Hybrid delivery network

Lower delivery costs, with your viewers' help

Viewers' devices help carry the load: a device that already has a piece of the video passes it to others nearby, and your servers fill in the rest.

How it works

Your channels enter once
An ingest server takes each channel from its source and packages it for streaming.
Relays bring it closer
Relay servers that you add in any region or data centre serve the viewers near them.
Devices share the load
Viewers watching the same thing can pass pieces to each other, so your servers send less.

See what the devices carry
When many people watch the same channel, part of it travels between devices. The panel shows how much your servers delivered and how much the devices did.
Relays where you need them
Add a relay server anywhere with a single install command. Viewers are spread across relays in their region.
Every piece checked
Devices accept a piece only when it matches the signed fingerprint your servers published, so nothing can be altered on the way.
Viewers decide, and so do you
In the app, each viewer chooses whether their device helps. You can also turn device sharing off for any subscription; those viewers are then served by your relays only.
Channels on demand
Rarely watched channels can sleep and start when a viewer tunes in, so servers only work when someone watches.
Live, catch-up and video
The same network carries live channels, catch-up and the film and series library.

Try the platform on your own servers, or talk to us about your plans.