In the hours leading up to the final of major sporting events, such as the UEFA Champions League, both fans and telecom operators experience the same feeling: nerves. For the fans, it’s the thrill of watching their team compete for the season’s most prestigious title. For the operators, it’s a concern that a surge in viewership could cause signal distribution issues. In this context, TVUP has consistently proven its strength year after year, offering a robust platform designed to deliver smooth, uninterrupted broadcasts, regardless of the number of viewers watching.

TVUP’s architecture is designed to encompass the entire content pipeline, from signal ingestion to on-screen playback. The system supports multiple broadcast sources, real-time encoding, and content protection via DRM, ensuring signal integrity, quality, and security.

“Our technology is designed to ensure efficient and stable streaming, even under high-concurrency conditions,” explains Víctor Domingo, CTO of TVUP Streaming Media. He adds, “To achieve this, we combine several layers of technical optimization and use an adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR) system, which dynamically adjusts video quality based on the viewer’s available bandwidth. This ensures a smooth experience regardless of network conditions, minimizing interruptions and buffering for continuous playback.”

One of TVUP’s key differentiators is the implementation of advanced protocols that optimize broadcast efficiency. Complementing this is an intelligent distribution system that dynamically balances the load across multiple servers and content delivery networks (CDNs), avoiding bottlenecks.

“With our intelligent distribution system, based on multiple CDNs and geo-distributed load balancing, content is delivered from the nodes closest to each user. Traffic loads are distributed in real time across various routes and servers. This strategy prevents congestion and ensures the availability of content. If one route fails or becomes saturated, the system automatically switches to an alternative,” explains Víctor Domingo.

TVUP’s centralized monitoring system also provides real-time visibility into platform performance. “Our monitoring technology, with quality-of-service metrics, allows us to detect anomalies and automatically scale cloud capacity when increased demand is anticipated (auto-scaling),” says Víctor Domingo. “We also apply edge computing techniques to bring processing as close as possible to the end user, reducing content delivery latency. With this architecture, we ensure a consistent and high-quality user experience, regardless of traffic levels. For sporting events or any scenario with anticipated spikes in demand, we can even pre-scale the infrastructure in advance.”

Flexible storage, compatibility with multiple resolutions and devices (TVs, smartphones, tablets, and web browsers), and a consistent user interface complete a technical proposition built for operators and audiovisual service providers who can’t afford failure during live broadcasts.