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The media gateway
your streams deserve.

Kite Cast is an API-first gateway for live streaming, low-latency VOD, and adaptive transcoding. One endpoint, HLS/DASH/WebRTC out, edge caching everywhere.

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HLS · DASH · CMAF Adaptive bitrate Sub-second latency Global edge (37 PoPs) SOC 2 Type II
99.995%
Rolling 30-day uptime
42 Tbps
Aggregate egress capacity
180 ms
Median glass-to-glass
3.1 PB
Delivered last 24h

One gateway, every delivery mode.

Ingest once, deliver anywhere. Kite Cast normalizes your source into every player-side format your audience actually uses.

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Long-lived sessions

Keep-alive streams up to 10 minutes per chunk with automatic re-key and back-pressure. No re-negotiation, no head-of-line blocking.

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Chunked upload

Push arbitrary payloads over a single GET session. Padded framing keeps size distribution flat so CDN cache doesn't fragment.

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Edge origin shielding

PoPs terminate TLS, deduplicate origin fetches, and stream partial responses upstream while the client is still receiving them.

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Adaptive transcoding

Live ABR ladders generated per-session. Renditions warm on demand, then hold in cache across the region.

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Session-scoped auth

UUID-per-session tokens, no cookies. Rotating URL paths bind viewer + geo + device fingerprint at issue time.

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Observability

Every session emits a structured trace: origin RTT, cache decision, packet-loss profile, transcode ladder chosen.

Two lines to publish. One URL to play.

Point your encoder at the gateway. Get back a signed session URL. Hand it to any player.

All requests hit /api/stream/<session-id>. Padding, chunking, and framing are transparent — your code only sees bytes in, bytes out.

Full API reference →

# create a session POST https://api.kitecast.example/v1/sessions { "ingest": "rtmps://encoder.example/live/key", "delivery": ["hls", "ll-hls", "webrtc"], "ladder": "auto" } # response { "session_id": "7c9f...af12", "play_url": "https://cdn.kitecast.example/api/stream/7c9f...af12", "expires_in": 3600 }

Pricing that scales with bytes, not headcount.

Everyone gets the full API. Larger tiers just get more egress and dedicated support.

Starter

$0 / mo
  • 50 GB egress / month
  • 2 concurrent sessions
  • Community support
  • HLS + DASH
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$249 / mo
  • 5 TB egress included
  • 100 concurrent sessions
  • Adaptive transcoding
  • Priority queue, 8×5 support
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Enterprise

Custom
  • Committed egress, private edge
  • Dedicated origin shielding
  • SSO, audit log, DPA
  • 24×7 on-call, 15 min SLA
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