The video transmission product company Vemotion has announced a marketing and manufacturing partnership with 360 Vision Technology. The 360 Vision Predator camera can use Vemotion transmission technology.
As announced by Thirsk-based Vemotion CEO Director Stewart McCone and Runcorn-based 360’s Sales Manager Adrian Kirk, the relationship will see 360’s VT Predator cameras with the option of Vemotion transmission, plus access to Vemotion’s compression technology, able to send images even over low bandwidth connections such as GPRS and 3G, the makers say.
Stewart McCone, CEO of Vemotion, pictured right, said: “We have been working on a potential link up with 360 Vision for some time now so we are delighted to be finally able to make this partnership public. It’s no secret the Predator is a class leading camera while Vemotion has the best transmission architecture, so bringing the two together makes sense for us and the industry and we are very excited about what the future holds. We have already manufactured an extended collar to carry the VB-20 and several scenarios have been envisaged where customers will benefit from the best of both sides of the CCTV world coming together in this way.”
And Adrian Kirk, Sales Manager for 360 Vision, pictured left, said: “It is great to be working with Stewart and Vemotion, to announce such a significant partnership. As you would imagine there has been a lot of negotiation and behind the scenes work involved, over many months, so it is just very pleasing to see all this hard work come to fruition. Predator and Vemotion combined is big news and together we will be a unique and powerful force in the industry, particularly in challenging, modern open space environments.”
The companies point to uses where fixed infrastructure is too expensive, fibre is not an option, or where there is a real need to be able to deploy assets at a moment’s notice.
Stewart McCone added: “Local authorities and others are confronting the unavailability of a fibre backbone in remote areas, while those that do have it are often finding leasing costs prohibitive. Together, Vemotion and 360 Vision can now solve such struggles at a stroke.”
Vemotion says that its wireless video transmission can deliver live CCTV footage from almost any remote location. CCTV cameras can be set up in isolated areas and transmit images to a command centre anywhere; and doesn’t rely on a fast broadband connection it is claimed. Vemotion adds that it has been working with the Gendarmerie in France for the last five years and has helped police chiefs make informed decisions using live video during everything from G20 Summits, D-Day Celebrations, the UK leg of the Tour de France, and the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow.
360 Vision’s Predator in use by police and at prisons, utility and Ministry of Defence sites. With infrared and high intensity white light onboard, Predator offers colour images in total darkness and is effective up to 100m, the makers claim.
Stewart McCone likened it to Microsoft and Apple announcing a partnership. “Since we have the best technology and they have the best hardware, it just makes sense for us and for customers to see the two work in tandem together. Good news for us, good news for the industry and bad news for bad guys.”
