Caton Technology (Asia) Limited, a pioneer in next-generation IP network transport solutions today announced that they have joined the SRT Alliance, the open-source initiative dedicated to overcoming the challenges of low-latency video streaming.
As part of Caton Technology’s overall strategy to provide network services with an efficient way to transport broadcast-quality live video over any IP network, joining the SRT Alliance would enable more connectivity to CatonNet, its global managed network servicing over 60 countries and employed in a wide range of applications across live broadcast, enterprise, healthcare, education, and other markets.
The SRT Alliance, founded by Haivision in April 2017, already has more than 500 members. Its mission is to overcome the challenges of low-latency live streaming by supporting the collaborative development of SRT (Secure Reliable Transport), the fastest growing open source streaming project. SRT is a free open source video transport protocol and technology stack originally developed and pioneered by Haivision, which enables the delivery of high-quality and secure, low-latency video across the public internet.
“Our customers and partners are faced with challenges at the workplace; to provide a high level of video service while optimizing their operation costs. By joining the SRT Alliance, we are providing our customers with agility and options for using the CatonNet IP service; engaging the power of internet to efficiently transport media assured live video and extend their reach to more applications, customers and markets,” said Gerald Wong, Senior Vice President, Global Operations at Caton Technology (Asia) Limited.
“With the SRT Alliance, Caton Technology is joining an industry movement to improve the way the world streams video,” said Suso Carrillo, Director SRT Alliance, Haivision. “We’re pleased to see the SRT protocol being actively implemented by some of the world’s biggest broadcast and enterprise streaming workflows as its adoption and industry-wide recognition continues to grow, becoming the defacto standard for low latency internet streaming.”
About SRT Alliance
The SRT Alliance is a collaborative community of industry leaders and developers striving to achieve lower latency internet video transport by continuously improving SRT, an open source video transport protocol and technology stack. Originally developed and pioneered by Haivision, SRT optimizes streaming performance across unpredictable networks with secure streams and easy firewall traversal, bringing the best quality live video over the worst networks. Haivision was awarded an Emmy® for Technology and Engineering from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for developing the SRT protocol. For more information about the project and how to join the SRT Alliance, visit srtalliance.org.
About Caton Technology
At Caton, we believe in the power of IP networks to enable high-quality real-time interactions between people, things and everywhere in between. We are passionate about empowering our technology to unlock growth potential for our customers and remain committed to their success. Innovation, service and reliability are core values that define us. Caton has offices in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Brazil and the U.S. catontechnology.com
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