Intinor Secures Golfzon China Open via Single-Path SRT Video Transport

This deployment demonstrates the increasing reliability of SRT for primary contribution paths in regions with restricted network infrastructure. By successfully managing a high-value sports broadcast via a single-path workflow without redundancy, Intinor validates that software-defined transport can replace traditional satellite or dedicated fiber links for niche sports. For the broader ecosystem, it highlights a shift toward multi-vendor interoperability as a requirement for regional event production. Watch for whether Golfzon expands this 'screen-golf' broadcast model into other Southeast Asian markets using similar low-latency IP frameworks.

Intinor's Golfzon China Open deployment relied on a partnership with MEDIACAN and Hanter Network, who operated the SRT transmission path from Tianjin to audiences in South Korea and China. Intinor published a detailed case study on June 26, 2026, describing how the team managed a single SRT connection without any redundancy path, using the company's IDM monitoring interface to track real-time stream statistics throughout the four-day hybrid tournament. The case study confirms that multi-vendor interoperability between a third-party encoder and Intinor's Direkt receivers was the critical technical requirement, since no backup path existed.

Intinor has been building out its redundancy and codec capabilities in parallel with these single-path deployments. At IBC2024, the company introduced a redundant SRT workflow based on SMPTE ST 2022-7 that switches between multiple internet paths to maintain uninterrupted contribution over public networks. The same announcement confirmed a new HEVC/H.265 codec option for the Direkt link and Direkt router product lines, along with a compact 1U Direkt link rack 4X supporting up to eight SDI inputs and 4K resolution. These additions position the Direkt platform to handle both the constrained single-path scenarios like the Golfzon event and higher-redundancy production workflows.

The Golfzon China Open marks the second consecutive year Intinor has provided the video transport backbone for the screen-golf tournament. Intinor's initial announcement on June 11, 2026, emphasized that bandwidth limitations at the venue made a single SRT stream the only viable contribution option, and that stable SRT decoding on the receiver side was essential to maintaining low latency across the China-to-Korea path. The deployment validates Intinor's positioning that its Direkt receivers can serve as reliable endpoints for third-party encoders in bandwidth-constrained environments, a scenario increasingly common in regional sports production across Asia.