Case Study: fuboTV achieves global, reliable live sports streaming with Bitmovin

FuboTV Brings Live Sports to Global Fans with Bitmovin Video Infrastructure

fuboTV, an upstart streaming TV service known for its passionate global sports audience and a channel lineup rivaling traditional pay TV, faced intense competition from deep-pocketed rivals and high user expectations. After attracting viewers with premium sports content and bold marketing, the company needed a high-performance, cross-platform video infrastructure that delivered consistent viewing quality, robust DRM protection, fast channel switching and casting, and a flexible encoding platform that wouldn’t lock them into specific hardware or cloud vendors.

Bitmovin provided a tightly integrated solution—its cross-platform player plus cloud-based encoding and encryption (Bitmovin Encoding Service) combined with BuyDRM’s KeyOS and Zixi Feeder—to deploy nine Showtime channels. The partnership accelerated time to market, gave fuboTV greater control over the player, improved viewer experience compared with their previous player, and delivered reliable, low-latency streaming with support for premium DRM and scalable live and VOD workflows.

fuboTV

Sung Ho Choi

Co-Founder