KVH Launches KVH Link, New Digital Content Service for Seafarers and Commercial Fleets
January 22 2020 - 2:00AM
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced today that it has
launched KVH Link, a new digital content service that addresses two
pressing needs in commercial maritime: News and entertainment
content to improve crew wellbeing and operations data to optimize
vessel performance.
Building on KVH’s past experience providing content for crew
wellbeing and its patented IP-MobileCastTM technology for content
delivery, KVH Link provides timely and popular news, sports,
movies, TV, music, karaoke, podcasts, documentaries, trending
social videos, and more in a sleek new user interface designed with
digital natives in mind. “There is an increasing focus on seafarer
wellbeing as the foundation of safe, efficient operations,” says
Mark Woodhead, KVH’s executive vice president for mobile
connectivity. “At the same time, crew welfare is going digital,
with increased onboard demand for access to popular content. With
our decades of experience in providing crew content—starting in the
1960s with reel-to-reel movie nights on the deck of a ship—to our
history of mobile tech innovation, KVH is uniquely suited to
deliver a digital content platform for today’s seafarer.” KVH Link
crew wellbeing content includes: NEWSlinkTM hundreds of daily
news stories, clips, and shows in the most popular languages among
seafarers; SPORTSlinkTM news and video sports highlights from
teams around the world, sports talk shows, and documentaries;
MOVIElinkTM early release movies and classics from Hollywood
to Bollywood and independent studios; TVlinkTM full seasons of
popular hit television series; and MUSIClinkTM more than 15
genres of music radio, podcasts, karaoke, and more. KVH Link
content is licensed from copyright holders for crew viewing.
Accessible for group viewing on a vessel TV screen or on seafarers’
personal devices, KVH Link features intuitive online navigation to
enable users to quickly find the audio, text, and video content
they want. The service is available as a monthly content
subscription package incurring no data delivery charge. In
developing the KVH Link service, KVH built on its experience with
the IP-MobileCast content delivery service it introduced in 2014,
which features patented technology for delivering cybersecure,
encrypted multimedia content to vessels with mini-VSAT
BroadbandTM connectivity.
KVH also announced KVH linkHUB, a new service that provides
entertainment content via secure, encrypted content drives to
vessels that do not have KVH mini-VSAT Broadband connectivity, or
to mixed fleets with a variety of satellite providers.
“Today, all vessels in a fleet need news and entertainment
content even when several different satellite connectivity vendors
are involved,” says Mr. Woodhead. “With KVH Link and linkHUB, we
can deliver terrific content to every vessel in the fleet.”KVH Link
also encompasses operations data services delivered by
IP-MobileCast to address commercial fleets’ need to optimize vessel
performance. The KVH Link operations solutions include
CHARTlinkTM fast, secure delivery of ECDIS-compliant
chartsets; FORECASTlinkTM high-resolution, global-scale
weather forecasts delivered four times per day; and
YOURlinkTM delivery of customer-generated content to promote
crew safety and corporate values. KVH is a mobile tech innovator
that provides connectivity solutions for commercial maritime,
leisure marine, and land mobile applications on vessels and
vehicles, including the award-winning TracPhone® and TracVision®
product lines, the global mini-VSAT Broadband network, and
AgilePlans® Connectivity as a Service (CaaS). Note to Editors: For
more information about KVH Link, please visit the KVH website,
kvh.com/link. High-resolution images of KVH products are available
at the KVH Press Room Image Library,
kvh.com/Press-Room/Image-Library.
About KVH Industries, Inc.KVH Industries, Inc.,
is a global leader in mobile connectivity and inertial navigation
systems, innovating to enable a mobile world. A market leader in
maritime VSAT, KVH designs, manufactures, and provides connectivity
and content services globally. KVH is also a premier manufacturer
of high-performance sensors and integrated inertial systems for
defense and commercial applications. Founded in 1982, the company
is based in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and
manufacturing operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL,
and more than a dozen offices around the globe.
KVH Industries, Inc.,
has used, registered, or applied to register its trademarks in the
U.S.A. and other countries around the world, including but not
limited to the following marks: KVH, IP-MobileCast, NEWSlink,
SPORTSlink, MOVIElink, TVlink, MUSIClink, mini-VSAT Broadband,
CHARTlink, FORECASTlink, YOURlink, TracPhone, TracVision, and
AgilePlans. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective companies.
For further
information, please contact:Jill ConnorsMedia Relations
& Industry Analyst ManagerKVH Industries, Inc.Tel: +1 401 851
3824jconnors@kvh.com
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