Product Brief
Last update：2025-04-27 09:36:05
CDNetworks Media Acceleration Live Broadcast (MALB) is a broadcast-quality live streaming service designed to deliver real-time, interactive viewing experiences to global audiences. Leveraging our industry-leading Content Delivery Network (CDN) and powerful media processing capabilities, MALB ensures low latency, high reliability, and seamless scalability for your live video streams.
Live streaming can be complex and costly, often requiring significant investment in building and maintaining delivery networks and processing infrastructure. MALB simplifies this process, allowing you to focus on creating compelling content while we handle the technical intricacies of global delivery.
This service is ideal for various applications, including:
- Over-the-Top (OTT) live streaming
- Live broadcasts
- Gaming and sports events
- Online education
- E-commerce live streaming
Why Choose Media Acceleration Live Broadcast?
- Superior Viewing Experience: Deliver smooth, stable, high-quality live streams without buffering, ensuring viewer satisfaction on any device, anywhere.
- Global Reach & Scalability: Built upon CDNetworks’ massive global infrastructure (including over 200,000 servers and 2,800+ CDN PoPs), MALB effortlessly scales to handle audiences of any size, ensuring reliable delivery worldwide.
- Reduced Cost & Complexity: Avoid the high costs and operational headaches of building and managing your own streaming infrastructure. MALB provides a cost-effective, managed solution.
- Robust Content Security: Protect your valuable live content and revenue streams with a comprehensive security suite, including anti-hotlinking, HTTPS encryption, and access controls.
- Low Latency Delivery: Ensure near real-time viewing experiences, crucial for interactive content and live events.
Key Features
MALB offers a comprehensive suite of features to manage your entire live streaming workflow:
| Feature Category | Specific Features & Brief Description |
|---|---|
| Protocol Support | Ingest and deliver streams using multiple standard protocols: RTMP, HTTP-FLV, HLS, DASH, SRT. QUIC support is available for optimized ingest. |
| Media Processing | Real-time Transcoding, Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) streaming, Low-Bandwidth High-Definition (LBHD), Dynamic AI Transcoding. |
| Content Management | Live Recording (to VoD), Real-time Screenshot (for auditing/moderation), Time Shifting, Forward Push / Stream Re-push (multi-platform distribution). |
| Security | Anti-hotlinking, Watermarking, HTTPS / Encryption, IP & Geo Access Control, Anti-hijacking. |
| Analytics & Monitoring | Stream Statistic Analysis for business insights, Console Portal for real-time monitoring of stream quality, viewer distribution, and resource usage. |
| Acceleration | First Mile Acceleration (e.g., QUIC push-stream optimization), Traffic Scheduling based on user IP, leveraging CDNetworks’ global edge network for optimized delivery. |
How It Works
MALB integrates seamlessly with CDNetworks’ global CDN and edge computing infrastructure.
- Ingest: Your live stream source connects to the nearest CDNetworks ingest point using standard protocols (
RTMP,HTTP-FLV,HLS,DASH, etc.). Alternatively, push streams directly usingRTMPorSRT. - Processing: Streams ready at your origin are delivered via optimized routes. Optionally, you can choose to process streams in real-time at our media centers for transcoding, Adaptive Bitrate (
ABR) preparation, security features (e.g., watermarking), recording, or screenshotting. - Distribution: Processed stream segments are efficiently distributed across our global network of CDN PoPs.
- Delivery: When a viewer requests the stream, intelligent traffic scheduling directs them to the optimal PoP. The appropriate stream variant (based on device, network conditions, and protocol) is delivered quickly and reliably.