Wowza Media Systems Expands Partner Ecosystem to Deliver Best of Breed Live Streaming Solutions

Wowza Media Systems Expands Partner Ecosystem to Deliver Best of Breed Live Streaming Solutions —Works With Wowza Program Expands Camera Choices With The Addition of Sony SRG-300SE Remote Camera. Golden, Colo. — April 13, 2015 — Wowza® Media Systems, LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ technology, today announced that Sony Corporation joined its Works With Wowza™ partner program, enabling simple and effective integration with Sony’s high-definition, remote-operated SRG-300SE PTZ camera and Wowza Streaming Engine™ server software. This technology alliance combines top-notch video quality with ease of use to meet the growing demand for IP streaming and recording live events for educational lectures, government meetings, corporate presentations, sporting events, medical training, worship services and more.

“We are more than happy to work together with Wowza to make capturing and streaming live content simple, straightforward and effective for both presenters and viewers with Sony innovative SRG-300SE camera. The SRG-300SE camera is the newest member to join Sony’s SRG remotely operated camera line up. It offers several strong features such as optical zoom, simultaneous 3G-SDI and streaming together and audio so event organizers can stream live video over the Internet while also recording it, ” said Shinichi Oka, General Manager, Professional Solutions Group, Sony Corporation. “Wowza is an innovative player in streaming technology and we’re excited to work with the Wowza team to simplify the streaming process for customers so they can focus more on their presentations and events without worrying about the production.”

As a result of this technology alliance, joint customers can experience easy integration from their Sony PTZ camera to the Wowza Streaming Engine software resulting in workflow efficiencies and reliable transmission across industries like education, healthcare, houses of worship and government.

“Sony is a worldwide leader in camera technology, and we’re thrilled to expand our partner ecosystem to include them and further transform live event streaming,” said David Stubenvoll, CEO and co-founder of Wowza Media Systems. “The demand for live video crosses industries as more and more people expect to have access to events via high-quality, real-time video. This technology alliance meets these demands and creates a seamless live video streaming experience for all.”

The Works With Wowza program simplifies streaming by providing customers with tested, integrated, and supported end-to-end streaming components. Works With Wowza partners provide industry-leading technology needed for robust, flexible and scalable streaming to any device.

To learn more about how Wowza and Sony products work together, visit https://www.wowza.com/partners/works-with-wowza/sony.