LTN and MediaKind have announced a strategic partnership to integrate MediaKind’s MK.IO Beam on-premise devices with the LTN Network, combining edge video processing with LTN’s global IP transport infrastructure.
The integration connects MK.IO Beam devices directly to the LTN Network to enable redundant transmission of compressed video transport streams for both contribution and distribution.
Malik Khan, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of LTN, said: “As the industry accelerates its shift away from satellite distribution, both programmers and content distributors need IP solutions that deliver the same reliability, with greater flexibility and speed. Our integration with MediaKind brings advanced content processing directly to the edge of the LTN Network, enabling customers to deploy faster, operate more efficiently, and confidently scale their IP distribution plans.”
Through the integration, MK.IO Beam devices can connect directly into the LTN Network, extending LTN’s multicast and multipath IP delivery capabilities to the edge. This enables multipath delivery over dual redundant IP connections, automatic “steering” of last-mile traffic to the best available LTN Network access node, and managed transport for both sending and receiving compressed video streams.
At the same time, the LTN Network gains streamlined access to MediaKind’s edge processing capabilities, allowing customers to transcode, multiplex, and transform content directly on-prem.
Shahar Bar, Senior Vice President (SVP) of Products and Marketing at MediaKind, said: “The industry is under growing pressure to modernise distribution workflows without sacrificing performance. By integrating MK.IO Beam directly with the LTN Network, we combine advanced software-based video processing with a highly reliable IP transport backbone – enabling faster deployments, greater operational agility, flexible cloud economics including monthly or hourly pay-as-you-go models, and a seamless transition away from legacy satellite infrastructure.”
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