Our value proposition of performance, reliability, and unrivaled video quality over low data rate IP networks are key differentiators for Streambox customers in fields as diverse as newsgathering, emergency response, and distance learning.

Houses of worship share many of the same requirements for video transport and acquisition as our broadcast and government clients and they are increasingly tapping Streambox for interactive video worship capabilities. Customers tell us that our live and file-based solutions facilitate an enhanced worship experience.

As congregations grow, and possibly outgrow their facilities, churches have a variety of video technology options available to them as they build community and extend their reach. Learn more about these options in our contributed article, Interactive Worship Over IP, in Church Production Magazine.

You may also want to listen to our recent podcast on Streaming Technologies for Houses of Worship featured in Church Production Magazine on May 8, 2008.

On the left side bar we have highlighted those systems that are most commonly used in worship settings.

Point-to-Point Video Transport

This scenario is very useful when the church lacks space for the entire congregation at its main facility. It enables the primary campus to be sending video while a secondary site is receiving. The secondary site could be down the hall, across town, or even in another state or country.

Davis Islands Baptist Church: Full story in Technologies for Worship

Point-to-Point Video Transport – Enhanced Flexibility

Some churches may want to send video from campus one week and from campus the next. This would be especially relevant if one pastor is responsible for services at both campuses on alternating weeks or if the church invites visiting pastors to its campuses.

*) A Streambox system composed of two encoders enables the second encoder to be configured as a decoder and reset in encoder
   mode as worship services require.

Point-to-Multipoint Video Transport

In this scenario, video from the main campus is distributed to a number of satellite campuses over a multicast network. It enables a pastor at the main site to deliver his message to members at a number of other church facilities, again at geographically dispersed locations.

Christ Fellowship Church: Full story in Sound & Video Contractor

Interactive Video Worship

Streambox solutions enable two churches to be linked through a simultaneous, bidirectional flow of video and audio. Key elements are low latency, high quality real-time video that can be played out seamlessly without any technical glitches, even when the video is delivered to an 18-20 ft. theater style screen and accompanied by live music at both locations.

Northland, A Church Distributed: Full story in Broadcast Engineering