[NLEU-CORE]
1 Gbps- Processor
- 1 × E5-2673 v3
- Memory
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 500 GB SSD
€169 / monthView configuration
Purpose-built for IPTV streaming
IPTV Servers
Dedicated IPTV servers
Run channel ingest, relay or viewer delivery on dedicated hardware. Tell us which role the server will perform: receiving a channel once is a different load from sending it to thousands of viewers.
Workload illustration, not live server measurements.
Price on quote
Size a live channel deployment
Pricing and availability depend on your requirements. Confirm the configuration, recurring price in EUR and any setup charge in your written quote.
Include in your quote request
- Channel count and average ingest bitrate
- Peak viewers, regions and output protocols
- Relay, middleware and transcoding requirements
Dedicated server catalog
Ports for live channel delivery
Start with channel bitrate multiplied by simultaneous viewers. Leave headroom for retransmissions and overlapping events, and size encoding separately from delivery. These are standard server prices; a custom deployment is quoted separately.
[PLEU-LITE]
10 Gbps- Processor
- 2 × E5-2620 v3
- Memory
- 64 GB DDR4
- Storage
- 1 TB SSD
€779 / monthView configuration
[PLEU-BEAST]
40 Gbps- Processor
- 2 × Gold 6152
- Memory
- 128 GB DDR4
- Storage
- 1 TB NVMe
€2,699 / monthView configuration
[PLEU-APEX]
100 Gbps- Processor
- 2 × Gold 6152
- Memory
- 256 GB DDR4
- Storage
- 1 TB NVMe
€5,999 / monthView configuration
Use cases
Ingest, relay and viewer delivery
Twenty incoming channels at 8 Mbps total 160 Mbps of ingest. Sending one 8 Mbps stream to each of 1,000 viewers directly uses 8 Gbps outbound. A relay feeding a CDN has a different outbound load. Size bandwidth for your live channels.
Live channel relay
Workload: Forward channels from ingest or middleware to viewers and downstream nodes.
Sizing: Bitrate, channel count, and peak concurrency determine bandwidth needs.
Fit: IPTV tiers are organized around 10-100 Gbps port choices and live-session pressure.
Limit: Unauthorized streaming and stolen content are prohibited.
Middleware host
Workload: Run account, playlist, API, and session-control software close to streaming nodes.
Sizing: Database, storage, backups, and application security need careful setup.
Fit: Dedicated hardware avoids noisy shared environments for control-plane services.
Limit: BryskBits does not assume responsibility for third-party middleware licensing.
VOD plus live platform
Workload: A mixed service serving live channels and on-demand titles from one fleet.
Sizing: Separate hot storage, live relay, and transcode roles where possible.
Fit: Combine IPTV servers with Media Servers or Bandwidth Pool as the platform grows.
Limit: A single node may not be the right reliability design for commercial service.
Direct stream vs transcoding
Direct streaming passes encoded video through at its source bitrate — network-bound, low CPU. Transcoding re-encodes on the fly — CPU/GPU-bound, and the same viewer count costs far more compute. We size your server around which one you actually do.
Provisioning
Choosing an operating system
Start with the OS versions supported by your middleware vendor. Check ingest, channel forwarding and encoder dependencies before migrating a live lineup.
Check installation, driver and licensing requirements
Debian stable
Ubuntu Server LTS
AlmaLinux
Rocky Linux
Fedora Server
Windows ServerQuestions & answers
IPTV Servers: buying questions
Browse all topicsHow much bandwidth does an IPTV relay need?
Count each outgoing copy of each channel. A relay sending 50 channels at 8 Mbps to one downstream endpoint uses about 400 Mbps before overhead. Sending the same lineup independently to three endpoints roughly triples that egress.
Is viewer count the same as active channel count?
No. For unicast delivery, each viewer normally receives a separate stream. Multicast has different network requirements; do not assume it is available between the server and public viewers.
Does an offshore IPTV server include channels or distribution rights?
You supply the channels and are responsible for distribution rights, territories and delivery methods. The server order covers infrastructure, not media licenses.
Do I need a GPU for channel forwarding?
Forwarding or remultiplexing an existing stream is different from re-encoding it. Size compute for your codecs and output ladder if you transcode; size the port for the outgoing copies in either case.
Which details should I provide for a live-channel deployment?
Include ingest protocol, channel count, typical bitrate, output protocols and redundancy needs. Identify which services run middleware and which handle viewer traffic.
Related paths
Explore related infrastructure.
Compare adjacent bandwidth, media, and pooled-capacity routes before choosing a configuration.