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Wowza Media Server 3.5

Broadcasters

Wowza Media Server® 3 provides on-demand and live streaming for broadcasters with the reliable, uninterrupted media delivery required to broadcast live streaming media to effectively retain and expand audiences with vibrant video and engaging audio content on any screen.

Benefits

Whether you are streaming live broadcasts, linear programming, breaking news, web radio or on-demand content, with Wowza® software the possibilities are endless.

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    Reach Any Device

    On-demand or live streaming to computers, IPTV and OTT endpoints, smartphones, iPads and other tablets.

  2. 2
    Fits Your Infrastructure

    Supports an array of broadcast-grade encoders, so regardless of the delivery protocol, you're covered. Web radio providers can use existing SHOUTcast/Icecast servers.

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    Engage Your Audience

    Deliver live and on-demand streaming, interactive audio/video/text and chat. Enable time-shifted DVR-like features using the optional Wowza nDVR AddOn.

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    Stream Premium Content

    Use the optional Wowza DRM AddOn to deliver premium content secured by studio-approved DRM platforms such as Verimatrix VCAS™ and Microsoft® PlayReady®.

  5. 5
    Superior Economics

    With its market leading performance and choice of cost-effective licensing options, Wowza delivers the best TCO of any media server on the market.

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    Unlimited Scalability

    Scale your internal server infrastructure for increasing demand, or use our broad network of Wowza Streaming Partners to achieve the capacity needed.

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    Extensible

    Use our rich set of APIs to create value-added applications and integrate with back-end systems such as databases, billing systems and log analysis tools.

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Featured Customers

  • Astral Radio

    Astral is a leading Canadian media company. With 23 television services, the Company is the country's largest broadcaster of English- and French-language pay and specialty television services. Astral is also Canada's largest radio broadcaster with 83 licensed radio stations in 50 markets in Canada.

    Adam Hunter

    Manager of Information Systems

    With Wowza Media Server, we can drastically improve sound quality of our station streams and save money on bandwidth without major infrastructure changes.

  • TVW (customer)

    TVW is Washington state's public affairs broadcast network reaching over 3.8 million households with live coverage of federal, state and municipal news and events and an archive of over 60,000 hours of programming. Launched in 1993, and streaming over the Internet since 1995, TVW has maintained a forward-looking vision of how accessible streaming technology can advance the public good.

    Scott Freeman

    Wowza software worked right out of the box. What was more impressive, it streamed uninterrupted live feeds during our 15-day pilot, without a single hiccup.

  • Radio 538

    A subsidiary of RTL Group, Europe’s largest TV, radio, and production company, Radio538 turned to Wowza to help bring in a larger audience by delivering content to Flash and Silverlight players, iPhones and iPads, Android and other smartphones.

    Alexander Josiassen

    Operations and Technical Manager

    Wowza has helped us to massively broaden our online audience by providing an efficient, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective way to stream audio content to Flash and beyond.

  • laSexta

    laSexta is the sixth nationwide broadcast television station in Spain. The station has launched a new television model with innovative programming and a www.lasexta.com multimedia portal with streaming powered by Wowza Media Server sofware where viewers can also watch TV on their computers and mobile devices, wherever and whenever they want.

    Guillermo Revuelta

    Systems Engineer

    Wowza gave us a unified streaming platform that greatly simplified our infrastructure and gave us a tremendous competitive and cost advantage. I can't think of television streaming without it going forward.

  • Rai Net

    Marco Nuzzo

    RAInet

    Thanks to Wowza, we finally have the opportunity to launch the H.264 live and on demand streaming service using Flash.

  • Livestation (customer)

    Livestation delivers a range of live radio and television channels to your computer, mobile and connected TV over the internet.

    Matteo Berlucchi

    CEO

    Using Wowza Media Server has allowed us to broadly distribute content to different digital screens without making a heavy investment.

  • TVCatchup (customer)

    TVCatchup lets you watch live UK television on your computer, phone or games console. It streams over 40 channels, including BBC One, ITV2, Channel 4, Five, and more.

    James Creese

    I'd go so far as to say Wowza Transcoder AddOn is the best live transcoding software I’ve used.

  • Radio Sweden (customer)

    Sveriges Radio (also known as Radio Sweden) is Sweden's non-commercial public-radio broadcasting organization. The Sveriges Radio website continually streams over 40 radio channels, including four national FM stations and some ten web-only channels.  In Sweden alone, Approximately 4 million people listen to Swedish radio every day.