A meeting of media giants calls for powerful transformation, and when Warner Brothers Discovery needed to bring their iconic brands onto one unified platform, it was our solutions that helped them move into a new era of streaming.
The Results
Our consultants’ energy for continuous improvement was the spark to take this project further, implementing APIs and localized metadata support for a better user experience, and developing the brand’s Nordic streaming platform so it could serve as a global operational foundation. We took the opportunity to improve ingest load and live content SLAs along the way, putting lasting operational changes in place to reduce downtime and increase efficiency, leaving our client with a solid foundation of scalable architecture for the future.
The Client
The Warner Brothers Discovery portfolio reaches over 220 countries and streams in more than 50 languages, covering everything from live sports and breaking news to cinema and unmissable drama. Following their merger, all these iconic brands (HBO, Discovery Channel, Eurosport, Warner Bros. Studio) needed to be brought onto one unified streaming platform.
The Challenge
Bringing such a diverse collection together meant identifying a number of key wins, including developing a scalable content metadata ingest system, managing large-scale integrations and rebranding and onboarding their range of streaming services all while navigating regional content regulations and ensuring smooth service during high-traffic occasions like the Olympic Games.
The Services
Our team of senior developers jumped into the challenge, building a content metadata ingest system and a new streaming platform, both able to seamlessly handle data from multiple services and both optimized for scalability and performance.
During this transformation we navigated content regulations in different regions to roll out Discovery+ rebranding, integrate regional streaming services like Discovery GO and Eurosport and migrate services to the new platform while ensuring continuous stability, even during high-traffic events like the Olympic Games.
