Case Study: TF1 and deltatre achieve faster-than-real-time, multi-format global sports streaming with AWS Elemental

TF1 and deltatre - Customer Case Study

TF1, a leading French broadcaster, and deltatre, a global sports media services provider, faced the challenge of delivering live and on‑demand video from a major international sporting event to diverse platforms and service providers. TF1 had to produce differently encoded streams for five set‑top‑box providers, while deltatre needed to transcode and publish 22 distinct adaptive‑bitrate outputs for web and mobile devices within 15 minutes of each match ending—requirements that strained existing infrastructure and timelines.

Both companies consolidated their workflows on Elemental software: Elemental Live for TF1’s multi‑profile live outputs and Elemental Server for deltatre’s file‑based, faster‑than‑real‑time transcoding. The solution reduced workflow complexity and infrastructure footprint, cut costs and manpower, met tight delivery windows (including automated watch‑folder processing and Akamai uploads), and delivered high‑quality streams to a wider global audience.

TF1 and deltatre

Chris Caitling

Operations Director, deltatre Media