SES deepens collaboration with Agence France-Presse. Photo: SES

SES is extending its partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP) that will see AFP provide better real-time access to live news and events from around the world on its AFPTV Live platform. The two companies announced the extended partnership, Aug. 1. AFPTV Live, based on SES 360, offers a platform that enables users to access AFP’s live video news feeds and deliver content to their news studios via IP in a simple and secure way. Customers can also plan their news coverage with real-time information, collaborative agenda features and a chat tool connecting them to AFPTV’s Live editors.

Since the platform’s launch in 2018, AFP and SES have introduced new features to AFPTV Live to optimize the user experience and capabilities of the platform, making it the first of its kind to offer advanced features such as replaying, refeeding, downloading and clipping live content from a single user interface.

“AFP is a visual-first news agency, with an unmatched network based in 260 locations around the world. Our ability to seamlessly deliver our 1200+ live video news feeds every month on a massive scale is crucial. As our AFPTV Live platform continues to impress our customers with its ease of use, we look forward to collaborating with SES to keep updating and improving it in the years ahead,” Marie-Noëlle Vallès, video business development strategy director at AFP, said in a statement.