Appear has announced that its X Platform has been officially verified by YouTube for Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) live streaming. This verification enables broadcasters, rights holders, and production teams to deliver high-quality live content to YouTube using Appear’s X5, X10, and X20 hardware platforms, as the company has claimed in a statement.

“Becoming a YouTube-verified encoder partner is a significant step forward for us and our customers”, affirms Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, CEO at Appear. “It reinforces our position in professional-grade IP contribution and gives our users a powerful new route to reach global audiences across one of the most important platforms in digital media”.

They explain that the partnership was driven by an European broadcast platform approached YouTube to request support for Appear’s encoders in their production pipeline. That initiated a collaboration between Appear and YouTube, culminating in full verification for Appear’s hardware-based AVC/HEVC encoding and SRT streaming.

“YouTube collaborates with technology partners to ensure their products meet our highest standards for reliability and performance when streaming to YouTube Live”, shares Callum Hewett, Live Solutions Consultant, YouTube. “We’re pleased to verify Appear’s X Platform for SRT delivery which we hope will streamline content delivery for all of their partners. It’s been great working with Appear on this and I look forward to seeing high-quality, resilient live production workflows delivered to YouTube via the Appear platforms”.

In addition, Appear was invited to speak at LiveCon 2025, YouTube’s annual live-streaming summit, that took place at their London HQ in Pancras Square on December 9th and 10th. At the event, Appear discussed how its SRT-enabled X Platform is looking forward to empowering rights holders and sports federations of all sizes to take control of their live content, reach underserved audiences, and drive global engagement.