Wowza announces a partnership with Digital Rapids. The collaboration is designed to streamline infrastructures for businesses eager to stream video at the highest quality to all digital screens - mobile, desktop and IPTV. Together, the Wowza Media Server 2 and Digital Rapids' multi-format encoding and live streaming systems enable content creators, distributors and broadcasters to efficiently bring content to multiple viewing platforms and player technologies. Digital Rapids' latest release, the StreamZHD Live ABR adaptive streaming system, encodes and streams live HD and SD content with unparalleled quality and performance using the latest in adaptive bitrate delivery technologies. Combined with the Wowza Media Server 2, the unified solution enables simultaneous streaming to multiple players and devices using a single multi-bitrate encoder source -- freeing organizations from the traditional financial and resource burdens of deploying and operating separate client-specific encoder and server infrastructures.

The Wowza Media Server 2 is the only software on the market to natively implement concurrent streaming support for Adobe RTMP protocol suite, Apple HTTP Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, RTSP/RTP delivery for Apple QuickTime, mobile and other clients as well as MPEG-TS for OTT IPTV set-top delivery.

In addition to the technology synergies between Wowza's unified media server and the StreamZHD Live ABR encoder, Wowza Media Server 2 also works in concert with other Digital Rapids systems including their TouchStream portable live steaming appliance, StreamZ and StreamZHD turnkey systems, and the DRC-Stream board-and-software bundles.

Both companies will be demonstrating their latest media streaming innovations at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 12-15; Wowza in booth #SU9310 and Digital Rapids in booth # SL6010.