StreamOnline was preparing for a project supporting the transmission of FAME MMA,
a popular celebrity mixed martial arts (MMA) competition broadcast. The project was
projected to reach millions of viewers across Europe through a mix of live streaming and
video-on-demand consumption. This would be one of the largest transmissions StreamOnline
had executed in terms of both distribution volume and revenue generation.
Among its many responsibilities for the FAME MMA broadcast, StreamOnline was tasked with
streaming live broadcasts for the show. Securely distributing and tracking content online at this
scale is a significant challenge in its own right.
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Initially, StreamOnline tried using token authentication, which could not sufficiently scale to
support FAME MMA.
StreamOnline decided they needed to leverage DRM technology to support their project, and
tried working with another DRM vendor. Unfortunately, they learned that the other DRM vendor
could not enable encryption on an encoder they had, which was essential to achieving the level
of protection and tracking that StreamOnline needed.
StreamOnline discovered BuyDRM and was able to thoroughly evaluate BuyDRM’s
services during their trial period. Aron Siemieniuk, IT Director at StreamOnline, found
BuyDRM’s services to be “very easy to implement, easy to scale using http protocol,
and easily cached by app servers.”
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Additionally, BuyDRM could leverage many other content delivery networks (CDNs). “It worked
very, very well.” BuyDRM also integrates with Amazon Services, on which StreamOnline relies
heavily, facilitating an even easier integration.
After working with BuyDRM to support six episodes of FAME MMA, StreamOnline’s is “looking
forward to working with BuyDRM on more projects soon.” Aron describes their partnership as
“very, very promising.”
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