Novi, MI, October 21, 2025 – ENCO this week debuts its latest award-winning captioning innovation to
North American broadcasters at NAB New York. Introduced at IBC last month, 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.”
NAB New York runs tomorrow and Thursday at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan. ENCO exhibits at
Booth 539.
About ENCO
Founded in 1983, ENCO 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. For more information, please visit: www.enco.com.
