AFPTV Live

AFP launches AFPTV live select for TV networks and digital media

30 March 2018

Agence France-Presse is launching AFPTV Live Select, a new service providing comprehensive, original live coverage by selecting one of four available live video feeds at any time. With afptvlive.com, a new platform dedicated to live coverage, users can control reception of feeds delivered through a secure IP solution that meets the highest standards in the market.

“With AFPTV Live Select and the launch of afptvlive.com, AFP’s video offering is once again standing out from the crowd with its rich content, diversity of angles and quality of the user experience”, says AFP Chairman and CEO Emmanuel Hoog. “The biggest global networks, both news and generalists, already enjoy real-time access to our schedule and can view all feeds broadcast by AFP to choose the one that best suits their editorial line.”

From Lima to Johannesburg, from Pyongyang to Washington, AFP allows the world’s media to benefit from live pictures on every topic of interest to their audiences.

The new platform’s real-time agenda and planning features are also available to AFPTV Live Essential customers, which offers live satellite video coverage of key current events. “AFP responds to our need for at-a-glance information about their live offers with a clear and intuitive website which my team have found easy to navigate and interact with” says Simon Ward, Assignement Editor at BBC News.

Clients also benefit from a direct helpline within the AFP editorial team to answer any query about coverage.

AFP will introduce its new service at MIPTV in Cannes, from 9 to 12 April and through customised on-demand demos.

AFP launches AFPTV Live, a new video offer aimed at TV channels

11 June 2015

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HAS ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF “AFPTV LIVE”, A NEW SERVICE FOR TELEVISION NETWORKS OFFERING MORE THAN 500 LIVE VIDEOS A YEAR.

With this new offer, AFP significantly increases its live video production, which is tripled from June 2015. The service, available by subscription, uses technology meeting the highest market standards for live feed transmission.
Thanks to the Agency’s network in 150 countries, subscribers will have real-time access to international news, major sporting and cultural events, as well as a selection of institutional feeds, for example during international summits and special events.
AFP’s live video coverage has greatly increased since the initial trials in 2012. Dozens of hours of live video have been broadcast in 2015, including during the January events in Paris and after the March plane crash in the Alps. Live broadcasts have now been extended to all countries, from the New Year fireworks in Hong Kong to the inauguration of President Muhammad Bihari in Nigeria, the demonstrations in Tunisia after the attack on the Bardo museum and the elections in Israel.
“The launch of AFPTV Live marks a decisive moment in the development of video, which is a strategic priority and the leading driver of growth for AFP,” said AFP Chairman Emmanuel Hoog. “By continuing to meet the ever increasing demand for live content, AFP has yet again strengthened the quality of its service to clients and demonstrated that it has become a leading agency for video.”