Zixi-as-a-Service (ZaaS) powers the transition to IP
WALTHAM, MA — September 10, 2024 — Zixi, the industry leader for reliable, live broadcast-quality video over IP networks and provider of the award-winning Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP®), today announced that SPOTV, a prominent linear and digital sports service in Southeast Asia, has adopted Zixi technology to streamline and enhance content distribution across the region.
South Korea’s leading provider of linear and digital sports content, SPOTV has expanded into Southeast Asia, transforming the sports viewing experience with a diverse lineup of global and regional sports. By deploying Zixi, SPOTV gains complete control over its content distribution, enabling a transition from traditional satellite and fiber to a modern, cloud-based IP infrastructure. Utilizing Zixi-as-a-Service (ZaaS), SPOTV has seamlessly adopted a flexible, cost-effective, and robust IP delivery workflow, overcoming issues common in fiber networks, like packet loss and signal drops.
A key component of this transformation is the Zixi Broadcaster, bridging SPOTV’s on-premises sources to the cloud where the SDVP efficiently processes and distributes content to affiliates, with ZEN Master serving as the control plane to orchestrate operations and provide end-to-end visibility. By transitioning to IP-based distribution with Zixi, SPOTV can onboard new affiliates faster, enhance operational agility and reduce costs. With the elimination of costly fiber networks and satellite infrastructure in favor of streamlined IP and cloud-based networks, SPOTV can reach new markets and explore additional revenue streams without significant upfront investments.
Zixi as a Service (ZaaS) offers broadcast infrastructure as a service, allowing SPOTV to seamlessly ingest and distribute live video over any IP network with ultra-low latency. It delivers the full capabilities of the SDVP while ensuring a fully redundant video-over-IP pipeline, protecting against all potential failure scenarios. Zixi’s protocol optimization, including higher throughput and lossless compression, along with ZEN Master cloud control interface further enhance cost-efficiency and ease of management. With reduced egress costs and lower computing power requirements, SPOTV benefits from a lower total cost of ownership while gaining the tools to monitor and manage signals across the network.
“One significant discovery was the positive impact of the Zixi protocol on our network performance, and how Zixi’s adoption has helped resolve issues our affiliates encountered with traditional delivery methods,” said Prakash Maniam, Head of Broadcast Operations and Engineering at SPOTV. “With Zixi’s advanced FEC capabilities, the system effectively recovers lost packets, resulting in error free delivery across the network.”
“The Zixi platform enables SPOTV to fully manage and control our signal delivery, ensuring reliable, end-to-end distribution,” said Lee Chong Khay (CK), CEO of SPOTV. “This partnership with Zixi has empowered us to deliver higher-quality service and meet the growing demands of our audience across Southeast Asia. We look forward to deepening this collaboration as we expand into new phases of growth and innovation with Zixi.”
“With over 15 years of experience in delivering large-scale video workflows, Zixi brings invaluable expertise to our customers,” said Marc Aldrich, CEO, Zixi. He added, “From planning through to execution, our team of regional technical experts supported SPOTV at every step, making the transition to IP a seamless experience.”
About SPOTV
SPOTV is a subsidiary of Eclat Media Group from South Korea. As its Southeast Asia subsidiary, it is registered and based in Singapore in October 2021. SPOTV runs two regional sports channels, SPOTV and SPOTV2, and is currently distributed across territories in Southeast Asia including Indonesia (IndiHome, First Media, MNC Vision, K-Vision, VIDIO), Hong Kong (Now TV), Malaysia (Astro, Unifi TV), the Philippines (Cignal, Skycable), Singapore (Singtel TV, StarHub TV), Thailand (True Visions), Vietnam (MyTV), and Macau (Macau Cable TV) in East Asia.
SPOTV broadcasts globally renowned International and Asian sports properties such as MotoGP™, Badminton World Federation Events, ROSHN Saudi League, A-League Men, Wimbledon, US Open (tennis), The Open Championships, World Table Tennis, and Major League Baseball among others. SPOTV seeks to be an inclusive and dynamic platform that deeply engages Asian sports fans. Visit www.spotvasia.com for more information.
SPOTV NOW streaming services are available in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore with other markets to follow. By providing more content and reaching out to a wider audience, avid sports fans can conveniently watch live, on-demand, and exclusive content on SPOTV NOW, whenever they prefer, wherever they are. Visit www.spotvnow.com for more information.
About Zixi
Zixi provides the cloud based and on-premises Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP®) that enables reliable broadcast-quality video delivery over any IP network, any protocol, any cloud provider and any edge device. The company offers technologies for broadcasters, enterprises, over-the-top video providers, sports leagues, service providers, cable operators and Telcos around the world, giving them the lowest TCO in the industry. Many of Zixi’s clients are delivering and managing thousands of streams, and there is no other alternative in the market that can provide 99.999%+ reliability at scale. Zixi simplifies building and managing congestion-aware live video routes on any network, with support for 18-protocols across any operating environment, with products that are purpose built to provide market leading performance, universal interoperability and an operational control plane that simplifies management and orchestration at scale. With 15+ years of innovation and expertise, the Zixi Enabled Network has grown to over 1000+ media customers and 400+ OEM and service providers that deliver 20,000+ channels daily, with 110,000+ deployed instances in over 120 countries, gathering over 9 billion data points a day while delivering over 100,000 live sporting events a year. This powerful ecosystem of the largest media organizations in the world exchanging live video allows for the creation and acceleration of new content acquisition, business models, and opportunities to reduce cost and generate revenue.
For more information, contact:
Zixi: info@Zixi.com
Denise Williams, Bubble Agency, +1 503 806 0755, denisew@bubbleagency.com
