What Encompass Digital Media does

Encompass Digital Media is a privately held global managed services provider for broadcast and digital media, founded in 1984 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with 1,250 employees operating across 8 interconnected facilities on 4 continents (North America, EMEA, APAC, Latin America) and serving customers including the BBC, NFL, WWE, DAZN, NHK, KBS, and Virgin Media. The company's core technology is the proprietary Altitude Media Cloud platform, a cloud-native processing foundation purpose-built for broadcast workloads, which underpins a modular product suite: Altitude Playout (managed playout in 40 cloud regions across 24 countries), Altitude Stream TV (OTT encoding and packaging), Altitude Archive (11-nines durability media storage with 1.1M hours stored), Altitude VOD with Maestro orchestration (delivery to 180+ platforms), Altitude FAST (FAST channel creation and monetization), Altitude Connect (IP-based distribution as a satellite alternative via Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Zixi), and Altitude Events (cloud-native Master Control for live sports launched in April 2026 with Techex). Encompass operates significant owned infrastructure including 140 ground antennas, 34,000+ route miles of dedicated fiber, teleports (including the 350-acre Woofferton site), and processes 243,000 live events annually with TV origination to 84 countries.

The company monetizes through managed-service contracts with broadcasters, TV networks, sports leagues, OTT platforms, radio broadcasters, and government organizations, supplemented by satellite and fiber capacity procurement services. Pricing is quote-based with a mix of commitment-based and on-demand (pay-as-you-go) tiers on the Altitude platform. The go-to-market is enterprise sales-led with regional coverage in APAC, EMEA, and the Americas, complemented by channel and affiliate relationships for satellite-to-IP migration (SmartSwitch) and a co-sell motion through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Recent strategic activity has centered on transitioning the legacy satellite distribution business to IP-based cloud distribution, expanding strategic partnerships with Oracle, Zixi, and Techex, and refreshing the senior leadership team in 2024 with a new CEO (Marc Bruce), CRO (Eunice Park, ex-Zixi), and CSO (Keir Shepherd).

Name

Encompass Digital Media

Legal name

Encompass Digital Media Inc.

Website

https://encompass.tv

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Encompass Digital Media is a global managed services provider for broadcasters, sports leagues, and OTT platforms, operating the proprietary Altitude Media Cloud platform across 8 facilities on 4 continents to deliver cloud-native playout, streaming, archive, distribution, and live event services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Broadcast Managed Services

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise/Creator Video Hosting & OTT SaaS Platforms (MPACAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Media Storage Infrastructure (On-Prem/NAS/SAN/Object Storage) (MPAHAGAE), Cloud Storage, Sync & Transfer for Media (high-speed ingest/egress, acceleration) (MPAHANAD), Media Processing at the Edge (Transcoding, Packaging, DRM at Edge) (HDABAGAD), Content Retrieval, Distribution & Reuse Workflows (Interoperability/APIs) (MPAHAGAK)

Keywords

• Broadcast managed services
• Cloud playout
• Video content distribution
• OTT streaming services
• Satellite and IP delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Managed Services: Full-service managed solutions including channel playout, media management, global distribution, streaming, live events, disaster recovery and radio services. Provided to broadcasters, cable networks, sports leagues and OTT platforms.
2. Satellite and Fiber Capacity Services: Procurement of full-time leased and occasional-use satellite and fiber capacity at various bandwidths. Customized distribution solutions for critical content delivery worldwide.
3. Altitude Connect IP Distribution: Fully managed IP-based video distribution service as an alternative to satellite. Offers cost advantages of 15-20% savings over satellite with flexible pay-per-use models.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Encompass Digital Media is a global managed services provider that designs, implements, and operates end-to-end video and radio content delivery solutions for broadcasters, sports leagues, cable networks, OTT platforms, and government clients. Its core offering is delivered through the proprietary Altitude Media Cloud platform, providing cloud-native playout, media management, streaming, IP-based distribution (Altitude Connect), live event master control (Altitude Events), archive, VOD processing, and FAST channel creation. Services are complemented by a global infrastructure footprint spanning 8 facilities on 4 continents with 140 ground antennas and 34,000+ route miles of dedicated fiber.

Product overview

Encompass Digital Media offers a unified platform architecture centered on the Altitude Media Cloud, which serves as the foundational infrastructure for all cloud-native media services. The product portfolio comprises distinct but interconnected modules: Altitude Playout (cloud playout), Altitude Stream TV (OTT encoding/packaging), Altitude Archive (media storage), Altitude VOD (video-on-demand processing with Maestro orchestration), Altitude FAST (free ad-supported streaming channels), Altitude Connect (IP-based distribution), and Altitude Events (cloud master control for live events). These products work together to provide end-to-end media workflow capabilities from content acquisition through playout, streaming, and distribution to any destination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Altitude Media Cloud: Scalable and flexible processing platform designed to support demanding media applications, providing cloud-native services including playout, streaming, archive and VOD.
• Altitude Connect
• Altitude Playout
• Altitude Stream TV
• Altitude Archive
• Altitude VOD
• Altitude FAST
• World Radio Network

Products and services

• Altitude Archive Cloud-native media content storage service for media companies to retain, protect and distribute content worldwide, with 11 9's durability, tri-region erasure coding, millisecond latency, and 100% disk-based architecture; SOC2 and TPN compliant.
• Altitude Playout Cloud-native managed playout service that sets the benchmark for managed broadcast playout, providing a comprehensive broadcast feature stack deployed at scale across 40 cloud regions in 24 countries, with built-in disaster recovery.
• Altitude Stream TV Cloud-native service for aggregating, encoding and packaging content for streaming and OTT platforms, aggregating video services from satellite, cable and playout centers into Encompass' private media cloud with 24/7 monitoring; supports SRT, RIST and Zixi protocols, ABR encoding, JIT packaging and encryption.
• Altitude VOD with Maestro Orchestration Cloud-native video content production solution with Maestro orchestration that tailors content to thousands of metadata variants on demand and at scale, supporting sequencing, localization, transcoding, and asset mapping for delivery to 150+ platforms.
• Altitude FAST Cloud-managed service enabling channel creation, monetization, and distribution to the connected FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) ecosystem, with intuitive creation tools for content upload and EPG creation and SSAI monetization integrations.
• Altitude Connect Fully managed IP-based video distribution service providing a flexible, reliable and cost-efficient alternative to traditional satellite distribution for TV and radio feeds; powered by the Zixi protocol with the SmartSwitch managed migration service for satellite-to-IP transition.
• Altitude Events Cloud-native Master Control service for live sports and entertainment broadcasting, managing the full chain of live event delivery including signal acquisition, dynamic branding, standards conversion, content and ad insertion, monetization triggering, and encoding and distribution.
• Altitude Media Cloud Scalable and flexible cloud processing platform designed to support the most demanding media applications, providing the foundational infrastructure for Encompass' cloud-native services including playout, streaming, archive, and VOD with industry-defining SLAs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 15-20% cost savings compared to satellite distribution
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)coreTechnology or Integration · 22 April 2026Encompass partnered with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Zixi to develop Altitude Connect, a cloud and IP-based broadcast distribution solution. The partnership provides cloud-native broadcast solutions integrating Encompass' Altitude Cloud platform and Master Control in the Cloud SaaS with OCI's infrastructure. Collaboration aims to support production, playout, and distribution workflows for broadcasters, sports leagues, and streaming platforms.
• TechexcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2026Encompass and Techex launched a new fully managed cloud-native master control service (Altitude Events) for live sports and entertainment broadcasting. The service integrates Encompass' Altitude Media Cloud platform with Techex's tx darwin content transformation technology and Densitron's user interface controls. Partnership builds on an architectural framework developed by both companies in 2025.
• ZixicoreTechnology or IntegrationZixi protocol powers Altitude Connect for advanced low-latency processing and high-throughput distribution. The partnership enables Encompass to offer broadcast-quality IP video distribution with DTLS connection security, AES content encryption, and SSO protections.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Harmonic: Harmonic is a long-established provider of video infrastructure for broadcast and OTT, including playout, encoding, and CDN. Overlaps with Encompass across playout, contribution, and OTT distribution, but as a much larger incumbent with a wider portfolio.
• MediaKind: MediaKind (formerly Ericsson Media Solutions) supplies broadcast and media network infrastructure, including playout, contribution, and OTT platforms. Comparable to Encompass across broadcast playout, IP distribution, and managed services for tier-1 operators.
• Imagine Communications: Imagine Communications supplies broadcast playout, advertising, and networking infrastructure to TV networks and MVPDs. Comparable to Encompass's managed channel playout and Altitude Playout offerings from an established-vendor perspective.
• AWS Elemental (Amazon Web Services): AWS Elemental delivers cloud and on-prem video processing (encoding, packaging, delivery) within the AWS ecosystem. Comparable to Altitude Stream TV and VOD, and the primary hyperscaler competitor against which Encompass benchmarks its cost advantage.
• Akamai Technologies: Akamai provides CDN, edge delivery, and media cloud services used by broadcasters, OTT platforms, and sports leagues. Overlaps with Encompass on global content delivery and OTT streaming, with several former Akamai executives now at Encompass.

Emerging players

• Zixi: Zixi provides the IP video delivery protocol and software platform that powers Encompass's Altitude Connect. A direct technology partner and partial competitor in IP-based broadcast distribution, with overlapping customers in live linear and sports contribution.
• TAG Video Systems: TAG Video Systems provides IP-based monitoring, probing, and multiviewer solutions for live broadcast and OTT workflows. Adjacent to Encompass's managed playout and live event services, where monitoring and operational visibility are core deliverables.

Direct peers

• Bitmovin: Bitmovin provides cloud-native video encoding, playback, and analytics infrastructure. Directly comparable to Altitude Stream TV and the broader Altitude Media Cloud processing layer, targeting the same streaming and OTT customers with software-centric delivery.
• TVU Networks: TVU Networks offers IP-based live video contribution, production, and distribution tools for broadcasters and sports producers. Directly competes with Encompass in cloud-based live event acquisition and IP distribution for news and sports.
• Net Insight: Net Insight provides media contribution, networking, and synchronization solutions for live broadcast workflows. Comparable to Encompass's managed fiber/IP contribution and Altitude Connect distribution offerings for tier-1 broadcasters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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