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TelevisaUnivision streams FIFA World Cup with Google Cloud Media CDN

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TelevisaUnivision leveraged Google Cloud's Media CDN and Memorystore for Valkey 9.0 to deliver an uninterrupted streaming experience for the FIFA World Cup to millions across Latin America. This partnership focused on enhancing network resilience through in-ISP caching and direct peering, crucial for handling massive traffic spikes and ensuring high availability. The collaboration resulted in 100% platform availability across 104 live matches, achieving 675 million cumulative views, and demonstrated a new standard for live sports broadcasting infrastructure.

  • →Media CDN enables high-performance live streaming with deep edge caching
  • →Memorystore for Valkey 9.0 delivers sub-millisecond session response times
  • →TelevisaUnivision leverages Google Cloud for World Cup streaming success
  • →Joint operational model ensures high availability and proactive monitoring
Features (2) ›
  • Media CDN enables high-performance live streaming with deep edge caching

    Google Cloud's Media CDN was instrumental in handling massive live-stream traffic spikes during the World Cup. Its architecture featured in-ISP deep edge caching and direct ISP peering, placing video segments within a single network hop of viewers and bypassing congested transit routes.

  • Memorystore for Valkey 9.0 delivers sub-millisecond session response times

    To manage extreme traffic demands, TelevisaUnivision migrated its session store to Memorystore for Valkey 9.0, running on serverless microservices at the edge. This configuration achieved sub-millisecond response times for authentication and entitlement checks, scaling automatically to handle peak API traffic.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Joint operational model ensures high availability and proactive monitoring

    TelevisaUnivision and Google Cloud implemented a joint 24/7 operational model, including unified command centers and proactive monitoring by Customer Reliability Engineering teams. This co-engineering approach allowed for dynamic traffic routing and immediate CDN configuration adjustments during live events.

Notes (1) ›
  • TelevisaUnivision leverages Google Cloud for World Cup streaming success

    The article details how TelevisaUnivision partnered with Google Cloud to stream the FIFA World Cup, emphasizing the challenges of live sports broadcasting and the solutions provided by Google Cloud's Media CDN and Memorystore for Valkey 9.0. This collaboration achieved 100% platform availability across 104 matches and garnered 675 million views.

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https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/streaming-the-fifa-world-cup-with-televisaunivision/

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