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Discover How Edgio Transformed CHL's Streaming Experience

Hockey is the number one sport in Canada. In a country where 25% of Canadians consider Sidney Crosby the greatest athlete of the 21st century, the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) stands as the world’s largest development hockey league.

About CHL

🏒 Founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League
🏒 Composed of three member leagues:

CHL TV: Bringing Hockey to Fans Everywhere

📡 Subscription-based service
📡 Provides live and on-demand hockey games
📡 Covers CHL, OHL, WHL, and QMJHL
📡 Lets fans watch the next Sidney Crosby in action

CHL’s Challenge

CHL needed a streaming solution that could:
✅ Streamline on-prem hardware workflows across various venues
✅ Transition to a full cloud-based solution
✅ Unify master control across all locations for live & VOD workflows
✅ Maintain full control over content distribution

Managing a complex streaming technology stack with multiple vendors and infrastructure presented financial and operational challenges. CHL needed a scalable, flexible solution to focus on their core business while ensuring a world-class viewing experience.

“Hockey is the most-watched sport in Canada and therefore a seamless, high-quality viewing experience is critically important to us. With Edgio, we were able to move from an on-prem solution to a fully cloud-based solution without losing any control.”
— John McCauley, VP Marketing & Media, CHL

Edgio’s Solution

Edgio provided CHL with an integrated streaming platform designed to optimize workflows and simplify content delivery.

Key Features & Benefits

✅ A single, integrated platform for encoding, storage, and delivery
✅ A fully cloud-based solution to orchestrate content workflows from multiple locations
✅ Certified OTT partner for world-class streaming applications
✅ Flexibility to scale infrastructure without heavy investment

CHL’s Implementation of Uplynk

CHL has fully integrated Uplynk into their workflows and applications, allowing them to:

CHL Streaming

📡 Efficiently ingest and deliver video
📡 Centralize operations while supporting emerging innovations like:

With Edgio’s expert services team, CHL can:
✔ Scale on-demand resources to support live event production
✔ Experiment with platform features, including managed encoding infrastructure
✔ Reduce ingest failures with Uplynk’s broadcast-grade production tools

How Edgio Enabled CHL’s Success

✔ Scale operations and infrastructure on demand without building additional resources
✔ Create a fully redundant live workflow in the cloud
✔ Syndicate content to enhance monetization strategies
✔ Deliver a world-class user experience to fans across North America

Game-Changing Results for CHL

Edgio empowered CHL with a seamless, scalable streaming solution, allowing them to focus on what they do best—bringing the future of hockey to fans worldwide. 🏒🚀

Uplynk Utilizes AWS to Enhance Its Platform Capabilities

Uplynk leverages AWS to enhance its platform capabilities, delivering exceptional value to customers through:

✅ Scalability and Cost Efficiency
AWS’s elastic infrastructure ensures seamless scaling for fluctuating workloads, eliminating the need for new hardware. This reduces operational complexity and provides cost savings, which Uplynk passes directly to customers.

✅ Enhanced Agility
AWS’s automated tools enable resources to be quickly deployed or decommissioned, allowing for rapid proof-of-concept testing and efficient product development cycles.

✅ Encoding, Storage, and Delivery
AWS supports Uplynk’s comprehensive media pipeline, providing the capability for efficient encoding, reliable storage, and seamless delivery. This ensures optimal performance across the platform.

✅ Streamlined Compliance
AWS simplifies the process of meeting regulatory requirements, lowering the cost and complexity of maintaining compliance across diverse workloads.

Empowering the Streaming Landscape

By leveraging AWS, Uplynk offers the scalability, efficiency, and technical innovation needed to empower customers in the ever-evolving streaming landscape.