Welcome to MK.IO
High-performance, API-driven video infrastructure for modern video applications
What is MK.IO?
MK.IO is ideal for building modern video applications and running streaming media services: MK.IO is a SaaS media transformation and delivery platform which is operated by UI and API. It is capable of ingesting video, audio and associated metadata (e.g. subtitles), transcoding these components into one or more outputs and delivering those outputs to one or more destinations including consumers (apps, TV set-top-boxes) affiliates and storage for later retrieval. It offers comprehensive video solutions tailored for enterprise video providers, IT departments, broadcasters, radio stations, and content platforms.
Our focus is to help you deliver great video to your viewers, make your operations and processes more efficient, and unlock new opportunities, leading to better engagement with your audience.
MK.IO ensures your content reaches its maximum potential and connects with audiences all over the world.
- Optimize your content creation and distribution.
- Enable live streaming services at scale with high-quality and trusted reliability.
- Unlock greater revenue potential with DRM protection and content monetization tools.
The new service offers API-driven extensible SaaS workflows, enabling you to create a stable and scalable next-gen foundation for your video services.
Who is MK.IO for?
MK.IO is designed for a variety of users:
- Enterprise video providers: Companies delivering internal communications or business-to-customer interactions through video.
- IT departments: Departments looking to implement or expand video capabilities in their organizations.
- Broadcasters and radio stations: Traditional media outlets venturing into digital streaming or expanding their existing streaming offerings.
- Content platforms: Digital platforms that need reliable, scalable, and quality video streaming capabilities.
Getting started
Follow our comprehensive guide that provides step-by-step tutorials to help you set up your account, prepare content on demand, and create live streaming events.
Whether you're completely new to video workflows or an experienced developer, this guide is designed to be practical and approachable.
Learn
API concepts — Exploring the API and workflow concepts used by MK.IO.
Video workflow concepts — What to expect from our video workflows and services.
Key pricing facts
| Cost | Action |
|---|---|
| FREE | Signing up for an account and creating a subscription |
| FREE | Connecting your storage account and importing assets |
| FREE | Creating a streaming endpoint and leaving it in a stopped state |
| FREE | Using and integrating the MKPlayer |
| FREE | Creating streaming locators |
| Pay as you go* based on pricing table | Streaming content from an active streaming endpoint |
| Pay as you go* based on pricing table | Live events (passthrough) |
| Pay as you go* based on pricing table | Live events (transcoding) |
| Pay as you go* based on pricing table | VOD Transcoding |
*Excluding local egress charges
This is only the beginning
Keep an eye on our updates and roadmap releases. This is only the beginning, we will be continuously updating the functionality and capability of the service - leveraging our decades of experience and market leading solution for broadcasters, operators and content owners.
Look out for 👀
- Advertising workflows, focused on unlocking revenue opportunities for your content and services.
- Content enrichment and AI workflows, leveraging Microsoft's investments to access new use-cases.
- Sports streaming at scale, using our highly resilient video architecture and ultra-low latency technology.
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