OpenMOQ Software Consortium

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Building Open-Source MOQ Streaming Software

The OpenMOQ Software Consortium, initiated by industry leaders, is focused on advancing MOQ-based technology through high-performance, open-source software. Our mission is to deliver practical software and implementations that enable the next generation of media transport.

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  • Shared Cost & Effort

    Distribute development costs across organizations

  • Accelerated Development

    Leverage collective expertise for rapid MOQ advancement

  • Enhanced Interoperability

    Ensure compatibility with standardized, open-source implementations

  • Strategic Differentiation

    Focus resources on unique value, not reinventing the foundation

  • Market Growth

    Lower barriers, enabling new use cases

MOQ is designed for tunable latency regimes

From real-time interactive experiences to sub-second live streaming to on-demand playback.

Key benefits of using MOQ

  • Tunable Latency Regimes

    From real-time to sub-second to VOD (any-latency streaming), even with a single media publisher

  • Broadcast Scale

    Supports delivery across millions of sessions

  • High Performance & Reliability

    Built by companies who run infrastructure at scale

  • Robust Architecture

    Clean, maintainable, and flexible by design

  • Open-Source Foundation

    What we build may be freely used by the industry

  • Integrated Signaling

    Simplified and versatile configurations for greater reliability and ease of deployment

Modern Foundations

  • QUIC protocol

    Native security, multiplexing, partial reliability, and improved performance

  • WebTransport

    Browser compatibility

  • Independent streams

    Prevent head-of-line blocking

  • Connection migration

    Mobile resilience

Smart Media Delivery

  • Pub/sub model for efficient distribution
  • Fine-grained prioritization
  • Adaptive quality based on network conditions
  • Support for interactive and live content

Designed for media, but works for any real-time data needing efficient distribution

  • Live sports data

  • Financial feeds

  • Collaborative editing

  • Gaming

  • Metric collection and monitoring

  • Connecting to AI/ML models

  • IoT sensors

  • AR/VR and immersive applications

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Who's behind the initiative

OpenMOQ brings competing companies together to define a new standard for real-time media transport

We collaborate on the underlying protocol, while continuing to differentiate through our products and services.

Supported by industry leaders

Development Status & Roadmap

  • Talks & Alignment

    Industry discussions completed

  • Plan Agreed

    Technical roadmap and collaboration framework established

  • Company setup

    Legal structure & governance in progress

  • MVP Components

    Core infrastructure development upcoming