Live TV to commercial vessels with KVH’s “Link Live”

KVH Industries, Inc. is excited to share that Link Live is now available to commercial vessels and their crew. Link Live lets you stream live TV so the crew stays up to date with current content, including news, entertainment, and sports. Link Live is easy to install and has a vast array of channels to choose from. Link Live can be used via any Internet connectivity, and key features include a choice of 25+ fully licensed channels. Link Live delivers industry-leading stream quality while using approximately 1 Mbps of bandwidth per stream.

At KVH we understand that seafarers are the lifeblood of any vessel's operations. With more than 70 years' experience in providing entertainment and wellbeing services for crew, KVH is proud to provide the market-leading video-on-demand movie and TV service for seafarers on thousands of ships. We are delighted to take this a step further by adding the best in class live TV channel streaming service to the KVH Link portfolio. KVH Link provides the best and widest array of licensed channels, highest quality streams, and low bandwidth usage. KVH's Global Content Manager, Jamie Airs, said, "The KVH Link Live service positions us perfectly to be able to offer ship managers a 'best of all worlds' solution to further enhance their all-important crew wellbeing program. We are excited to be able to offer both the best blockbuster video-on-demand content and also the best-known live TV channels from home, for all the main crew demographics."

KVH Link content includes hundreds of daily news stories, clips, television shows, early-release movies, classics from Hollywood to Bollywood, independent studio films, sports coverage, music radio, karaoke, and trending social videos. Recognizing the diversity among seafarers, daily news is available in more than 20 languages with country-specific editions while TV news is available in 9 languages. Blockbuster movies are also available with subtitles in many languages.