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Who is Encompass?
Encompass is a media technology and broadcast services provider that delivers managed video distribution, media processing, and content delivery solutions for broadcasters, content owners, and streaming platforms.
- Managed broadcast playout, channel origination, and transmission services for linear TV and OTT video.
- Video contribution, distribution, and satellite/terrestrial delivery services for global media networks.
- Cloud-based media processing, encoding, and distribution workflows for OTT and IP-delivered content.
- Disaster Recovery (DR), business continuity, and content archiving services for broadcast and media operations.
- End-to-end managed services spanning ingest, storage, processing, packaging, and delivery of video content.
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Encompass focuses on managed media services used by broadcasters, content rights holders, and streaming platforms to ingest, process, and deliver video over satellite, fiber, and IP networks. Its facilities and platforms support linear broadcast channels, contribution feeds, and OTT delivery, with workflows that cover channel origination, playout, encoding, packaging, and distribution. Enterprise customers use Encompass to outsource parts of their broadcast chain and to consolidate operations across regions.
The company positions its offerings around broadcast playout and channel origination (broadcast operations), video contribution and distribution (media transport), and cloud-based media processing for IP and OTT services (media workflows). Typical deployments involve integration with automation systems, master control, and asset management platforms, supporting scheduled linear channels and live event feeds. Encompass services are commonly integrated into multi-region distribution strategies with satellite uplink and downlink, fiber connectivity, and public or private IP delivery.
Encompass operates within an architecture that spans on-premises (on-prem) broadcast infrastructure and cloud-based environments. For traditional broadcast, it works with standard playout and encoding chains using formats such as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/H.264, and distribution over satellite and fiber using industry protocols and conditional access systems. For OTT and streaming workflows, its services align with HTTP-based delivery protocols (content delivery and streaming), adaptive bitrate packaging (such as HLS and MPEG-DASH categories), Demand Response Management (DRM) integration, and Content Delivery Network (CDN) distribution. This allows enterprise media clients to use Encompass as an operations partner across both legacy and IP-native platforms.
In DR and business continuity use cases, Encompass provides backup playout, mirrored channel configurations, and redundant transmission paths. Broadcasters and networks use these services to maintain channel availability during outages affecting primary facilities. Content archiving and library management services provide storage and retrieval capabilities for long-form and short-form assets, integrated with ingest and distribution workflows.
Within an enterprise technology directory, Encompass can be categorized under media infrastructure services, managed broadcast operations, video contribution and distribution, and cloud media processing for OTT and streaming. Its role centers on providing operational capacity, network reach, and workflow orchestration for organizations that distribute video content across broadcast, cable, satellite, and IP-based platforms.
Our description of Encompass. Updated December 2025.