What's behind earthTV

Learn about the people behind earthTV our passion for high quality content and where we are heading

 

Our vision

We, at earthTV network GmbH, believe in the entertaining power of the real world - every day new and always changing. Of course, a simple Live camera will never come close to this experiencing of the real world, so we dedicate all our technology and knowhow for 10 years to the beauty of our Destinations and the ‘art’ to translate this into our entertaining editorial The World Live® programs for everyone on this planet.

At the heart of all our products and therefore also part of our company name, is our quality seal ‘earthTV’. Protected by an international trademark, earthTV stands for a unique, authentic virtual window to the world, that violates no personal rights, is none-political, none-religious and is independent of third party commercial interests, with the only mission to presents our destinations from their most complete and best view.

In the past we have been a one-stop-shop producer of a wide variety of scheduled LIVE TV programs and customized online content for selected premium clients. For the future we are now transforming our patented system into the EARTHVIEW platform, opening our technology and content with a new API to the Mobile- and Online App market – around the clock in HD and 3D.

In addition, on our earthTV.com online portal we invite selected location partners, sponsors and additional content providers to associate with our earthTV products and services.

We believe the future is LIVE!

 
 

Our history

earthTV was taken over by film producers Nik and Claudius Lohmann from the Telcast Media Group through their Berlin based company Stereo 3D Experts GmbH & Co. KG. in June 2012.

Described as ‘the biggest TV production studio in the world’, earthTV was founded in 1998 by Thomas M. Hohenacker and after 4 years of intensive R&D earthTV started broadcasting first on German news TV channel N-TV.

Until 2005 earthTV started its business in setting up a network of fully remote-controlled TV cameras in well-known cities as well as other popular and attractive tourist destinations. Equipped with motion control heads and zoom lenses, delivering live video feeds in broadcast quality, day and night, earthTV cameras can guarantee broadcasting quality images in all kinds of extreme conditions.

earthTV broadcasting cameras usually feature beaches, mountains, seaside resorts, or skylines of major cities. Today there are more than 70 cameras and from these earth TV’s The World Live® programme is aired every hour, featuring 7 locations in 90 seconds, shown in 150 countries, reaching more than 2 billion viewers daily.

Similar formats to The World Live® such as Islamic Prayer Times and The Weather Today, are broadcast in 10 languages across 50 TV channels.

earthTV also produces, processes, manages and distributes broadcast quality video content from its destinations around the world for use on the internet, mobile phones, info-screens and television.

Until 2005 the company spread out its worldwide Network through Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

In 2008 the first earthTV.com Online portal was launched and the earthTV embedded Webplayer was introduced for implementation on external partner sides worldwide.

Since its launch in 2008, www.earthTV.com has become one of the more relevant live-video websites for travel and weather internationally. In 2009, the BBC selected earthTV.com as one of the best websites.

After the Lohmann brothers took over the business in 2012 a new HD camera system was developed and the earthTV platform has been opened for 24/7360 multi platform implementation.

The unique technology and hardware of earthTV equipment is the exclusive property of earthTV protected by several international patents.

 
 

Our team

General Management:
Since the summer of 2012 earthTV has been managed by brothers Nikolaus and Claudius Lohmann – two young, dynamic media entrepreneurs from Berlin. The film producers already run several 3-D businesses and are involved in other creative and technological companies in the broadcasting and Internet fields.

Editorial and Broadcasting:
earthTV‘s international editorial team plans, schedules and produces up to 200 programmes per day from weather, Best-Of’s, News, Events, Specials and Quiz Formats in 15 Languages and 20 different designs. In addition, the editorial team also constantly updates the earthTV database to ensure no violation of any commercial-, religious- or political interests and personal rights for the best possible quality and accessibility of earthTV‘s content around the world

Camera Management:
All cameras are assembled and serviced by earthTV‘s experienced in-house camera technicians in Germany. Together with the destination partners around the world, the camera management team scouts, analyses, selects and sets-up the cameras in locations for an ideal long-term content integration in the earthTV production workflow.

Sales and Distribution Management:
Supported by a wide network of individual representatives in selected regions around the world, the earthTV sales and distribution team is always looking for new partners to sponsor new and exciting camera locations, develop the best possible exposure solutions for the camera destinations and distribution. THE WORLD LIVE programmes can be customised for channels all over the globe.

 
 

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