Case Study: HBO achieves high-availability for millions of concurrent viewers with Apica

Apica Helps HBO Deliver Infnite Streaming Scalability

HBO, one of the world’s leading entertainment providers, faced a major scalability challenge as it prepared to air the final season of Game of Thrones: millions were expected to tune in (60 percent of the audience joins within three minutes), so immediate global availability of its new in-house high-volume streaming platform was essential. Ensuring the system could handle massive, concurrent spikes in traffic was a critical step before launch.

HBO selected Apica for load testing and monitoring; Apica’s proven platform provided visibility into performance under the most demanding conditions and validated the new platform’s capacity. As a result, HBO can now support millions watching simultaneously, playback issues in the U.S. have significantly decreased, and Apica continues to monitor performance while supporting HBO’s broader plans, including the forthcoming HBO Max launch and testing in Latin America.

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