Distribution at scale
Delivers to over 1,000 simultaneous takers from a single software-defined workflow.
Affiliate Distribution
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Satellite-grade reliability meets IP flexibility for content distribution at scale
Robust all-IP distribution with compressed-domain, personalised content delivery and mass fan-out, including blackout provision and contract-driven switching.
Why affiliate distribution matters
Satellite delivery is in decline, with C-band capacity down by up to 80% as spectrum is reclaimed, pushing national broadcasters towards IP-based affiliate delivery. At the same time, IP delivery has become genuinely viable at scale, with SRT and RIST making broadcast-quality distribution possible over the internet.
Secure, traceable, contractually compliant handoff between organisations is critical: proving where a leak occurred, and enforcing regional and legislative content restrictions such as local sports blackout rules.
Affiliate Distribution lets broadcasters deliver richer, personalised feeds to individual affiliates, while cloud-native orchestration provides centralised observability across hundreds of endpoints.
Key Capabilities
Bespoke per affiliate
TS-splices a unique output per station or region using clearance-schedule data.
Secure & monitored delivery
AES and BISS2 encryption plus forensic watermarking for high-value content.
SCTE-35 and SCTE 224 together
SCTE-35 handles the when, in-band splice; SCTE 224 handles the who, what and why, distributing clearance decisions to the edge so switching scales across hundreds of affiliates.
Built Around Your Workflow
Affiliate Distribution composes six core functions, all in software: a seamless switch that splices a unique output per station from scheduled sources, and an SCTE-35 parser for frame-accurate splice, blackout and ad-break signalling.
Schedule integration drives switching from clearance schedules via API, ESAM and SCTE 224, while content security layers AES encryption on SRT with BISS2 on transport streams, plus forensic watermarking.
File playout adds optional slate and content insertion per region, with monitoring covering ETR 290, thumbnails and transport stream info across every affiliate feed.
Every Affiliate. Every Region.
A software-defined replacement for satellite that improves quality and latency while cutting distribution cost.
Distribution at scale plus paired SCTE control and content security replaces satellite affiliate delivery.
Why choose Affiliate Distribution
National broadcasters
Networks transitioning away from satellite transponder distribution.
Affiliate stations
Local stations needing a unique, conditioned feed per region.
vMVPDs
Virtual providers taking conditioned, low-latency affiliate feeds.
Regional distribution partners
Partners distributing rights-managed content across territories.
Powered by tx darwin
Affiliate Distribution is a tx darwin reference solution, built from the same modular building blocks that power Techex's broadcast-grade transformation platform.
The seamless switch, SCTE-35 parser and schedule integration modules combine to splice a bespoke, compliant output for every affiliate, without the cost of satellite infrastructure.
Three layers of content security, transport security, encryption and forensic watermarking, protect high-value content as it moves between organisations.
Every capability is exposed through API, so Affiliate Distribution integrates with the clearance, orchestration and monitoring systems you already run.
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