Red5 Joined the OpenMOQ Software Consortium

Red5 Joined the OpenMOQ Software Consortium to help advance open, scalable, and ultra-low-latency media transport built on MOQ (Media over QUIC). In this blog you will learn what the OpenMOQ Software Consortium is, why MOQ matters for real-time streaming, and what Red5’s participation means for developers and media companies building next-generation experiences.

What is the OpenMOQ Software Consortium?

The OpenMOQ Software Consortium logo.

The OpenMOQ Software Consortium is focused on advancing MOQ-based technology through high-performance, open-source software. Initiated by industry leaders, the consortium’s mission is to deliver practical software and implementations that enable the next generation of media transport and real-time streaming at global scale.

Why OpenMOQ?

Meeting the demands of ultra-low latency and massive scale requires a shared foundation built together. By collaborating on open-source streaming infrastructure, members create shared value for the entire ecosystem rather than solving the same problems in isolation.

Key goals of the consortium include:

• Shared cost and effort: Distribute development costs across organizations.
• Accelerated development: Leverage collective expertise for rapid MOQ advancement
• Enhanced interoperability: Ensure compatibility through standardized, open-source implementations
• Strategic differentiation: Focus resources on unique product value instead of rebuilding core infrastructure
• Market growth: Lower barriers to adoption and enable new real-time media use cases

If you are new to MOQ, learn what is MOQ and how it compares to WebRTC in our previous blogs. Or watch the video below:

Watch Chris Allen’s video on this topic on YouTube.

Red5 Joined the OpenMOQ Software Consortium

Red5 is a charter members of the OpenMOQ Software Consortium.

Red5 officially joined the OpenMOQ Software Consortium as a Charter Member on December 10. By joining at this level, Red5 is contributing to the technical direction and long-term vision of open, interoperable MOQ-based streaming.

As part of the consortium, Red5 is collaborating alongside industry leaders and experts such as Akamai, CDN77, Synamedia, Bitmovin, Qualabs, and Vindral, as well as academic members including Universität Klagenfurt and Özyeğin University.

This mix of commercial and academic participation helps ensure that OpenMOQ evolves with both real-world production needs and strong research foundations.

You can get involved in the OpenMOQ Software Consortium by becoming an organizational member to help shape the roadmap, contribute engineering resources, and participate in the Steering Committee, or by staying informed through email updates on technical milestones, community events, workshops, and contribution opportunities.

By participating, organizations can directly shape how MOQ matures across the streaming ecosystem.

Try MOQ streaming with Red5

As mentioned in episode #1 of our new podcast Red5 Real-Time Report, we are actively working on providing support for MOQ protocol streaming in both Red5 Pro and Red5 Cloud by the end of 2025.

Watch the episode on Youtube.

If you want early access, contact us to join the waitlist and be among the first to try MOQ streaming with Red5. We look forward to building the future of real-time streaming together with the OpenMOQ community.

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