Scalstrm used IBC2026 to showcase a transcoding platform capable of processing 110 HD channels on a single 1U server using NETINT video processing units. The company claims this architecture provides up to 50% lower total cost of ownership and significant reductions in power and rack space for large-scale operators.
This density milestone signals a shift toward specialized hardware-software co-design to solve the scaling challenges of high-volume linear streaming. By decoupling processing functions through microservices, operators can reclaim significant rack space and power headroom previously lost to over-provisioning. Within the broader ecosystem, this efficiency allows service providers to redirect operational budgets from maintenance toward new service development without expanding physical footprints. As energy costs and cloud sovereignty requirements tighten, watch for how Tier One operators like NRK and TV4 utilize these recovered resources to integrate AI-driven workloads or higher-resolution codecs into their existing 1U deployments.
The shift toward microservice-native architecture is becoming a standard requirement for operators looking to modernize legacy broadcast infrastructure.
At IBC2026, Scalstrm demonstrated a new transcoding efficiency milestone by processing 110 broadcast-grade HD channels on a single 1U server. By leveraging NETINT video processing units and a microservice-native architecture, the platform helps large-scale operators reduce power and rack space requirements by 80%, significantly lowering the total cost of ownership.
The Scalstrm platform can process 110 broadcast-grade HD channels on a single 1U server.
The system utilizes NETINT video processing units combined with a software-defined, microservice-native architecture.
Operators can reduce their total cost of ownership by up to 50% while cutting power and rack space requirements by 80%.
Tier One Nordic operators currently deploying the technology include Viaplay, Telia, and Telenor.
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