HTTP & HLS

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) delivers video in short segments over ordinary HTTP connections. The player fetches a playlist of available quality levels and automatically switches between resolutions and bitrates based on the available bandwidth — adaptive bitrate streaming.

Because HLS runs over standard web infrastructure, it works almost everywhere: in browsers, on smart TVs, phones, tablets and set-top boxes, without special network configuration.

For professional environments that means universal delivery: the same headend that distributes live channels can also serve viewers on their own devices via HLS — live and on-demand.