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ENCO Unleashes Raptor Cloud-Based Captioning
- 24 October, 2025
Longtime ENCO partner StreamGuys will host Raptor’s pure software infrastructure and
seamlessly integrate Raptor’s captioning encoder within its Contribution Network
streaming ecosystem...
USA: ENCO this week debuted its latest award-winning captioning innovation to North American broadcasters at NAB Show New York. Introduced at IBC2025, Raptor is a cloud-based captioning encoder that offers a simple and straightforward way to embed CEA-608 Closed Captions into a live program stream. A convergence of pure software-defined infrastructure with AI and automated captioning workflows, Raptor’s quick-deploy capabilities offer powerful new captioning options for live
broadcast sports and AV events.
Raptor adds new depth to ENCO’s market-leading range of captioning solutions as the company’s first cloud-based captioning encoder. Raptor’s software-defined architecture invites customization at any point along the chain to best match the workflows and standards in use, supporting SRT, RTMP, HLS and other video streams at the source or destination.
Longtime ENCO partner StreamGuys will provide the hosting infrastructure for Raptor, offering customers a secure and reliable live streaming captioning service. Along with access to StreamGuys’ technical support and network uptime, customers are empowered through Raptor’s seamless integration with StreamGuys’ Contribution Network. The enterprise streaming media ecosystem will receive a live stream from any source, and provide an on-ramp to the Contribution Network to pass embedded Closed Captions in
a variety of formats.
Raptor customers will also have access to other valuable Contribution Network services, such as transmuxing between protocols. The process efficiently repackages streams into many formats to ensure compatibility with more user devices, enabling wider audience access to broadcast and streaming events.
Raptor injects the speed, power and reliability of ENCO’s real-time, proven AI capabilities into process, incorporating the AI-based workflow from ENCO’s enCaption solutions to automatically generate captions with industry-leading accuracy. As hosted on the StreamGuys infrastructure with no physical encoder to maintain, customers are assured an agile solution that is quick to configure with the ability to inject captions at nearly any stage.
“We see many new interesting use cases for Raptor as hosted within our infrastructure, including captions for live visual radio broadcasts and integration with our ULLS ultra-low-latency streaming for in-venue sports and live events,” said Eduardo Martinez, Vice President of Technology for StreamGuys.
“Our infrastructure is optimized for broadcasters in ways that more effectively serve and adapt to their needs than public clouds that often lack important specialized features for professional broadcast
and streaming workflows.”
“Raptor’s pure software-defined architecture unlocks captioning opportunities for
content producers without the constraints of hardware dependency. Our partnership
with StreamGuys ensures quick deployment and support for multiple types of streams, strengthened through many years of familiarity and experience with ENCO’s TV, radio and AV solutions,” said Ken Frommert, President, ENCO. “Together, we are providing a solution that addresses the increasing shift of broadcast and video production workflows to the cloud, further strengthened through ENCO’s proven automated captioning innovations.”
Founded in 1983, ENCO Systems, Inc. pioneered the use of computer-based, digital audio and program automation for radio stations and TV studios. The company has since evolved its award-winning product line to span all aspects of today’s automated broadcast and production workflows, including closed and open captioning, AI production toolsets, live virtual production, visual radio, audio compliance, instant media playout, remote contribution, and cloud-based web streaming. It also brings the benefits of its patented captioning and live audio/video playout innovations to professional AV environments including
conference rooms, lecture halls, sporting arenas and event venues.
