IP Video Solutions for Broadcast, Sports, and Streaming Workflows
Zixi runs live linear channels and live events over IP, for broadcasters, sports leagues, and streaming platforms. From contribution to distribution, the Zixi Platform delivers, processes, and distributes live video across any network, with the reliability, control, and economics to operate at scale.
Broadcast-grade reliability and control, on any network
Satellite infrastructure handled failover, blackout, and rights enforcement, while IP does not. That control now has to move into the software layer. Zixi is that layer, keeping broadcast-grade behavior across public internet, fiber, 5G, and cloud, and letting you own the architecture instead of renting a managed network.
Reliability you can prove
Patented hitless failover, congestion-aware recovery, and multi-path bonding for 99.999% uptime where failure is not an option.
Control that travels with the content
Orchestration, monitoring, blackout control, market switching, and SCTE-35/224 signaling that don’t depend on fixed infrastructure.
Economics that scale
Up to 3x lower compute and bandwidth cost, with predictable pricing per channel, per GB, or per event, and no egress surprises.
Nine ways the platform runs live linear channels and live events, from contribution through distribution.
Live Event Contribution
Deliver low-latency live event feeds over IP with 99.999% reliable contribution from any venue or remote location. Bond LTE, 5G, fiber, and LEO with hitless failover to carry broadcast-grade 4K and HDR at high frame rates, and hand clean feeds to the cloud or remote production at a fraction of the cost of satellite or fiber.
Satellite Transition
Move live linear distribution to affiliates, MVPDs, and vMVPDs onto cost-effective IP, and carry more channels at higher quality without losing what satellite gave you. Keep deterministic delivery, blackout enforcement, and market switching intact, reuse your existing IRDs so there is no rip-and-replace, and add distribution partners without building new infrastructure.
Ingest, Aggregation & Normalization
Aggregate live linear from any source in any protocol and normalize it at scale, so every downstream target receives a consistent, spec-compliant feed. Validate SCTE-35, remap PIDs, and package ABR into HLS, DASH, and CMAF, quarantine out-of-spec feeds before subscribers ever see them, and keep costs predictable against unmetered cloud egress.
Regionalization
Open new markets from a single linear feed without standing up new origination. Condition each output on the fly with SCTE-35 and SCTE-224, insert alternate audio, captions, and market-specific ad markers, and monetize the same content across regions in full 4K and HDR.
Live Event Automated Source Switching & Conditioning
Run more live events with fewer people by automating clean switching for pre-game, half-time, and ad breaks. Add dynamic slates and HTML5 overlays, normalize mixed sources with PID mapping and SCTE-35 re-insertion, and make lower-tier events economical to produce at scale.
Live Meet-me-Room
Add or drop distribution partners per event with minimal setup, using dynamic, rights-based cloud handoffs over the internet. Skip costly fiber and satellite builds, keep redundancy and normalization in place, and take on more partners per event at lower cost, all in 4K and HDR.
Cloud Playout / MCR Enablement
Run centralized virtual MCR in the cloud with reliable IP ingest of hundreds of station feeds and per-station control. Deliver turnkey, uniquely decorated live linear feeds to each affiliate, MVPD, and vMVPD, with a secure trust boundary between every partner.
Station Distribution
Aggregate live linear from thousands of stations into one cloud workflow and normalize every source to a consistent output. Enforce trusted handoffs between partners, deliver high-quality 4K and HDR to cable operators and vMVPDs, and unlock new revenue from monetizable local content.
FAST B2B Transport Stream Distribution
Scale FAST channel distribution to Smart TVs, D2C services, and international rights holders from one workflow. Normalize and condition each linear channel per platform with SCTE-35 manipulation, protocol conversion, and transcoding, and grow channel count and reach at lower total cost of ownership.
The two layers of the Zixi Platform
Zixi Broadcaster
The media processing engine: ingest, transport, conditioning, and delivery of live linear and live events across any network or cloud environment. Every solution above runs on it.
Runs standaloneZEN Master
The orchestration and observability layer. Configure, monitor, and manage every Broadcaster deployment from a single interface, with end-to-end visibility across the whole workflow.
Requires Zixi Broadcaster Also supports AWS MediaConnect + MediaLiveTogether, Zixi Broadcaster and ZEN Master form the full Zixi Platform. Every solution on this page runs on the same two layers.
Ready to build reliable live video workflows?
Talk to our team about replacing satellite, scaling live linear distribution, or running more live events over IP.
