- Founded
- 2017-01-01 in Netherlands
- Headquarters
- Netherlands
- sales@ceeblue.net
Ceeblue B.V. is a Netherlands-based live streaming technology company that specializes in ultra-low-latency video transcoding and delivery. Founded in 2017 by Danny Burns and Lawton Cheney, the company has developed the Media Fabric, a platform that achieves sub-500 millisecond end-to-end latency by combining a live video transcoder with a real-time service mesh. This makes it particularly suited for latency-sensitive applications such as live sports betting, iGaming, live shopping, and OTT broadcasting. Ceeblue is the first and only provider to support both WebRTC and HESP real-time protocols on a single platform. In 2025, it launched WebRTS, an open-source streaming framework that delivers real-time latency over HTTP/TCP, reducing infrastructure costs. The company serves major broadcasters and betting operators, with a reference customer story involving Akamai. With a team of 11–50 employees and revenue under $5 million, Ceeblue is privately held and maintains strong industry influence as a founding member and co-chair of the CDN Alliance’s Low Latency Working Group.
Detailed Review
History and Founding
Ceeblue was founded in 2017 in the Netherlands by two British expatriates, Danny Burns and Lawton Cheney, and began operations in 2018. The company was built around a vision of achieving true ultra-low latency for live video streaming, addressing the limitations of traditional CDN-based delivery.
Core Products and Technology
Ceeblue's flagship platform is the Media Fabric, a cloud-based architecture that integrates a live video transcoder and a real-time service mesh. The transcoder ingests streams via RTMP, SRT, WebRTC, or RTSP and supports SCTE-35 markers, while the service mesh delivers sub-second latency (150–1000 ms) to unlimited viewers. Pricing starts at €375/month for the transcoder and €460/month for the service mesh. In 2025, Ceeblue introduced WebRTS (Web Real-Time Streaming), an open-source framework that matches WebRTC latency over HTTP/TCP, featuring partial reliability, a containerless format that reduces bandwidth by 5% compared to CMAF, and selective frame skipping. This innovation lowers total cost of ownership by eliminating the need for specialty infrastructure.
Market Position and Partnerships
Ceeblue positions itself as a protocol-agnostic provider serving OTT broadcasters, iGaming, live sports betting, and live shopping. It is a founding member of the CDN Alliance and co-chairs its Low Latency Working Group, and is also a member of the SRT and HESP Alliances. A notable partnership with Akamai demonstrated sub-second end-to-end latencies for live sports and betting worldwide. The company was named to Streaming Media Europe’s Top 51 most influential streaming technology companies and was a finalist for a Best Start-Up/Tech Company award.
Leadership
Ceeblue is led by Founder and CTO Danny Burns and Chief Commercial Officer Lawton Cheney. No CEO or other C-level executives have been publicly identified; the management team directly supports clients through an API-first approach that avoids vendor lock-in.
Key Products
Media Fabric
Cloud-based ultra-low-latency live streaming platform combining a live video transcoder and a real-time service mesh. Starting at €375/month for transcoder and €460/month for service mesh.
WebRTS (Web Real-Time Streaming)
Open-source real-time streaming framework achieving sub-500 ms latency over HTTP/TCP, with partial reliability and a containerless format that reduces bandwidth by 5% compared to CMAF. Royalty-free.
Offices & Headcount
30 employees (approx.)
Key Persons
- Danny Burns
Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO)