Streaming Platform

TL;DR

Case study detailing how Nerds Computing helped an American premium streaming network, modernize its legacy platform into a cloud-native, microservices-ready architecture with CI/CD automation and multi-device support.

About the Client

Epix is an American premium cable and streaming network, launched in 2009, offering exclusive movies, original series, and on-demand content. Available via Epix Now, its proprietary direct-to-consumer streaming platform, and through a la carte subscriptions, Epix delivers cinematic-quality entertainment without the need for a traditional pay-TV provider.

Built on a secure, cloud-native infrastructure, the Epix streaming platform ensures encrypted video delivery, multi-device playback, and global content distribution through integrated CDN pipelines—guaranteeing high availability, fast response times, and a premium viewing experience.

Challenge & Objectives

The client's rapid growth created the need for a modernized streaming platform capable of delivering a consistent, high-performance user experience across devices.

As the existing infrastructure was built on legacy code, scalability and content management became challenging, especially with the expansion to new TV operating systems and web-based content delivery.

The goal was to upgrade the core architecture, implement centralized content workflows, and extend compatibility for multi-device environments — ensuring the platform could support future growth and evolving audience demand.

Technical Solution

Since the client already had an in-house technical department, we provided team augmentation — adding specialized engineering expertise to accelerate development and strengthen delivery capacity.

Our mission was to maintain and enhance editorial workflows while gradually preparing the system for a microservices-first architecture and cloud-ready infrastructure.

Together with the client's DevOps team, we designed and implemented automated deployment pipelines and standardized delivery scripts — creating a single source of truth for the deployment process. The same Helm chart configuration was applied across development, staging, and production, ensuring environment consistency.

To streamline the developer experience, we introduced a custom CLI tool that enables teams to deploy services locally in a Minikube cluster, replicating the production setup. This reduced the ramp-up and environment setup time from two days to just four minutes — significantly improving productivity and delivery speed.

Alongside the core platform upgrade, we focused on key engineering improvements to enhance scalability, maintainability, and delivery speed.

• Upgrade tech stack → modern frameworks, improved performance baseline.
• Migrate from monolith → prepare for microservices and container orchestration.
• Refactor codebase → improve structure, reduce technical debt.
• Integrate payment gateways → unified billing and transactions layer.
• Extend admin panel → advanced content and user management.

Results & Impact

Several core services were extracted, optimized, and rebuilt from the ground up, increasing scalability and maintainability across the platform.

New TV applications were developed and published for multiple operating systems, expanding audience reach and ensuring a consistent viewing experience across all devices.

The platform's modernization is an ongoing process — the journey continues at epix.com.