Reliable Live Video Transport and Orchestration at Broadcast Scale
Zixi provides the transport, orchestration, and monitoring layer for live video moving over unmanaged IP networks. Its platform carries broadcast-quality feeds from venues, studios, and remote sites to distribution endpoints worldwide, with error correction, hitless failover, and end-to-end visibility across every path. As a partner in the NETINT VPU Ecosystem, Zixi pairs that transport reliability with hardware-accelerated video processing — giving broadcasters and streaming platforms a way to scale IP-based distribution without scaling CPU cost at the same rate.
Role in the VPU Ecosystem
Zixi occupies the transport and control layer of the NETINT VPU Ecosystem. Its Broadcaster engine handles ingest, conditioning, and delivery across more than a dozen protocols, while ZEN Master orchestrates and monitors those workflows from a single control plane.
The Zixi Platform includes native NETINT VPU support in its transcoding engine, allowing operators to place encode and decode work on dedicated silicon rather than general-purpose CPUs.
For teams migrating live distribution off satellite and onto IP, this combination addresses both halves of the problem at once: the reliability of the path, and the cost of the channels running across it.
Company Type
Live video transport and workflow orchestration software
Core Focus
Reliable IP video delivery, protocol interoperability, and centralized workflow control
Primary Workloads
Live contribution, satellite replacement, linear distribution, live sports and events
Customer Profile
Broadcasters, sports rights holders, OTT and vMVPD platforms, managed service providers
Who to Talk to About VPUs at Zixi
Connect with the Zixi team to discuss IP contribution and distribution, moving off satellite, and how VPU-accelerated transcoding fits an existing workflow.
Joint Workflow
Zixi moves and orchestrates live video across unpredictable networks, while NETINT VPUs process it at density.
- Broadcast-quality contribution and distribution over unmanaged IP, with error correction and hitless failover
- Hardware-accelerated HEVC and H.264 transcoding running natively inside the Zixi Platform
- Higher channel density per rack unit, reducing the server footprint required for IP-based distribution
- Centralized orchestration and monitoring across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid deployments
- A practical migration path for broadcasters replacing satellite distribution with IP workflows
News & Articles
Featuring Zixi
Three Ways to Add Video Capacity in a Constrained Market
Mark Donnigan maps the three paths operators take when they need more encoding capacity – access it through partners, upgrade existing servers, or build dedicated systems – and where Zixi’s live transport reliability fits in the IBC 2026 pavilion lineup.
Inside Zixi's Cloud-Native Video Platform: Scaling Live Streaming with VPUs
Tim Baldwin, SVP and Head of Product at Zixi, discusses the company’s evolution from transport protocol to full live video platform, why Zixi integrated NETINT VPUs for cloud-native transcoding, and how transcoding density affects total cost of ownership.
Reliable Live Video Meets Efficient Processing
A technical breakdown of how Zixi Broadcaster, ZEN Master, and NETINT VPUs divide the work in a live workflow — which layer owns transport, control, and transcoding, why a VPU fits the processing tier, and what to benchmark before committing.
Coming Soon
Podcasts
Featuring Scalstrm
Voices of Video Interview
Inside Zixi's Cloud-Native Video Platform: Scaling Live Streaming with VPUs
Tim Baldwin, SVP and Head of Product at Zixi, discusses the company’s evolution from transport protocol to full live video platform, why Zixi integrated NETINT VPUs for cloud-native transcoding, and how transcoding density affects total cost of ownership.
Webinar
From Satellite to Cloud: Global Distribution, Orchestration, and the Zixi-Enabled Virtual Meet-Me Room
Michael Rebel, Senior Solutions Architect for Broadcast at AWS, and Zixi’s Andrew Reich discuss why broadcasters are moving distribution off satellite, how orchestration holds up across large volumes of live linear feeds, and what cloud-based global distribution actually requires.
Webinar
From CapEx to Cloud: Cloud Playout, Hybrid Workflows, and the Rise of FAST
Coralbay CEO Peter Hajittofi and Gavin Smith talk through the economics of the shift from owned infrastructure to cloud and hybrid workflows – servers, facilities, cooling, and power – and how FAST channel growth is changing what operators need to run.
Learn more about Zixi and its live video transport and orchestration platform.
