Discover how Red5 and Zixi are transforming live event production workflows by making them fully real-time. This game-changing solution enables next-level video and audio delivery with latencies under 250 milliseconds in sports and news broadcasting, and other live event production workflows. Key benefits include reliable monitoring of high-fidelity live contribution workflows, syndicating multiple live feeds into multiview layouts, commercial slating, and enabling user-contributed streams – all while reducing operational costs. Sounds exciting? Let’s dive in.
To get a feel for how it will look to your end users, visit us in Zixi Booth W1929 this weekend atNAB Show 2025 in Las Vegas!
Zixi provides software solutions for broadcast and live video workflows that deliver unmatched quality, reliability, and security at the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to enable industry use cases for content owners, broadcasters, service providers, sports organizations, and OTT providers.
Zixi’s solution areas enable multiple customer use cases and outcomes across four live video solution areas:
Content Contribution Increase revenue by enabling more events and deliver high-quality live content in 4K and HDR reliably at scale at a lower cost than satellite or fiber.
Satellite Replacement Enable higher quality video over IP with increased flexibility and agility to hundreds of affiliates.
B2B Distribution Monetize content while predictably supporting audience expectations through cloud based ingest, localization, and distribution for local and affiliate networks.
D2C Enablement Normalize and distribute transport streams for OTT and FAST from varied sources consistently at scale.
Real-Time Monitoring and Streaming Solution for Live Event Production Workflows
Red5 offers a fully-hosted usage-based Platform as a Service solution called Red5 Cloud. As part of the latest release, integration with the Zixi platform has been introduced. Discover how it works, who benefits from it, and the details of its impact.
How the Red5 Cloud and Zixi Platform Integration Works
Red5 Cloud and Zixi deployment diagram
By leveraging Zixi platform integration, Red5 Cloud users can monitor high fidelity live contribution workflows reliably and at reduced costs. This integration enables real-time monitoring with latencies of under 250 milliseconds, providing necessary infrastructure for demanding live production operations.
This documentation will walk you through the process of creating a Red5 Cloud account, configuring an RTMP stream from OBS Studio to Zixi Broadcaster locally, configuring a stream for Zixi pull in Red5 Cloud, and finally putting a player into a webpage.
Who should use this solution?
Use cases that benefit from the Red5 & Zixi real-time streaming solution
The Red5 Cloud with Zixi platform integration introduces a real-time video monitoring and streaming solution for live event production workflows used by large sports and news broadcasting organizations, as well as other live event production companies. To get a feel for how it will look to your end users, visit us in Zixi Booth W1929 this weekend atNAB Show 2025 in Las Vegas!
Why Should You Use Red5 Cloud with Zixi Integration?
Choosing the right solution for your live event streaming production needs is critical to optimizing performance and costs. Here’s how this solution delivers unmatched advantages:
Syndicate multiple live feeds into multiview layouts Effortlessly combine multiple live feeds into customizable multiview layouts for enhanced event coverage. This feature enables producers to monitor and switch between sources in real-time, ensuring a seamless viewing experience.
Reliable monitoring of high-fidelity live contribution workflows Gain end-to-end visibility into your live event production workflows with real-time monitoring of high-fidelity streams. The integration ensures consistent video quality and signal integrity, minimizing disruptions during live broadcasts.
Commercial slating Ensure seamless ad insertions and sponsorship breaks with dynamic commercial slating. This feature allows broadcasters to replace or overlay content in real-time, maintaining monetization opportunities without disrupting the live stream.
Enable user-contributed streams in live broadcast environments Think fans streaming alternate angles at major sports events, or citizen reporters feeding live footage to newsrooms during breaking stories. These dynamic contributions can now be captured, processed, and rebroadcast in real time, all within a secure, ultra-low latency workflow.
Partner Testimonial
Zixi ZEN Master offers a comprehensive suite of analytics, enabling our customers to monitor their workflows in any cloud, on-prem, or remote production. When live customers requested an eyes-on-glass solution, we partnered with Red5 to deliver a high-quality, low-latency video delivery experience. Now, our customers can not only monitor their operations in real-time but also insert ads and seamlessly switch between source video.”
– Tim Baldwin, VP of Product at Zixi
Conclusion
This update brings the full power of Red5 Pro’s infrastructure with Zixi platform integration to high-demand live production workflows within a fully managed PaaS streaming platform – Red5 Cloud. It’s a simple and convenient option for companies and individual developers who don’t want to manage infrastructure themselves. Red5 Cloud delivers all the benefits of Red5 Pro without the hassle of setup and maintenance.
Red5 Cloud’s integration with Zixi platform redefines live event production workflows, enabling ultra-low latency streaming designed for real-time applications with broadcast-quality reliability. From sports and news broadcasting to dynamic live event productions, streaming video and audio with under 250 millisecond delay unlocks new possibilities for engagement and revenue. By leveraging cloud infrastructure, reducing operational costs, and optimizing multi-stream capabilities, Red5 and Zixi together deliver a superior streaming experience tailored for organizations that need true real-time performance.
Interested in partnering with Red5? Explore the various partnership opportunities we offer and reach out to our team with your proposal. We’re eager to collaborate and create innovative solutions together!
