HeadEnd

Latency< 800 ms

Uptime SLA99.99 %

CodecsH.264 / H.265 / AV1

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Architecture

DeploymentCloud / hybrid / on-prem

RedundancyActive-active N+1

OrchestrationKubernetes / Nomad

ObservabilityPrometheus / Grafana

Certifications

SecuritySOC 2 Type II

BroadcastSMPTE ST 2110

StreamingCTA-5005 DASH-IF

Architecture overview

Built for the signal chain — not around it

The CARGTV headend is not a product stack assembled from a single vendor component. It is an architecture — designed from the signal path outward, with every layer optimized for the one below it.

Ingest, transcode, package, and deliver — each stage is independently scalable, independently observable, and independently replaceable. No vendor lock-in. No black boxes. Full telemetry at every seam.

We deploy on your infrastructure — cloud, hybrid, or bare-metal — and operate it as a managed service or hand it off to your team with full documentation and runbooks.

Technical capabilities

5 modules

Signal ingest & conditioning
Live & File
Multi-format live ingest from satellite, fiber, and IP sources. Frame-accurate synchronization, audio normalization, and closed-caption extraction at scale. Supports SMPTE 2110, SRT, RTMP, and HLS input.
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Specifications
Input formatsSMPTE 2110 / SRT / RTMP / HLS
Latency floor< 800 ms glass-to-glass
RedundancyActive-active N+1
Adaptive transcode & packaging
Encoding
GPU-accelerated transcoding pipeline with per-title encoding, HDR tone-mapping, and CMAF chunked packaging. Outputs HLS, DASH, and HESP for ultra-low-latency delivery.
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Specifications
CodecsH.264 / H.265 / AV1
HDRHDR10 / HLG / Dolby Vision
PackagingCMAF / HLS / DASH / HESP
Origin & CDN orchestration
Delivery
Multi-CDN origin architecture with intelligent traffic steering, cache warming, and real-time failover. Integrates with Akamai, Fastly, Cloudflare, and custom CDN deployments.
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Specifications
CDN partnersAkamai / Fastly / Cloudflare
ThroughputUp to 4 Tbps aggregate
Failover RTO< 2 s automatic
DRM & content protection
Security
Multi-DRM licensing and key management for Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady. Forensic watermarking, geo-fencing, and token-based playback authorization built into the delivery path.
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Specifications
DRM systemsWidevine / FairPlay / PlayReady
WatermarkingForensic / session-level
AuthJWT token / IP / geo
Real-time monitoring & alerting
Operations
End-to-end stream health monitoring with automated anomaly detection, bitrate ladder validation, and PagerDuty/OpsGenie integration. NOC-ready dashboards with sub-second telemetry.
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Specifications
Telemetry interval< 1 s stream health
IntegrationsPagerDuty / OpsGenie / Slack
Uptime SLA99.99 %

Integration specs

Fits your stack.
Not the other way.

Input protocolsSMPTE 2110, SRT, RTMP, HLS, MPEG-TS, NDI

Output formatsHLS, DASH, CMAF, HESP, RTMP

Cloud platformsAWS, GCP, Azure, bare-metal

MonitoringPrometheus, Grafana, Datadog, custom

OrchestrationKubernetes, Nomad, Terraform

DRMWidevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, Irdeto

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HeadEnd

Built for the signal chain — not around it

Signal ingest & conditioning

Adaptive transcode & packaging

Origin & CDN orchestration

DRM & content protection

Real-time monitoring & alerting

Fits your stack.Not the other way.

Ready to architect your headend?

Fits your stack.
Not the other way.