Millicast

Millicast is a developer platform that provides ultra-low latency video streaming capabilities for a wide audience.

History

2022: Dolby Laboratories bought Millicast

In early February 2022, Dolby Laboratories acquired Millicast. The financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.

According to Dolby, with Millicast, developers can broadcast interactive events they create with Dolby.io, such as conferences and concerts, to an audience of more than 60,000 people with delays of less than 500 ms.

A team of Millicast engineers that has developed standards such as WHIP will strengthen the engineering experience of WebRTC Dolby.io. According to the company, WHIP provides compatibility with WebRTC.

Dolby Laboratories acquired Millicast

There is a growing demand for online events to be as realistic and attractive as personal meetings, "said Marie Hugh, senior vice president of the Dolby.io. - We are very happy to welcome the Millicast team to Dolby. Together, we will expand the Dolby.io platform to make it even easier for developers and companies to stream content in real time and get exciting interactive experiences that look and sound incredible.

Dolby.io helps developers and companies offer audiovisual content and interactive social communications in their applications and services. According to the company, the ability to scale quality to meet the needs of streaming large volumes of virtual events is critical to achieving the mission Dolby.io.

The acquisition of Millicast provides a stable, field-proven ultra-low latency so that small and large audiences can get high-quality interactive experiences, the company said.^[1]

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