SRT Alliance to Promote the Adoption of the Open Source Low Latency Streaming Standard, Welcomes Microsoft as New Member 

Latest SRT Alliance membership signals mass adoption of SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) for low latency video streaming workflows

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (IBC 2018) – September 14, 2018 – The SRT Alliance announces that Microsoft has joined the initiative supporting the SRT Open Source Project – a collaboration to continuously develop the SRT protocol and technology stack for low latency video streaming across any network.

SRT (Secure Reliable Transport), developed and pioneered by Haivision, optimizes streaming performance across unpredictable networks with low latency secure streams. SRT has been adopted by thousands of companies to get the highest quality streams to and across cloud-based video infrastructures.

Microsoft is the latest company to join the more than 140 members in the SRT Alliance, a consortium of vendors and end users founded by Haivision and Wowza. The SRT Alliance works collaboratively to increase industry-wide awareness and adoption of SRT as a common standard for low-latency video transport over the internet.

SRT, open source, royalty free, and available to everyone on GitHub, is the fastest growing video streaming movement. SRT has the support of VideoLAN’s VLC, Wireshark, FFMpeg, and the GStreamer open source projects in addition to the growing commercial support of the SRT Alliance member companies. 

Microsoft is both a user of SRT within its substantial event production and streaming team and a developer seeking ways to optimize the video cloud services that it offers to clients globally. 

“Microsoft’s support of the SRT Open Source Project demonstrates their recognition of SRT as the emerging de facto standard for low latency video streaming,” says Sylvio Jelovcich, Vice President, Global Alliances Haivision. “The market is thirsty for open source, royalty free solutions to basic challenges. However, where networks and ecosystems are concerned, adoption is key. Microsoft supporting the SRT movement is the biggest step towards global adoption.”

“Having pioneered adaptive streaming for the industry and seen the benefits of broad industry adoption, we believe in the need for a simple, scalable and efficient ingest protocol for supporting large scale live events from the cloud,” said Sudheer Sirivara, General Manager, Azure Media & AI Platform, Microsoft Corp. “SRT is a proven video transport that lends itself well for cloud based live workflows. By joining the SRT Alliance, we hope to create broader support, enthusiasm and adoption.”

To learn more about SRT and its latest developments, attend the SRT Panel Discussion at IBC 2018 featuring speakers from Al Jazeera, MediaKind (formerly Ericsson), Haivision, Sky News, and Viacom. To attend this free event, register here.

About the SRT Open Source Project & SRT Alliance

SRT is an open source video transport protocol and technology stack, developed and pioneered by Haivision, that optimizes streaming performance across unpredictable networks with secure streams and easy firewall traversal, bringing the best quality live video over the worst networks. The SRT Open Source Project, driven by the SRT Alliance, is a collaborative community of industry leaders and developers striving to achieve lower latency internet video transport by continuously improving open-source SRT. For more information about the project and how to join the SRT Alliance, visit srtalliance.org.