Case Study: Telenor achieves scalable streaming metadata federation with Hygraph

How Telenor's streaming platform federates metadata from external APIs with Hygraph

Telenor, a major global telecommunications provider, faced a challenge in managing the complex metadata for its growing video streaming service. The platform was adding approximately 2,000 new videos every month, and its previous custom-built CMS required extensive manual work from developers, which was time-consuming and prone to errors. Telenor needed a scalable, database-like solution with a user-friendly interface to centralize and simplify this process.

The company implemented Hygraph to act as a federated content hub. Hygraph’s GraphQL-native API provided the necessary performance, handling millions of monthly calls with less than 100ms latency. The no-code schema editor and intuitive UI allowed both developers and content editors to manage metadata efficiently. This solution enabled Telenor to meet a tight three-month deadline for the project's first iteration, eliminate manual entry mistakes, and free up developer resources for more strategic tasks.

Telenor

Lars-Flemming Clausen

Senior Engineer