Open Broadcast Systems
Open Broadcast Systems is a privately owned company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2012, with approximately 10 employees, the company reported $500,000 in revenue as of 2025. Its main product line includes video processing and playout. Functioning as a broadcast technology firm, it focuses on software-defined broadcast solutions for high-quality video and audio transport over IP and cloud infrastructure. The company's approach involves transitioning from proprietary, fixed-function hardware to IT-centric models, where its software operates on off-the-shelf commodity hardware to reduce costs and increase operational flexibility for broadcasters.

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Founded

2012

Headcount

6

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Video processing and playout

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

13

News Summary:

On May 14, 2026, Open Broadcast Systems announced that BMC TV deployed its solutions to support live horse racing coverage. Working in partnership with RaceTech to transmit Arena Racing Company’s live racing events, BMC TV selected Open Broadcast Systems’ 5G Flyaway. This solution enables the delivery of high-quality, low-latency feeds directly from tracks, which are often in remote locations, by utilizing 5G networks. The open nature of the 5G Flyaway allowed BMC TV to easily integrate the solution into its contribution network, providing visibility across its video transmission estate. This deployment follows BMC TV's selection of the 5G Flyaway solution, initially announced on May 12, 2026, for transmitting live feeds from UK horse racing events.

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Open Broadcast Systems offers 2 products in the media tech and enterprise tech industries. Open Broadcast Systems's product portfolio comprises of connectivity infrastructure, video processing and playout and enterprise and telecoms software.
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Open Broadcast Systems's revenues were less than $1M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Open Broadcast Systems's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is contribution encoding. For full access to Open Broadcast Systems's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Open Broadcast Systems's customers primarily consist of content rights and broadcast television and radio companies. Examples of Open Broadcast Systems's customers include BBC, DAZN Group and IMG. Open Broadcast Systems has commercial and technical partners like Zixi, Webbing and MSTV.

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