Case Study: JW Player achieves scalable, faster video delivery with Fastly

JW Player absorbs a 900% increase in requests per second with Fastly's CDN and Media Shield

JWX, the video delivery platform behind major media brands, needed to keep its streaming fast and scalable as traffic surged from growing demand and a shift to more video-first experiences. To support that growth, JWX added Fastly to its multi-CDN strategy and began using Fastly’s CDN, Media Shield, and related services to protect performance while managing rising request volumes.

Fastly helped JWX absorb a 900% increase in requests per second, scaling from 4,000 requests per second in 2019 to 40,000 in 2021 while keeping delivery stable. With Fastly’s Media Shield, On-the-Fly Packager, Terraform integration, and Datadog logging, JWX improved time-to-first-frame, cut origin costs, simplified deployments, and gained real-time visibility; Fastly also reduced manual work and sped rollbacks and feature launches from minutes to seconds.

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John Luther

Senior Vice President of Technology