SIS LIVE’s new DriveForce a hit with Sky Sports

The latest innovation from OB, uplink and product design specialist SIS LIVE is the 1.8m vehicle mounted antenna DriveForce. The new system has been developed to deliver high-bandwidth transmissions with the ability to operate successfully at any location, including those, such as links golf courses, where exceptionally windy conditions are a familiar occurrence.

SIS LIVE is currently operating a dedicated DriveForce SNG truck for Sky and has launched an additional six DriveForce vehicles to support Sky Sports News and other news and sport customers. Keith Lane, head of operations at Sky, says “SIS LIVE has been providing services to Sky Sports and Sky Sports News for many years. DriveForce is a great innovation and addition to their fleet, enhancing the services provided to Sky Sports. We enjoy the partnership supplier relationship with SIS and look forward to continuing to work together in the future.”

David Meynell, managing director, SIS LIVE, adds: “Sky Sports have revolutionised sports coverage in the UK and we are delighted to follow with an exciting new product offering. DriveForce is a market-changing innovation, of a higher quality than any other system on the market today and will enable us to offer even better levels of service to new and existing customers.”