The key part of the upLynk solution is that is cost-effective for anybody of any size. When you have a customer like Disney that has a massive operation that you’re trying to work with, keeping costs low is incredibly important for them.
Uplynk is the company that’s responsible for the WatchDisney apps and their live streaming. Here’s a great example of a company that’s really optimized their technical solution to deliver live, in real time, with very little latency.
Live linear streaming should be a hot topic at this year’s NAB conference, and newcomer UpLynk is getting ahead of the pack by announcing today that it now offers live linear streaming.
Live linear streaming should be a hot topic at this year’s NAB conference, and newcomer UpLynk is getting ahead of the pack by announcing today that it now offers live linear streaming. UpLynk came out of stealth mode in January, showing off its simplified HD adaptive streaming service, as well as its big partner: Disney/ABC.
Rather than requiring partners to build, store and stream a wide range of adaptive bit range streams for each type of supported device, upLynk’s system lets them create one version that can be stored centrally.
upLynk, which provides a single HD adaptive streaming format, has extended its technology solution to also incorporate native video ad insertion. By integrating the ads with the content this way, upLynk is able to deliver a single continuous adaptive stream to the player.
upLynk, a relatively new company in this space [has] deep roots in the industry. It has been in stealth mode for almost two years, and the founding team is amongst the few who have been working on Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) technologies from the start.
Streaming videos can be expensive, particularly if there is a lot of goo plugging the tubes of the internet. Uplynk’s business is making sure that your video streams properly and gets around that goo.
