Case Study: Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network (CPBN) achieves scalable, sub-second live streaming for peak game traffic with Rackspace Technology

CPBN - Customer Case Study

Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network (CPBN) hosts live sports streams for alumni and fans worldwide. After a high-profile women’s basketball game last season where CPBN’s servers buckled under unexpectedly heavy traffic and viewers lost the feed, CPBN engaged Rackspace to prevent future outages and ensure reliable live video delivery.

Rackspace implemented Cloud Servers and Cloud Load Balancers integrated with Scalr’s auto-scaling and CapCal web performance testing from Grid Robotics to enable instant capacity scaling and better traffic planning. The result: consistent, sub-second response times for viewers, with CPBN reporting superior service through the season and expectations of at most one-second responses even during peak loads.

CPBN

Derrick Ellis

Director of Online and New Media