Case Study: Columbus Communications achieves high-performance, low-cost multiscreen video services with AWS Elemental

Columbus - Customer Case Study

Columbus Communications, a retail and wholesale telecommunications provider serving 270,000 subscribers across 22 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America, set out to deliver true multiscreen video — letting customers watch and manage TV, on‑demand video, Internet and email from any device through a single user interface. The company needed a cost‑effective, future‑proof encoding solution that could scale to hundreds of channels and thousands of hours of content without excessive capital, power or maintenance costs.

Columbus selected Elemental Live and Elemental Server, a software‑defined, hybrid encoding approach that combines hardware performance with software flexibility. The platform enabled conversion of 250+ linear channels and large on‑demand libraries, supported a phased rollout to mobile and set‑top devices, reduced power and rackspace needs, accelerated feature development, and delivered a high‑quality multiscreen service more quickly and affordably while keeping the infrastructure upgradeable for the future.

Columbus

Darren Richer

Chief Technology Officer, Columbus Communications