MediaKind MK.IO: Encode and Stream Your Live & VOD Video

Build cloud video faster with the industry's most powerful API

MK.IO utilizes API and integration hooks similar to Azure Media Services, with pricing and service coverage that is familiar to keep your service running without hassle.

Broadcast-grade

With our extensive experience as a mature video technology company, we've perfected our craft, ensuring your audience enjoys uninterrupted streaming.

Ease of use

Enjoy the benefits of simplified, cloud-based pricing with one consistent rate worldwide, ensuring no regional pricing differences and making cost management predictable.

Instant streaming

Our platform offers seamless marketplace integration with simple and quick onboarding, providing enhanced trust, consolidated billing, and stringent compliance and security measures.

Continuous evolution

Our platform is continuously evolving, bringing you more functionalities that seamlessly integrate with the system you already know and trust.

Live processing & recording

We know that your primary desire is to reach your audience on the devices they use. Knowing this, we've taken the same platform and technology that has delivered one billion live and on-demand streams to sports fans, and made it accessible to you.

RTMP or SRT inputs
Single bitrate or multi-bitrate support
DASH and HLS outputs
Dynamic packaging and encryption from the streaming endpoint
Live encoding or passthrough with recording capability for archives

Video processing & transcoding

Our video encoders are used by the largest entertainment companies and broadcastersto deliver the best video quality possible to their audience. With MK.IO you benefit from this same level of performance.

Assets can be uploaded to your storage account or pulled from a secure URL
User-defined transforms allow maximum control
Jobs triggered via APIs
Transcoded asset published to your storage account

Video streaming

MK.IO makes streaming video files to your audience seamless. Let the platform sweat the details so that you can be confident that your viewers are receiving the best quality possible regardless of their device.

Support for existing or new assets stored on your storage accounts
Pre-integrated with all major DRMs
Orchestrated scaling to support high-reliability streaming

Content protection

We know how to protect your valuable video assets using the best methods available. When delivered by MK.IO, your streams can be safeguarded using AES-128, Microsoft PlayReady, Google Widevine, or Apple FairPlay.

Parity with your current playback workflows
Same token capability
Same encryption supported
Optional media player SDK available to support integration with apps

Media player

In addition to offering a best-of-breed live and VOD streaming platform, there is an iOS, Android, and native SDK player for popular platforms that can be easily integrated into your app or client experience.

Seamlessly switch from Azure Media Services to MediaKind MK.IO

AMS users can switch with ease with our simple guide, a mirrored AMS API and similar pricing structure.

STEP 1

Connect to Azure

Create an Azure account
STEP 2

Subscribe via the Marketplace

Subscribe to MK.IO in the Azure Marketplace in just minutes!
STEP 3

Point us to your assets

Connect your storage account and preserve your AMS assets.

If you have an existing library of encoded assets that you stream directly from AMS, you can easily reference them directly into MK.IO.

This is done in minimal steps, without any need to relocate, re-process or re-encode your source files.
STEP 4

Program your endpoints and stream

Start streaming! Streaming Endpoints work exactly the same in MK.IO as they do in AMS.