Case Study: Fortune 500 Pay-TV Provider achieves rapid launch of high-quality, low-latency OTT service with Mirantis Cloud Platform

High-Quality Streaming Service Launched in Weeks, Thanks to Mirantis Cloud Platform Running Harmonic Cloud-Native Media Processing Solution

A Fortune 500 U.S. direct-broadcast satellite operator sought to capture cord-cutters by launching a low-cost monthly OTT service offering high-quality, low-latency live and on-demand TV across devices. The company needed a solution that could be built in weeks, minimize CAPEX, scale to hundreds of channels, and integrate with DRM, ad insertion and existing back-end systems.

Using Mirantis Cloud Platform (OpenStack + Kubernetes) paired with Harmonic VOS Cloud, the operator deployed a scalable private cloud (initially a 300-node cluster, now 500+ nodes with 100+ Gbps egress) to deliver 250+ live and on-demand channels to Android, iOS, PC and game consoles. The end-to-end system launched in under two months with minimal CAPEX, supported on-the-fly encoding/transcoding/packaging and dynamic ad insertion, and attracted more than 200,000 subscribers within two months.