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Business Wire
03-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Zixi and Uplynk Partner to Accelerate the Transition to IP-Based Video Delivery
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zixi, a global leader in IP video delivery, and Uplynk, the streaming platform trusted by major media brands, have announced a strategic partnership that empowers broadcasters, content owners, and distributors to scale high-quality streaming operations while accelerating the industry's shift from satellite and fiber to IP. 'With Zixi's rock-solid transport and our managed streaming expertise, customers get a complete, scalable solution from signal acquisition to viewer experience.' Eric Black, CEO/CTO at Uplynk. This collaboration merges Zixi's robust IP-based content delivery infrastructure with Uplynk's agile video orchestration and managed services, delivering a comprehensive solution for the next generation of broadcast workflows. Streamlined, End-to-End Streaming Infrastructure Uplynk offers industry-leading streaming orchestration and its hallmark StreamOps service—a fully managed operations team that provides around-the-clock support for everything from niche live events to global marquee broadcasts. This unique combination empowers customers to operate reliably at scale, regardless of internal technical resources. Complementing this, Zixi 's software-defined platform supports 14 industry protocols—including SRT, RIST, and the Zixi Protocol—and is tightly integrated with standards like SCTE-35 to ensure seamless interoperability with traditional and emerging broadcast ecosystems. Its cloud-based control plane, ZEN Master, provides centralized visibility and management of live video transport. Unified Control, Maximum Flexibility As a key part of the integration, Uplynk's platform is now embedded within Zixi ZEN Master, enabling joint customers to manage contribution, transformation, and delivery workflows through a single, unified interface. This alignment reduces operational complexity, boosts confidence in IP migration, and supports reliable execution at every stage of the media supply chain. 'This partnership is about enabling flexibility and confidence in the move to IP,' said Marc Aldrich, CEO at Zixi. 'Whether migrating from satellite or scaling live events, our combined technologies streamline delivery and enhance operational reliability.' 'StreamOps is the game-changer,' added Eric Black, CEO/CTO at Uplynk. 'With Zixi's rock-solid transport and our managed streaming expertise, customers get a complete, scalable solution from signal acquisition to viewer experience.' About Zixi Zixi provides Emmy award-winning software solutions for delivering broadcast-quality live video over any IP network with unmatched reliability and cost efficiency. Trusted by leading broadcasters and sports leagues for over 15 years, Zixi empowers businesses in today's fast-paced media landscape. Its solutions support multiple live IP video workflows, including content contribution, satellite replacement, B2B distribution, and D2C enablement. Zixi's platform offers advanced automation, management, and security features like end-to-end encryption and blackout control. It ensures cost predictability and operational efficiency, providing 99.999% reliability with patented hitless failover technology. This makes Zixi ideal for high-profile sports broadcasts and 24/7 live linear channels. About Uplynk Uplynk is the streaming engine behind some of the world's most watched content. Our cloud-native platform powers 24/7 channels, live events, and VOD libraries for major broadcasters, sports leagues, and media companies. With fully managed services and tools like StreamOps, Uplynk simplifies complex workflows and delivers broadcast-grade reliability at scale. Each month, we help partners deliver over 100 million hours of seamless viewing across every screen. Learn more at or follow us on LinkedIn.
Associated Press
03-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Zixi and Uplynk Partner to Accelerate the Transition to IP-Based Video Delivery
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 3, 2025-- Zixi, a global leader in IP video delivery, and Uplynk, the streaming platform trusted by major media brands, have announced a strategic partnership that empowers broadcasters, content owners, and distributors to scale high-quality streaming operations while accelerating the industry's shift from satellite and fiber to IP. This collaboration merges Zixi's robust IP-based content delivery infrastructure with Uplynk's agile video orchestration and managed services, delivering a comprehensive solution for the next generation of broadcast workflows. Streamlined, End-to-End Streaming Infrastructure Uplynk offers industry-leading streaming orchestration and its hallmark StreamOps service—a fully managed operations team that provides around-the-clock support for everything from niche live events to global marquee broadcasts. This unique combination empowers customers to operate reliably at scale, regardless of internal technical resources. Complementing this, Zixi 's software-defined platform supports 14 industry protocols—including SRT, RIST, and the Zixi Protocol—and is tightly integrated with standards like SCTE-35 to ensure seamless interoperability with traditional and emerging broadcast ecosystems. Its cloud-based control plane, ZEN Master, provides centralized visibility and management of live video transport. Unified Control, Maximum Flexibility As a key part of the integration, Uplynk's platform is now embedded within Zixi ZEN Master, enabling joint customers to manage contribution, transformation, and delivery workflows through a single, unified interface. This alignment reduces operational complexity, boosts confidence in IP migration, and supports reliable execution at every stage of the media supply chain. 'This partnership is about enabling flexibility and confidence in the move to IP,' said Marc Aldrich, CEO at Zixi. 'Whether migrating from satellite or scaling live events, our combined technologies streamline delivery and enhance operational reliability.' 'StreamOps is the game-changer,' added Eric Black, CEO/CTO at Uplynk. 'With Zixi's rock-solid transport and our managed streaming expertise, customers get a complete, scalable solution from signal acquisition to viewer experience.' About Zixi Zixi provides Emmy award-winning software solutions for delivering broadcast-quality live video over any IP network with unmatched reliability and cost efficiency. Trusted by leading broadcasters and sports leagues for over 15 years, Zixi empowers businesses in today's fast-paced media landscape. Its solutions support multiple live IP video workflows, including content contribution, satellite replacement, B2B distribution, and D2C enablement. Zixi's platform offers advanced automation, management, and security features like end-to-end encryption and blackout control. It ensures cost predictability and operational efficiency, providing 99.999% reliability with patented hitless failover technology. This makes Zixi ideal for high-profile sports broadcasts and 24/7 live linear channels. About Uplynk Uplynk is the streaming engine behind some of the world's most watched content. Our cloud-native platform powers 24/7 channels, live events, and VOD libraries for major broadcasters, sports leagues, and media companies. With fully managed services and tools like StreamOps, Uplynk simplifies complex workflows and delivers broadcast-grade reliability at scale. Each month, we help partners deliver over 100 million hours of seamless viewing across every screen. Learn more at or follow us on LinkedIn. View source version on CONTACT: Uplynk Media Contact: Matthew Kramer [email protected] Zixi Media Contact: Clare Plaisted [email protected] KEYWORD: NEW YORK UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS AUDIO/VIDEO MEDIA SOFTWARE NETWORKS INTERNET SOURCE: Uplynk Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 06/03/2025 08:15 AM/DISC: 06/03/2025 08:13 AM
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Zixi to Showcase Live Video Workflow Innovations at NAB Show 2025
WALTHAM, Mass., March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zixi will be exhibiting at NAB Show 2025 (West Hall booth W1929), showcasing innovations for live video delivery with unmatched quality, reliability, and security at a lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). This year, Zixi will highlight how its solutions enable broadcast and live video workflow use cases for content owners, broadcasters, service providers, sports organizations, and OTT providers. Attendees can experience use case demonstrations and engage with Zixi experts to explore solutions for their specific broadcast and live video workflow needs. They will also learn about how these solutions address many of today's media industry challenges. Demonstrations will cover customer use cases and outcomes across four live video solution areas: Content Contribution: Increase revenue by enabling more events and deliver high-quality live content in 4K and HDR reliably at scale at a lower cost than satellite or fiber. Satellite Replacement: Enable higher quality video over IP with increased flexibility and agility to hundreds of affiliates at a lower cost. B2B Distribution: Monetize content while predictably supporting audience expectations through cloud based ingest, localization, and distribution for local and affiliate networks. D2C Distribution Enablement: Normalize and distribute transport streams for OTT and FAST from varied sources consistently at scale. Zixi will be joined on its booth by industry partners that help deliver the solutions media companies are looking for: and Zixi will demonstrate automated highlight clipping for sports and news content, leveraging metadata analysis, AI-driven tagging, and real-time automation. This enables enhanced discoverability, localization, and socially optimized content, ensuring high-speed, cost-efficient, and scalable content delivery across platforms—driving engagement and audience reach like never before. Showfer Media will debut with Zixi a sophisticated advertising platform crafted to simplify advertising across any ecosystem, seamlessly integrating with diverse content supporting use cases such as Localization, Station Distribution, and Satellite Augmentation. will demonstrate its integration with Zixi, showcasing how it delivers broadcast-quality graphic overlays with ultra-low latency to support use cases such as Live Event Contribution and Localization. Singular customers can replace expensive, legacy graphics systems with Singular's modern, HTML5-based approach. Videon will showcase the native Zixi integration within the LiveEdge Platform, a robust video edge computing device optimized for REMI Production, Real Time Live Streaming, Graphics, and Advertising. Supporting use cases such as Live Event Contribution and Normalization, this integration combines low-latency and cost-efficiency with support for Zixi's control plane, providing unified orchestration, management, and control capabilities. At the NAB Show Streaming Summit on Monday, April 7 at 1:30pm, Sinclair's CTO Mike Kralec will sit down with Zixi's CEO Marc Aldrich to discuss Sinclair's business transformation and the role Zixi has played in its success. Mike Kralec, SVP and Chief Technology Officer, Sinclair, said: "Zixi has been a solid partner for us as we've transformed our broadcasting operations to the cloud. Their flexible and reliable solutions have given us the stability we need to manage our diverse nationwide network, while also opening up new opportunities to integrate with our distribution partners. The trust in Zixi's technology has been invaluable as we continue to modernize our workflows and infrastructure." Zixi is a proud sponsor of The Streaming Summit Happy Hour that will take place on Monday, April 7, from 5 pm to 6:30 pm in the West Hall, outside on the third-floor terrace. No RSVPs are needed; it is open to all NAB Show attendees. "Our customers' content is the highest value asset of their business, which needs to be delivered live with unmatched quality, reliability, and security at the lowest total cost," said Marc Aldrich, CEO of Zixi. "Zixi's solutions empower our customers to meet these challenges and accelerate their business transformation with IP video technologies at unmatched scale." For more information or to schedule a meeting, visit Zixi at NAB Show 2025. About Zixi Zixi provides award winning software solutions that empower organizations to streamline live video operations, enabling companies to deliver broadcast-quality live video over any IP network, cloud platform, video protocol, or edge device, enabling greater scalability, reach, and agility for live video operations. By streamlining workflows and optimizing resources, Zixi helps customers reduce cloud compute and egress costs by 50%–70%, unlocking significant operational efficiencies. For over 15 years Zixi has been trusted by the world's leading broadcasters, OTT platforms, content owners, service providers, and sports leagues, and its solutions enable reliable delivery of live events, remote production, global content contribution, and seamless live video distribution. Zixi powers the delivery of live events—including high-profile sports broadcasts—ensuring flawless video experiences and helping organizations thrive in today's competitive media landscape. With Zixi, organizations are equipped to thrive in today's competitive, fast-paced media landscape, where live video is at the heart of audience engagement. CONTACT: Clare Plaisted, clare@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Zixi Sign in to access your portfolio
