PARTNERSHIPS
Cloud encoding, delivery,
playback, and analytics
with Bitmovin & Akamai
The world’s leading media & entertainment companies trust Bitmovin and Akamai to securely and cost-effectively stream video to consumers around the globe.
Speak to usA fundamentally new and better way to stream live events, 24×7 linear channels, and on-demand content
Bitmovin’s Live Encoding and VOD Encoding solutions are fully-managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) products available on Akamai Connected Cloud that significantly reduce live streaming costs by lowering egress / data transfer out (DTO) costs by up to 90%. Bitmovin Live Encoding is also pre-integrated with Akamai Media Services Live (MSL-4).
Bitmovin’s Player is an industry-leading modular commercial video player Software Developer Kit (SDK) for smart TVs, web browsers, iOS and Android devices, game consoles, and the most popular streaming media devices like Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and more.
Bitmovin’s Analytics is a SaaS that delivers deep, actionable session-level insights across more than 250 session-level metrics, along with ad reporting.
Akamai Connected Cloud is a massively distributed edge and cloud platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai Content Delivery Network (CDN) securely and efficiently delivers broadcast-quality live streaming experiences for the world’s biggest sports and media & entertainment brands.
Bitmovin Live Encoding on
Akamai Connected Cloud:
- Reduce egress / data transfer out (DTO) costs by up to 90%
- Minimize streaming latency by transcoding at the network edge
- Increase streaming service resilience
- Improve the user Quality of Experience (QoE)
- Generate faster, more detailed client metrics with Common Media Client Data (CMCD)
EASY TO DEPLOY
Bitmovin Encoding on
Akamai Cloud
Bitmovin’s Live and VOD Encoding solutions are cloud-native SaaS services that have earned a reputation for speed and quality. More than 600 customers, including the largest broadcasters, streaming service providers, and content owners in nearly every industry vertical rely on Bitmovin to reliably deliver content at scale.
Bitmovin’s intuitive user interface makes it easy for customers to quickly and easily stream content with little video expertise, while Bitmovin’s extensive API gives even the most experienced video developers control over every aspect of their video encoding pipeline.
Integration with dozens of third-party SaaS services, like digital rights management (DRM), forensic watermarking, server-side ad insertion (SSAI), asset / content management systems, channel playout and master control, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and many more services allow customers to customize workflows, protect revenue, and monetize live, linear, and on-demand content. Expansive support for open-source and licensed audio and video codecs, container formats, and industry protocols enable virtually every streaming workload.
Bitmovin Playback with CMCD and Akamai
- Troubleshoot errors and find root causes faster. CMCD makes Player sessions visible in CDN logs so you can trace error sessions through the Player and CDN to find the root cause. Faster issue resolution reduces the cost of streaming errors for your business.
- Combine Player and CDN logs with common session & content identifiers. Improve your operational monitoring by giving a clearer view of content requests from Player and how those are handled by the CDN.
- Add Bitmovin Analytics to turbocharge your customer support. Pinpoint error sessions rapidly and use the common Analytics Session ID with CMCD to trace the session through your infrastructure, from Analytics to Player to CDN.
- Improve quality of experience and reduce rebuffering by enabling pre-fetching. Through CMCD the CDN is aware of the Player’s current state and the content it most likely needs next, this allows the CDN to prepare and deliver data the Player needs faster, reducing the time your viewers are waiting.