BitFire Global Transport Network

BitFire is a full-service transport network provider, operating a global-scale distributed network designed for time-sensitive, broadcast-quality video and data transport. Our transmission network is reliable, easy to deploy, and supported by our best-in-class 24/7 Network Operations Center.

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How BitFire delivers live video:

• BitFire’s Video Transport Network consists of multiple cloud and physical data centers, and scales for deployments of any size.
• BitFire Engines encode and decode SDI video, in 10-bit HDR, for IP transmission, supporting a complete end-to-end workflow.
• BitFire Engines send and receive multiple feeds simultaneously, are easily deployed, and can be used on both public and private networks.
• BitFire’s web portal allows customers to monitor the status of their BitFire Engines and feeds, and schedule transmission without calling the NOC.
• BitFire Engines are easily deployed in the cloud as well as on-prem, allowing you to pick up and drop off content at both terrestrial and cloud-based endpoints.

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Key Features
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Video Transport

• Use either our encoders/decoders or your own external hardware
• Hand-off available as HD-SDI, UDP TS, NDI, RTMP, SRT, and more
• Low-Latency, Frame-Accurately Synchronized Transport, across multiple Engines
• Can traverse both Public and Private IP networks
• Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint transport for scalability and implementation

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AES-67 Audio

• Schedule your own transport without calling the NOC

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FireBridge

• Contribute live video to the Transport Network for inclusion in remote productions
• View live feeds and join comms channels to participate in productions anywhere
• Compatible with any web browser, leveraging a modified WebRTC connection

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Data Transmission

• Scoreboard data and Tally, synchronized with camera feeds and tally
• Custom Data Feeds or IP protocols (TCP, UDP)

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24/7 monitoring by the BitFire NOC

• Real-time telemetry and diagnostic information about every feed provides advance notice of potential issues, and critical details when issues do occur.

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Understanding The Benefits

• Global transport network with broadcast-quality transport and support
• 24/7 monitoring and broadcast engineering support from the BitFire NOC
• Easy and flexible deployment
• No public IP addresses or inbound firewall rules needed
• Low and deterministic latency (frame-accurate)
• Comms integration • Data transport
• Inferno Customer Portal to schedule your own transport
• Connectivity to other transport (Fiber and Satellite)

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BitFire goes beyond the studio to provide state-of-the-art control rooms staffed by BitFire’s unparalleled team of live production and engineering experts. We offer video switching, audio mixing, real-time synchronization, live video transmission, and seamless integration with remote contributors using our BitFire Engine.

We bring decades of content experience supporting live broadcasting events, eSports and podcasts for sports organizations, television networks, and advertising agencies in over 70 countries. With BitFire, the capability to deliver video across a global-scale, distributed IP network is in your hands

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