Open Broadcast Systems is a privately owned company based in the UK. Founded in 2012, it employs approximately 10 individuals and reported $500,000 in revenue as of 2025, functioning as a tier 3 media tech buyer. The company specializes in video processing and playout, designing, manufacturing, and deploying broadcast technology to assist clients in delivering high quality video content over IP.
Open Broadcast Systems announced on April 27, 2026, that BBC World Service selected its high-quality, low-latency IP decoders for television distribution to global rebroadcast partners. These decoders, noted for their small form factor, support SRT, RIST, and Zixi protocols, facilitating easy global deployment to provide flexible, reliable, and cost-effective decoding across the BBC World Service network. Robert Webber, senior distribution manager for BBC International Services, stated the selection addressed the need to "deliver reliable IP video to BBC World Service partners in various locations across the world."
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Open Broadcast Systems offers 2 products in the telecoms tech and media tech industries. Open Broadcast Systems's product portfolio comprises of enterprise and telecoms software and video processing and playout.
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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 2 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 broadcast television and radio, content rights and media and TV services companies. Examples of Open Broadcast Systems's customers include DAZN Group, BBC and IMG. Open Broadcast Systems has commercial and technical partners like Zixi, MSTV and Webbing.
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