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HLS Streaming CDN

Deliver pre-encoded live and VOD streams with 2-4 second latency. Standard HLS keeps viewers 20-40 seconds behind the action. The BlazingCDN LL-HLS pipeline, with partial segments, blocking playlists and preload hints, brings that down to the 2-4 second range.

From $5/TB down to $2.50/TB at volume · 14-day testing period on real traffic · $25 monthly minimum waived · Engineer reply within 3 business hours

2-4 s

Latency our delivery layer adds on an LL-HLS pipeline

20-40 s

Where standard HLS delivery sits

96%+

Average cache hit rate across the network

Built for live-first teams

Works with web, iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Android TV players that support LL-HLS. LL-DASH supported equally

Live sports & events

Burst absorption for goal-moment concurrency spikes; pre-event cache warming for manifests and opening segments.

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Live channels & broadcasters

Protocol-aware caching across mixed live + VOD catalogs.

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E-learning & corporate live

Predictable delivery for scheduled high-concurrency sessions, with signed-URL protection for paid streams.

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You bring the stream. We deliver it.

BlazingCDN is a delivery layer, not a processing layer. To use HLS Streaming CDN you need your own media server, encoder, or packager producing HLS/DASH output. We do not transcode, re-package, or generate manifests, and that is exactly why nothing we do can break your encoding pipeline.

Setup: create a zone, point it at your packager’s output, put the CDN hostname in your player config. Test on a temporary hostname before switching DNS.

Watch a real HLS stream come through the Anycast edge

This clip is a pre-packaged HLS ladder: four renditions, 4 s segments, stored in BlazingCDN Cloud Storage with a pull zone in front. The manifest and every segment are served from the nearest PoP, and the stats update live as segments arrive.

HLS · Anycast pull zone

Boxing match clip streamed as HLS through BlazingCDN

AutoQuality·Bitrate·Last segmentServed from

Four renditions, one manifest

360p to 1080p in one HLS ladder. The player opens at 1080p; switch to another fixed quality, or to Auto, from the settings icon.

Segments, not files

Protocol-aware caching keeps m3u8 playlists short-lived and .ts segments long-lived, so a stream stays fresh without hammering the origin.

Try it in your own player

Copy the manifest URL below into VLC, Safari or any HLS player. Same files, same CDN, no sign-up.

Manifest: https://cdn84906683.blazingcdn.net/boxing/hls/master.m3u8 · Segments: 4 s · Footage: Pixabay, free licence

From 20 to 40 seconds behind live, down to 2-4 s

Viewers learn about the goal from social feeds before they see it, so every second of latency is a viewer decision. A full LL-HLS path on BlazingCDN includes:

Partial segments served from edge as they are produced, before the full segment closes
Blocking playlist requests, so players get manifest updates the moment they exist, without polling
Preload hints so the player fetches the next part ahead of need
Part-level caching at the edge, so concurrent viewers in one region share the same delivery
All ABR renditions pre-cached, keeping bitrate switching stable when concurrency doubles mid-match

Numbers, then price

Measured on our own edge across production deployments. Your end-to-end figure also depends on your encoder and packager, which we do not touch.

2-4 s

Latency our delivery layer adds on an LL-HLS pipeline, measured from our edge. Standard HLS delivery sits at 20 to 40 s.

97%+

Segment cache hit sustained on VOD libraries. Live manifests have a different profile: ask us for live figures on your setup.

96%+

Average cache hit rate across the network

What 100 TB of streaming costs

Progressive tiers work like tax brackets: each rate applies only to the traffic inside its range. Requests, HTTPS, custom domains and origin shield are included, and a stream delivered in Asia costs the same as one delivered in Europe.

TIER 01

First 5 TB

$5.00 per TB

TIER 02

5 to 25 TB

$4.50 per TB

TIER 03

25 to 100 TB

$4.00 per TB

100 TB a month works out at $415

Each tier is billed only on the traffic inside it, so the tiers add up rather than replace each other. 25 TB is about $115, 500 TB is about $1,815, and above 500 TB a month we quote it for you.

Media & Entertainment For broadcasters, TV channels and OTT platforms, the speed and reliability of media delivery is critical. BlazingCDN delivers streams you have already encoded, with minimal buffering: HLS and LL-HLS, DASH, and legacy HDS and MSS where your estate still needs them.

E-Learning Platforms For e-learning providers, ensuring smooth video delivery is key to maintaining engagement. With BlazingCDN, online classrooms, webinars, and training videos are delivered at high speed, making education accessible anywhere in the world.

Corporate and Enterprise For corporations hosting virtual events, webinars, and corporate training, BlazingCDN’s Streaming CDN ensures reliable content delivery across any device, without network bottlenecks.

Gaming and Esports The gaming and esports industries rely heavily on smooth, real-time video streaming to deliver high-quality content to their audiences. BlazingCDN's Streaming CDN provides low-latency, high-speed streaming capabilities, ensuring that live broadcasts of tournaments, gameplays, and esports events reach viewers without lag or interruptions.

Protocol-aware caching, not generic file delivery

HLS and DASH break a stream into a manifest and segments, and those need opposite cache treatment. BlazingCDN applies it automatically:

Live manifests: near-zero TTL, so players always see the freshest playlist
VOD manifests: longer TTL for stable catalogs
Segments: cached as immutable and served from the edge with a stable cadence, which keeps ABR from oscillating
DRM-encrypted segments: delivered and cached encrypted; key delivery and licensing stay on your side
Origin shield and request coalescing: thousands of concurrent misses collapse into a single upstream request, protecting your packager during live peaks

Test CDN Speed Across Top Regions

Speed data measured June 2026

Avg. Download Speed

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Europe

Download Speed

1.12Gb/s

Latency

27 ms

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Asia

Download Speed

761Mb/s

Latency

47 ms

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North America

Download Speed

1.11 Gb/s

Latency

24 ms

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*The test file sits behind one CDN URL. Anycast routes each request to the nearest edge, which is why the same link measures differently from each region. Your own network affects the result too.

CASE STUDIES

Three live deployments, written up in full

Each one is a full write-up in our knowledge base: what was breaking during the broadcast, what we changed, and what the numbers did afterwards.

Live sports, kickoff spikes

Concurrency triples in minutes and every buffering second lands on an ad break. The write-up covers how the edge absorbed the surge and what it did to ad delivery during the monetised moments. Read the case →

Live sports, playback latency

Viewers were finding out the score from social feeds before the picture arrived, and adaptive bitrate kept oscillating. This one is about latency and rendition stability on a live pipeline. Read the case →

OTT provider, multi-region

Playback quality drifted between regions and buffering followed the time zone. The case covers what changed once the same content was answered from every region equally. Read the case →

HLS Streaming CDN

Built for live-first teams

Live sports & events

Live channels & broadcasters

E-learning & corporate live

You bring the stream. We deliver it.

Watch a real HLS stream come through the Anycast edge

Four renditions, one manifest

Segments, not files

Try it in your own player

From 20 to 40 seconds behind live, down to 2-4 s

Numbers, then price

2-4 s

97%+

96%+

What 100 TB of streaming costs

First 5 TB

5 to 25 TB

25 to 100 TB

Protocol-aware caching, not generic file delivery

Test CDN Speed Across Top Regions

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Latency

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