Haivision is a Canadian company focused on developing

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technology. Haivision is headquartered in

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and

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with about 250 employees and 7 offices around the world, including one in Rendsburg, Germany. Haivision has additionally been credited with the development and maintenance of the Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) protocol, along with the associated SRT Alliance. Notable members of the SRT Alliance include

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, Alibaba, and Harmonic.

About

Haivision was founded in 2004. Haivision specializes in video encoding technology to help transmit low-latency video over a given network. In 2009, Haivision acquired Video Furnace, expanding its product offerings to include campus (LAN) based IPTV and VOD services. In 2010, Haivision purchased CoolSign, which claimed to provide scalable digital signage solutions. Following the 2011 acquisition of Kulabyte Corporation, Haivision gained encoding and transcoding technologies for

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media distribution. In October 2019, Haivision acquired LightFlow Media Technologies. In August 2021, Haivision completed the acquisition of CineMassive.

Markets

The

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Games were streamed live using Haivision technologies.

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, major universities and other organizations also stream video using Haivision technology.

Awards

* Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards 2019: Makito X4 - Best Single or Dual Stream Encoding Appliance * Emmy® Award for Technology and Engineering in 2018: Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) *Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards 2013: HyperStream Live Cloud Transcoder * Streaming Media West Readers' Choice Awards 2012: Makito encoder and HyperStream Live streaming solution * AV Technology 2012 End-User Awards – Furnace IP Video System 6 Finalist for Best AV over IP system * STAR Award for Superior Technology – Haivision Kulabyte 4.0 Live Transcoder * Most Innovative Video Extension Product - Haivision Makito Encoder * Best Video Broadcast or Video Streaming Product - Haivision Network Video KulaByte Live Internet Streaming * Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award 2011 – Haivision's KulaByte * Deloitte's 2011 Technology Fast 500 * TVB Europe and IBC Daily's "Best of IBC2011" Award – Haivision's KulaByte and HyperStream * Deloitte Technology Fast 50 - Haivision winner of Companies-to-Watch-Award, 2009

References

{{Reflist, 2 Companies based in Montreal Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Technology companies of Canada Companies established in 2004 2004 establishments in Quebec 2020 initial public offerings Video equipment manufacturers