LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Xirsys, a WebRTC
infrastructure provider, and CoSMo Software, a development company
specializing in real-time solutions, announced today the launch of
their joint service - Millicast. Millicast is a WebRTC-based
real-time CDN, built for large-scale live streaming with sub-second
latency.
Built to replace Adobe Flash (RTMP) for real-time streaming,
Millicast is the first live-streaming CDN based on true end-to-end
WebRTC and reduces the latency from publisher to viewer to less
than 500 milliseconds. Publishers will no longer have to compromise
and adapt to legacy technology at the cost of added latency.
By using standards-based web and internet technology, Millicast
allows publishers of live content to reach all modern browsers and
devices without the need for any plugin, player, SDKs or
client-side framework.
Unlike usual WebRTC solutions which are designed for small
audiences and point-to-point adaptation to network conditions,
Millicast is uniquely engineered for cascading streams over its
infrastructure to provide scalability, reliability and quality for
real-time streams even in bad network conditions. With a presence
that covers all major geographic regions, companies can now
broadcast across the globe in less than 500 milliseconds.
By default, Millicast broadcasts in multiple resolutions for
adaptivity, eliminating the need for costly transcoding.
Millicast's Smart Stream Managerâ„¢ will automatically optimize
the stream received by the viewer depending on the device's
capacity, available bandwidth and network quality. A mix of
simulcast encoding, SVC codecs and other state-of-the-art
technologies are also being used under the hood. Companies who join
Millicast's partner program will have early access to new features
such as on-the-fly recording of streams, HLS fallback, support for
Chromecast, server-side ad insertion and more.
"We believe it is not only the sole viable replacement to Flash
today for industries that require true real-time without
compromise - auctions, gambling, sports, AR/VR, gaming, live
interactive adult shows - but it will quickly become the de facto
standard for live streaming altogether," said Dr. Alexandre
Gouaillard, CEO of CoSMo Software. "The current file-based,
HTTP-as-a-transport technology stack is showing its limitations, as
shown by several initiatives toward 'ultra-low latency' still only
lowers the latency to several seconds. Or the move away from HTTP
to 'better' transport protocols (SRT by Huawei and Wowza). None of
these can compete with WebRTC today, especially with the
system-level optimizations that Millicast benefits from."
Richard Blakely, CEO of Xirsys,
stated, "I know real-time video is the next big thing. It wasn't
too long ago society relied on newspapers for their information and
now we expect a constant, real-time feed. Soon, we'll also want to
see each other all of the time, truly connected. I believe
Millicast is the platform that makes this possible."
Millicast is available to the public through the website -
https://millicast.com/. More details on Millicast pricing can be
found here - https://millicast.com/pricing.
About Xirsys
Xirsys is a pioneer of WebRTC infrastructure-as-a-service with a
focus on providing the world's most robust and trusted TURN server
cloud. Built upon patented technology, Xirsys runs over a globally
distributed cloud for advanced reliability and scalability. Founded
in 2013 by the creators of Influxis, a leading provider of Flash
streaming infrastructure since 2002, Xirsys now serves thousands of
companies from a multitude of verticals and is a prominent leader
in WebRTC infrastructure services.
About CoSMo Software
CoSMo was founded in 2016 by WebRTC experts with a goal to
develop tools to make WebRTC easier to use and help businesses
in the adoption of the technology. Contributing to WebRTC code
since the early days of 2012, co-leader of the webrtc-in-webkit
project with Ericsson R&D, invited expert to the WebRTC working
groups, co-chair of the IMTC WebRTC interoperability group, and
speakers and chairs of several RTC conferences, the CoSMo team is
part of Real-Time Communications DNA, from standard to
implementation.
Media Contact:
Millicast
Justin Clark
justin@millicast.com
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