Case Study: Disc Golf Pro Tour boosts fan engagement and viewership with AWS Elemental

Disc Golf Pro Tour boosts fan engagement with AWS, delivering 30 events and near-zero outages

The Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT), the premier professional disc golf tour, faced significant challenges with its previous over-the-top (OTT) provider, including poor performance at scale, lack of essential data metrics, and an inability to offer features like Live DVR and 60 fps streaming. To enhance its Disc Golf Network platform and provide a better experience for its growing fan base, DGPT partnered with AWS and its AWS Elemental MediaLive and MediaPackage services to build a new, scalable solution.

AWS, with implementation partner Insys Video Technologies, built a robust streaming solution using a suite of AWS Media Services. The new architecture delivered immediate results, including the introduction of Live DVR and 60 fps support, near-instant video-on-demand transcoding, and the ability to handle increased traffic during major tournaments. The solution significantly improved viewer satisfaction and watch times, with subscribers averaging 59 minutes to over an hour of viewing per event during the 2024 season, which featured 30 events with 8-10 hours of high-quality streaming per day.

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