A major UK Broadcaster wanted to upgrade from their interim, highly manual file delivery system, to something more automated and scalable.
The product was remade as a cloud native solution, using best practice UX to ease operator workload.
Challenges
Seamless migration to keep major television services on air
Migrating from a system that didn’t having the optional API available
Overcoming legacy organisation concerns that “the cloud isn’t secure”, during a spate of content being stolen from post-production houses
Technologies & Techniques
EC2 and Lambda for Compute, in both Java and Javascript
Autoscaling with instance protection to ensure long-running tasks completed
Advanced dashboards driven by granular data events
Integration of on-premise storage for near-line caching & delivery of content
Multiple layers of security to protect high-value content
Incremental migration, gradually replacing all legacy functions
Outcome
Clear dashboard view for operators, highlighting any shows requiring action
The primary team using the system took on additional work, due to benefits of automation
Unifying programme delivery across the organisation, as other teams migrated their workflows
Seamless scaling to cope with delivery ‘peaks’
Operators could work remotely during the pandemic, as it was web-based