MICHIGAN – Full-service hosting provider MojoHost has announced a new partnership with Ant Media to deliver “ultra-low latency live streaming with superior MojoHost VPS hosting,” the companies said in a statement issued late Thursday.

“The essential elements of live streaming are quality and latency,” the companies said in their statement. “To the participants on both sides of the camera, this means clear and smooth video, minimal buffering, and a real-time experience delivered at sub 500ms latency. While some live streaming providers employing legacy protocols such as HLS, or Dash may cause latency upwards of 45 seconds during their feed, Ant Media provides a superior two-part solution to serve the needs of both traditional latency, and ultra-low latency worlds.

“Ant Media Server’s streaming engine software uses WebRTC technology to achieve adaptive and ultra-fast streaming with latency as low as half a second,” the statement continued. “To provide full coverage for users unable to stream WebRTC, the solution taps a backup low-latency HLS that delivers data with fantastic quality and latency as fast as 3-5 seconds.”

“We are so excited to help people find their way with the best live streaming products,” said MojoHost President Brad Mitchell. “Streaming isn’t the future, it’s already here and it’s a daily part of our lives. Our customers likewise want reliability with a product that is going to work seamlessly every day. We are happy to help with a fully managed experience without the premium price. MojoHost is here to help set things up and ensure both hosting and software always run smoothly.”

The announcement noted that for many years, “one of the most popular solutions was Flash-driven RTMP, and now with Flash unsupported on all major browsers, WebRTC has become the new standard.”

“WebRTC requires User Datagram Protocol (UDP), which is not enabled by default on older devices,” the statement continued. “Ant Media’s approach to providing HLS as an adaptive protocol based on HTTP has high reliability and scalability. Standard HLS latency rates can be dizzying (upwards of 45-seconds), but Ant’s low latency solution drops latency rates to between 3-5 seconds.”

The companies explained that MojoHost is “bundling its high-quality virtual private server (VPS) hosting with Ant Media’s solution to make the experience even better for customers.”

By ordering Ant Media’s streaming service through MojoHost, clients will receive VPS free for 3 months, and reserve the discounted monthly cost of Ant Media license at only $59/month. (The standard price for an Ant Media Enterprise Edition License is $89/month.)

“Together, the web hosting and live streaming solution are highly cost-efficient and easy to deploy,” the companies said in the announcement. “No additional specialized or expensive infrastructure is required, and MojoHost will handle all the setup and management of your hosting and the bundled software. Once the promotional three months are over, customers will continue to enjoy a fully managed solution – including VPS and Ant Media License – for just $149/month, without any long-term contract.”

“Especially after Covid, we’re seeing an ever-increasing need for real time video and audio streaming platforms,” observed Ant Media CEO and co-founder Oguz Mermerkaya. “Ant Media server as a full fledge media server, does not only provide a WebRTC based ultra-low latency solution to this real time streaming need, but also it serves to the needs of the legacy world of Http delivery methods, such as HLS. We’re super excited to have taken a step forward with this partnership with Mojohost, which will help our customers start enjoying Ant Media Server’s best of breed features and capabilities, surrounded with Mojohost’s reliable managed services.”

You can read more about the technical details of the MojoHost and Ant Media offering at MojoHost.com or contact sales@mojohost.com for plan details and assistance.