Streaming Platform
EPIX · Platform modernization and team augmentation
TL;DR
Nerds joined EPIX’s engineering team to help modernize its streaming platform. Our contribution covered content management, web applications and delivery tooling, supporting the client’s ongoing product development.
Context & challenge
The engagement supported EPIX, an American television and streaming network offering films and original series. Its platform brought together editorial tools, video processing and applications for viewers across different devices.
The client needed to update existing software while continuing to manage and publish content. The challenge was to improve the platform in stages, alongside its own engineering team and ongoing product work.
Our role
We extended the client’s in-house team with software engineering expertise. Working with its developers and DevOps team, we contributed to selected platform components and the tools used to develop and release them.
Solution & delivery
We helped maintain and improve editorial tools and web applications, and contributed to the software used to prepare video content for streaming. The work combined updates to existing components with development where new capabilities were needed.
Alongside the client’s DevOps team, we worked on deployment automation and local development tooling. These changes gave developers a more consistent way to prepare their working environments and release software as the platform evolved.
Results
The engagement delivered improvements to content-management tools, web applications and software delivery. EPIX gained additional engineering capacity to modernize parts of its platform while continuing product development.
Client feedback
“Extremely knowledgeable, passionate about technology and coding techniques, and friendly to work with. They are a strong team and highly recommended.”
Project resources
Related services
For streaming products and services, explore Video Platform Engineering. For updates to existing software, see Application Modernization.
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