Case Study: UEFA achieves rapid global delivery of 3,000+ full HD clips (nearly 27 TB) with Aspera

High-Speed Video Transfers Deliver Tournament Clips To Sports Fans Worldwide

UEFA’s EURO 2012 tournament drew massive global audiences and required rapid delivery of HD match promos, highlights and interviews from on-site media centers in Ukraine and Poland to broadcasters worldwide. Faced with tight deadlines and a short event window, UEFA needed secure, high-speed transfers and flexible workflow orchestration without provisioning large, temporary infrastructure.

UEFA implemented Aspera’s suite (Point-to-Point, Enterprise Server, Orchestrator, faspex On-Demand on AWS, Cargo Downloader and Console) to automate uploads from venues, process content at the International Broadcasting Center, and distribute HD packages into Amazon S3 for broadcaster download. The hybrid on-premises/cloud solution delivered over 3,000 clips—nearly 27 TB of full HD content—while providing predictable, high-speed transfers, real-time monitoring and eliminating costly upfront hardware.

UEFA

Olivier Gaches

Digital Media Manager, UEFA