5,500 ships using its BVS onboard route optimization
system. Its weather routing, marine weather forecasts, and other
products are designed to help shipowners, charterers, operators,
fleet managers, and captains identify the safest, most
fuel-efficient routes for their fleets. Our goal is to make
shipping smarter, safer, and more profitable while reducing
environmental impact.
About KVH Industries, Inc.KVH Industries is a
leading provider of in-motion satellite TV and communications
systems, having designed, manufactured, and sold more than 200,000
mobile satellite antennas for applications on vessels, vehicles,
and aircraft. KVH is also a leading news, music, and entertainment
content provider to many industries including maritime, retail, and
leisure. Videotel, a KVH company, is a market-leading provider of
training films, computer-based training and e-Learning. KVH is
based in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and
manufacturing operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL.
The company’s global presence includes offices in Belgium, Brazil,
Cyprus, Denmark, Hong Kong, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway,
Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
KVH, IP-MobileCast, FORECASTlink, TracPhone,
Videotel, KVH OneCare, and Power of One are trademarks of KVH
Industries, Inc. mini-VSAT Broadband is a service mark of KVH
Industries, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
For further information, please contact:
Jill Connors, Media & Communications Manager
KVH Industries, Inc.
Tel: +1 401 851 3824
jconnors@kvh.com
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