Newsgathering

When a major story breaks the UK’s available satellite uplink fleet congregates from all corners of the country.  As Europe’s largest uplink supplier, SIS LIVE is also the only company with multiple regional bases throughout the UK and Europe.  So it’s a good bet that one of our uplinks will be the first on the scene.

80 per cent of live news feeds across the UK are delivered by SIS LIVE. We provide mobile uplinks to all the major UK broadcasters – BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, GMTV and Sky.

Election 2010

Our huge fleet of uplink trucks allowed us to provided unprecedented news coverage for all the major UK news providers, supplying 70 uplink vehicles and a vast amount of satellite capacity on election night throughout the UK.  See SIS LIVE election coverage 2010 press release

As well as SNG services, we also supplied satellite uplink engineers, camera and sound operators and support crew.  

 Testimonials from some of our clients:

Jackie Faulkner, Head of Operations, Sky News, says: “SIS LIVE offered us a great service with our contract trucks, additional trucks and double crewing which enabled us to offer the first ever UK election coverage in HD.  We brought viewers all the important action and results as they happened from all corners of the UK”

Malcolm Smith, Head of ITN Newsgathering Operations, says: “We are delighted with the support SIS LIVE gave us across the country covering this most dramatic election. They have helped us to deliver live and up to minute coverage during the campaign and for our overnight results programme using a range of facilities from uPod SNG vehicles to video over IP solutions.”

Paul Stevenson, Director of Technical Operations and Technology for News Operations at ITV, says: “Our teams worked with SIS LIVE to bring our viewers unprecedented coverage of the election from across the UK, with uPod uplinks relaying reports back for the best UK regional coverage and inserts into the national news.”