System and method of streaming content between peer devices in a broadcast environment

A system for streaming broadcast media content between a plurality of peer devices in a media distribution network, the system comprising:

• a media production system that includes notification service controller configured to receive a data communication request from at least two devices of the plurality of peer devices, wherein the data communication request from a first device of the at least two devices includes a publication request to provide the media content, and wherein the data communication request from a second device of the at least two devices includes a subscription request to receive the media content;
• a data communication handshaking controller configured to select a delivery protocol between the at least two devices based on exchanging communication candidates that identify peer addresses configurable for performing media streaming of the media content from the first device to the second device, wherein the data communication handshaking controller:
• selects a first delivery protocol when the communication candidates identifies local IP addresses of the first and second devices,
• selects a second delivery protocol that identifies a STUN server if at least one of the communication candidates is an externally visible IP address, and
• selects a third delivery protocol that utilizes a relay server for streaming the media content having a publicly visible address;
• a media streaming tunnel generator configured to establish a streaming tunnel between the first device and the second device based on the respective delivery protocol selected by the data communication handshaking controller;
• and
• an encoder configured to packetize video, audio and ancillary grains directly as a plurality of packets of the broadcast media content configured to be streamed directly from the first device to the second device via the established streaming tunnel without multiplexing,
• wherein the established streaming tunnel is configured to bypass a firewall on the second device to deliver the plurality of packets of the broadcast media content thereon.

A system for streaming broadcast media content between a plurality of peer devices in a media distribution network, the system comprising:

• a media production system that includes notification service controller configured to receive a data communication request from at least two devices of the plurality of peer devices, wherein the data communication request from a first device of the at least two devices includes a publication request to provide the media content, and wherein the data communication request from a second device of the at least two devices includes a subscription request to receive the media content;
• a data communication handshaking controller configured to select a delivery protocol between the at least two devices based on exchanging communication candidates that identify peer addresses configurable for performing media streaming of the media content from the first device to the second device;
• a media streaming tunnel generator configured to establish a streaming tunnel between the first device and the second device based on the delivery protocol selected by the data communication handshaking controller;
• and
• an encoder configured to packetize video, audio and ancillary grains directly as a plurality of packets of the broadcast media content configured to be streamed directly from the first device to the second device via the established streaming tunnel without multiplexing,
• wherein the established streaming tunnel is configured to bypass a firewall on the second device to deliver the plurality of packets of the broadcast media content thereon.