Nakadi Introduces ‘Live to Theater’ Service Powered by Patent-Pending Fusion Protocol, Shattering Standard Internet Delivery Limits

Unlocking 200–500 Mbps pristine-quality streaming over open internet at 10x cost savings, Nakadi opens a new frontier for live cinema broadcasts

 

IBC 2026, Amsterdam, Sept 11, 2026 - Nakadi, a global streaming technology innovator dedicated to engineering a new era of digital media delivery, today announced its Live to Theater service based on its patent-pending, pre-standard Fusion™ technology. The new product line extension reliably delivers Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI)-quality, high-bitrate live video, (200–500 Mbps), ideal for concerts and sports, directly to movie theaters and large venues over the open internet, while achieving a 10x quality improvement at significantly lower operational costs.

 

Historically, streaming live high-value events to theaters, such as blockbuster concert tours, sports or historic global events, required expensive, complex satellite links or dedicated fiber lines. Traditional standard protocols like HLS and DASH routinely suffer from latency, packet loss, and severe congestion under ultra-high-bitrate loads over public IP networks, resulting in a poor viewing experience.

 

Nakadi’s Live to Theater service makes ultra high-bitrate theatrical streaming viable over standard internet connections for the first time:

 

• Unprecedented open-internet bitrates (200–500 Mbps): Delivers pristine 4K/8K cinema-grade video straight to theater projection screens without requiring dedicated satellite transponders or leased fiber.

 

• Patent-pending Fusion transport layer: Built as a pre-standard protocol, Fusion eliminates traditional network bottlenecks, avoiding quality drops and buffering even over unpredictable public networks.

 

• 10x cost savings and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO): Native high-capacity architecture enables operators to handle massive throughput with fewer hardware servers, drastically reducing infrastructure investment and operational expenditure.

 

• Turnkey Managed Solution: Provides cinema operators, broadcasters, and event organizers with a fully managed, end-to-end, white-label deployment, and is available across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments.

 

"Live theatrical and event streaming has always been hampered by infrastructure costs or quality degradation over standard Internet networks," said George Mikeladze, Founder and CEO of Nakadi. "With our patent-pending Fusion technology, we have removed the physical and financial barriers of high-bitrate delivery. Delivering DCI- quality video at 200–500 Mbps over the open internet with complete reliability was previously considered impossible. We are enabling venue operators and content owners to turn any live event into a global theatrical experience without leased line level budgets."

 

Nakadi's complete suite of video delivery innovations and Live to Theater capabilities will be demonstrated live at IBC 2026, Sept 11-14, at booth 1.D98.

 

About Nakadi 

Nakadi is a global streaming technology innovator dedicated to engineering the future of digital media delivery. As the architect of Fusion™, Nakadi has introduced a patent-pending technology that shatters the limitations of traditional technologies to define a new era in video distribution.

 

By rethinking the physics of data movement, Nakadi achieves the "10× Advantage" - delivering 10× Higher Quality at 10× Lower Cost. Designed to defy challenging connections, Fusion technology provides ultra-high bitrate, cinematic fidelity, and ultra-low latency even over unstable global Internet networks. Focused on achieving more with less costs, Nakadi is pushing the industry beyond the limits. For more information, visit www.nakadi.stream and follow us on LinkedIn.

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