Recently, as the Brazilian esports team Legacy successfully defended their title at the Yuanshen Sports Center in Shanghai, the highly anticipated Counter-Strike Asian Championship (CAC 2026) came to a successful conclusion. As the official technology partner of the tournament, Caton Technology was fully responsible for the intercontinental transmission of the main event signals, powered by its independently developed flagship product, the Caton Media XStream transmission platform. Through comprehensive end-to-end technical support, Caton successfully delivered reliable, low-latency, broadcast-grade live streaming services for this premier esports event featuring top global teams, ensuring that every frame from the Shanghai venue to screens worldwide was clear and smooth.
Core Guarantee: End-to-End Protection, Redefining "Stability" and "Speed"
Backed by its robust capabilities, Caton Media XStream fully meets the extreme demands for stability and latency in esports live streaming, providing the following core guarantees:
Ultimate Reliability of "Six 9" (99.9999%): Powered by the AI Routing algorithm, the platform utilizes data-driven proactive network prediction and a globally self-built node network to bypass congested public internet nodes in real time. This ensures that cross-border production links across countries and networks always maintain optimal and stable conditions. Coupled with dynamic edge node allocation and optimal multi-path computation, the network is endowed with exceptional robustness and determinism, even when handling concurrent transmissions of multiple signals.
Lossless Image Quality: "Mastering-Grade" Real-Time Transmission and Large-Screen Live Streaming
"Mastering-Grade" Cross-Border Transmission for Remote Production: During this event, Caton Media XStream handled the transmission of 35 signals from Shanghai to the PGL production center in Romania. From the start of the group stage to the conclusion of the finals, Caton successfully delivered these "mastering-grade" raw feeds to overseas destinations in real time and losslessly. These feeds were not compressed for direct viewer streaming, but were exclusively intended for secondary production by international streams. Meanwhile, the platform also transmitted two completed signals from Romania back to the Shanghai venue, achieving ultra-low latency, bi-directional intercontinental communication.
Delivering Breathtaking Visuals for Cinema Screens: Beyond remote production, the Caton Media XStream simultaneously provided CAC live streams tailored specifically for the big screen to cinema chains. On a cinema screen spanning tens of meters, any loss of detail would be immediately exposed. Caton Technologies is the designated transmission service provider for several renowned global chains, including Hong Kong's Golden Harvest, Emperor Cinemas, South Korea's Lotte Cinema, and Singapore's Golden Village, earning long-term trust and recognition from industry clients worldwide.
Reduced Entry Barriers: Streamlined SaaS Experience, Delivering 99.9999% High Availability
In traditional top-tier tournament transmission, achieving 99.9999% high availability typically requires relying on expert teams for on-site support and complex debugging. However, during CAC 2026, Caton Technology completely broke this norm by encapsulating complex broadcast-grade transmission into a standardized SaaS service.
End-to-End User Control: For this service, Caton Technology delivered the mature Caton Media XStream as a SaaS service to Perfect World Esports. Through the SaaS interface, Perfect World Esports' engineering team independently completed the entire workflow, from tournament signal ingestion and cross-border link configuration to real-time monitoring.
Mastering Complex Scenarios with Ease: The Caton Media XStream encapsulates complex broadcast-grade IP transmission technology into "out-of-the-box" standardized tools, truly living up to the philosophy of "keeping it simple for the user." Even when facing the complex scheduling of dozens of ultra-low latency signals across continents, clients' technical personnel can easily get started and operate it flawlessly. For remote production teams pursuing high efficiency and flexibility, this model not only makes top-tier transmission technology accessible with zero barriers, but also resolves the acute pain points of having an overly deep tech stack and excessive reliance on third-party operations and maintenance.
Jeffery Du, General Manager of Caton Technology for the China region, stated: "As the official technology partner for CAC 2026, we are deeply honored that Perfect World Esports has chosen the Caton Media XStream platform to safeguard the intercontinental real-time transmission for this event. Caton has not only achieved high reliability, low latency, and superior image quality in cross-continental signal transmission, but also proven that the Caton Media XStream perfectly aligns with the needs of esports tournament organizers. Furthermore, users can independently utilize the transmission platform in a SaaS format, successfully fulfilling their goals for remote production and intercontinental distribution."
Supporting CAC 2026 marks another milestone for Caton Technologies in the esports sector, following its successful backing of world-class projects such as the 2024 Paris Olympics, Major League Baseball (MLB), and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Looking ahead, Caton Technologies will continue to deepen its expertise in broadcast-grade IP transmission. Through continuous technological innovation, the company aims to empower the global digital entertainment industry and inject a steady stream of technological momentum into the internationalization of China's esports industry.