Case Study: ProSiebenSat.1 prevents downtime and ensures broadcast continuity with Check Point Software’s 44000 Next Generation Firewalls and SmartEvent

Leading German entertainment player prevents downtime in always-on media industry

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE is Germany’s leading entertainment and e‑commerce group, serving 45 million TV households and generating 1 billion online video views per month. Facing a shift to always‑on, multi‑platform viewing, the company needed to scale for rapid traffic growth, segment users and services to contain attacks, and simplify security management while supporting very high internal bandwidth (20 Gb/s with headroom to 50 Gb/s) in an environment intolerant of downtime.

ProSiebenSat.1 deployed Check Point 44000 Next Generation Firewalls and SmartEvent to deliver a scalable, chassis‑based solution with 10/40/100 GbE ports, N+N redundancy, advanced threat prevention and centralized event visibility. The implementation enabled robust network segmentation, faster policy control and real‑time security for streaming services, avoided broadcast disruptions, simplified operations, and supported the company’s expansion into new digital services with a strong return on investment.

ProSiebenSat.1

Andreas Mang

Senior Network and Firewall Manager