Key benefits
Deliver stutter-free playback, even for 4K video
110+ Tbps network capacity and 160+ edge locations around the globe prevent any bandwidth issues
Provide near real-time broadcasting
Supporting superfast video protocols delivers broadcasts with 0.5 to 4 seconds of latency
Protect your server during peak user activity
Top-notch infrastructure is ready to broadcast events with an audience of more than 10M viewers
Use cases
Large-scale event broadcasting
Real time broadcasting of all kinds of sports and esports competitions for a global audience.
Live streaming for mobile apps
Reliable streaming from mobile apps or for a mobile audience under any bandwidth conditions.
High-demand video hosting platforms
Smooth video playback for online cinema and video streaming services with high-resolution content.
Enterprise video conference solutions
A reliable streaming infrastructure for all kinds of corporate video conference projects.
Video CDN Features
Reduced TTFB
Deliver better video experience with near-instant playback.
RAM Caching for Live
Improve live broadcasting performance with RAM-based caching.
HTTP/3 (beta)
Reduce video rebuffer time with the newest and safest version of HTTP.
HTTP/1.1 Chunked Transfer Encoding (CTE)
Transfer any part of the video chunks over the old HTTP/1.1 protocol.
Low Latency Protocols
Use Low Latency and Ultra-Low Latency streaming protocols to provide the best possible user experience.
Global Coverage
Provide fast video streaming to the most remote regions with more than 160 points of presence worldwide.
Micro-Segmented Caching
Minimize live broadcasting latency by delivering a video as micro-segments.
Restricted Access
Configure public or restricted access to a video using signed URLs, cookies, or tokens.
Origin Shielding
Prevent the origin from being overloaded during traffic surges
Multi-CDN
Use our CDN as a part of your multi-CDN environment.
Ultra-low latency live streaming
For live streaming, Gcore CDN ingests the video segments right from the video recording device in real time and caches them on edge servers. Caching at the edges prevents bandwidth issues and ensures a smooth video experience for the event audience.
Video on-demand (VOD) delivery
For video on-demand streaming, Gcore CDN requests the stored video from your origin server and delivers it to the globally distributed audience without interruptions and only minimal delays.
| Video format | Extension | MIME type |
|---|---|---|
| Playlists HLS | .m3u8 | application/vnd.apple.mpegurl |
| Playlists MPEG-DASH | .mpd | application/dash+xml |
| MPEG2-TS segments | .ts | video/mp2t |
| fMP4 segments | .mp4 | video/mp4 |
| Progressive MP4 | .mp4 | video/mp4 |
| WebM | .webm | video/webm |
A streaming platform with additional features
Gcore Streaming Platform supports all stages of broadcasting, from creating and capturing videos to playback.
Learn moreTranscode video to AVC H264, HEVC H265, VP9, AV1
Embed videos anywhere on the web
Computer vision to discover offensive content
Broadcast live from any source with RTMP, SRT, and WebRTC
Automatically generate video thumbnails
