V.Ships Norway Subscribes to KVH linkHUB Service Providing Quality Movie and TV Entertainment for Seafarers
June 03 2021 - 2:00AM
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced today that V.Ships
Norway has signed up 12 oil tankers for KVH linkHUB, an onboard
media player that provides a library of hundreds of hours of
licensed premium digital entertainment content from KVH MOVIElink™
and TVlink™ services.
V.Ships Norway initially trialed the service on one oil tanker
and, following positive feedback from the crew, recently rolled it
out to a total of 12 tankers.KVH MOVIElink services feature new
Hollywood and Bollywood releases curated with seafarers in mind, as
well as films from European, Pan-American, and Asian studios,
including films in Tagalog and Hindi. KVH TVlink services include
full seasons of popular hit television series. The content is
licensed from copyright holders for crew viewing.
“There is an increasing focus on seafarer wellbeing especially
during this past year as crews have had to endure the pandemic,
which continues to make life at sea very stressful and uncertain,”
says Tine Ugland, senior crew management partner, V.Ships Norway
AS. “At the same time there has been a rapid move towards digital
solutions, precipitated in part by the pandemic, with increased
onboard crew demand for access to entertainment. KVH linkHUB
provided the solution we needed: up-to-date licensed content in a
compact, easy to install media player that did not require
specialist installation. It enabled a fleet rollout to be completed
quickly and easily.”“On the vessel, everybody likes linkHUB for its
flexibility and subtitles in various languages,” says Capt.
Krzysztof Broka, master of oil tanker M/T Nordic Vega. “In addition
to the crew deck, we are extending the service to the officers’
deck, officers’ day room, and crew day room so all living spaces on
the vessel have access and signal reach to the content for seafarer
wellbeing.”Compactness and Wi-Fi access across living spaces are
key to KVH linkHUB’s usability. Measuring only 20 x 20 x 9 cm, the
linkHUB set-top box can be located on almost any shelf or tabletop
and connected using HDMI cabling to any onboard TV. Multiple TV
sets can be connected to the linkHUB media player if desired. No
Internet connection is necessary and a Wi-Fi access point is
available should ship operators permit their seafarers to view
movies and TV programs on their laptops and personal devices.“At
KVH, we recognized that not all ship operators and owners could
easily provide news and entertainment content to their fleets due
to complexities in dealing with a variety of satellite providers or
a lack of VSAT broadband capability,” says Anthony Pike, KVH vice
president of finance and operations, EMEA. “With our decades of
experience in providing crew content in the form of videos, DVDs,
and, in the 1960s, with reel-to-reel movie nights on the deck of a
ship, we created the KVH linkHUB digital solution to provide crews
with licensed premium content without the need for an Internet
connection. It is incredibly easy to upload new selections from top
Hollywood, Bollywood, Filipino, and international studios by simply
inserting the linkHUB content drive provided by KVH into the
linkHUB server.”For fleets with a mix of VSAT providers across
vessels, KVH linkHUB enables a shipowner to provide content for all
of the vessels in the fleet. For vessels with KVH’s VSAT service,
KVH also offers KVH Link, a digital content platform delivering
news, sports, entertainment, and operations content via satellite
with no impact on vessel data plans or Internet connectivity
speeds.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
BroadbandSM network, KVH Watch® maritime IoT solutions, and
AgilePlans® Connectivity as a Service. The company’s KVH Media
Group provides news, sports, and entertainment content through such
brands as NEWSlink™ and SPORTSlink™.Note to Editors: For more
information about KVH linkHUB, please visit the KVH website,
https://www.kvh.com/support/linkhub-support. 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, with innovative technology designed 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, MOVIElink, TVlink, TracPhone, TracVision,
mini-VSAT Broadband, KVH Watch, AgilePlans, NEWSlink, and
SPORTSlink. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective companies.
For further information, please
contact:Jill ConnorsSr. Manager, Media & Industry
Analyst RelationsKVH Industries, Inc.Tel: +1 401 851
3824jconnors@kvh.com
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