Case Study: iStreamPlanet achieves scalable, cost-effective live video streaming with Microsoft Azure

Online Video Provider Streams Live Events and Live Linear to Connected Devices

iStreamPlanet, the live‑streaming provider behind major events like the Olympics and Sunday Night Football, developed Aventus—a software-based live video workflow manager—to move away from costly, hardware‑intensive encoders and labor for continuous live linear streaming. The company needed a scalable, flexible and cost‑effective hosting environment to run Aventus and to sell the service to broadcasters.

iStreamPlanet deployed Aventus in a Microsoft‑based private cloud (Windows Server 2012, Hyper‑V, System Center 2012) with SwitchSuperNAP and a planned hybrid migration to Windows Azure. The environment delivered trusted technology, rich monitoring and automation, lower operating costs that could be passed to customers, and the scalability to support thousands of channels and accelerated customer growth.

iStreamPlanet

Robin Cole

Vice President of Products and Services