Beehive Systems recently showcased it's portable newsgathering product vid’linkMOBILE at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco.

Technology industry's premier event for hardware and software developers worldwide- IDF exhibits products for PCs, servers, communications equipment and handheld clients, say a company release.

According to a spokesperson of Beehive, "The vid’linkMOBILE™ system was selected specifically for its advanced compression technology, which complements the wireless capabilities of Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology. IDF highlighted how the coming-together of respective technologies enables news journalists in remotest of locations to travel light and transmit file-based content to the studio in record time and in a cost-effective manner.”

South Asia, Intel Technology, director-sales and marketing, Amar Babu offered that the new architectural design of vid’linkMOBILE™ enables Intel Centrino mobile technology to deliver a higher level of performance, longer battery life and wireless connectivity, says the release.

The newsgathering solution allows broadcasters to capture and transmit breaking news directly from the field in superior quality video over bandwidth as low as 64kbps, using internet connections, satellite phones or ISDN links. It compresses digital video clips into compact files, using an advanced video codec as the compression standard for faster transmission of superior video, says the release.