OTT Streaming Solutions

Be ready when the audience arrives

Hold the stream when a live audience shows up at once, and keep on-demand steady as the catalogue and territories grow. Control premium access at the edge, without rebuilding the workflows you rely on today.

210+ global PoPs

Sub-2s live latency

99.99% uptime SLA

Get ahead of the surge

Plan a production test with your real traffic on us.*

*Final offer determined based on your current setup and contract.

POWERING TEAMS AT

Streaming looks simple.
Running it at scale is not.

Live demand reveals weak links. Everyday growth turns them into business problems.

Sudden audience peaks

When viewers arrive all at once, traffic overwhelms delivery paths, overloads origins, and turns into stalls people notice immediately.

Traffic spikesOrigin loadNo time to react

Live gives you no second take

Every delay, stall, or drop reaches viewers while the moment is still happening, and damages the experience they trusted you to deliver.

Playback delaysBuffering and stallsViewer trust

Paywalls are not enough

Weak access controls leave premium streams exposed to shared links and unauthorised viewing, putting rights and revenue at risk.

Token securityRights risk

Global playback breaks down

Distance and uneven networks slow starts, increase buffering, and make live and on-demand feel inconsistent across markets.

BufferingUneven quality

Growth squeezes margins

Adding titles and territories increases delivery cost even when audience and revenue do not grow with them.

Delivery costMargin pressure

Built to hold when everyone hits play

You cannot add capacity after the audience arrives. Put it where viewers will be before the moment begins.

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210+

Edge Points of Presence

Bring live and on-demand delivery closer to every audience.

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200Tbps

DDoS Protection Capacity

Keep attack traffic away from the network paths carrying your streams.

<30ms

Avg Global
Response Time

Keep viewer requests moving through a responsive global edge.

14k

PEERING PARTNERS

Give every stream a more direct path into the networks viewers use.

Keep the stack you already trust.
Give viewers the experience they expect.

Prepare the delivery path before demand arrives. Keep the origin protected and stay close to what viewers experience once they press play.

Gcore OTT Streaming Solutions for Platforms and Services

Bring delivery closer

Move live and on-demand streams closer to viewers, while taking repeat demand and peak pressure off your origin.

Control access at the edge

Validate secure tokens and apply geo or IP access rules at the edge before premium content is served to viewers.

Add a path, not a rebuild

Introduce Gcore alongside your existing CDN routes without replacing the workflow your team already runs.

Give your multi-CDN setup a stronger answer to the spike

Keep delivery steady across markets and stay in control as demand shifts. Reduce dependence on any one provider, while gaining more leverage from the CDN mix you already run.

Keep your routes
Add Gcore alongside trusted routes.

Prove it on real traffic
Compare delivery under real demand.

Explore Multi-CDN Delivery

Take control of every request
that shapes playback

Shape how content is delivered, who gets access, and how the path adapts as every viewer arrives.

PREMIERE READINESS

Start strong when the audience arrives

Preload key content before the audience shows up, so the first surge does not begin at your origin.

Cache prefetchEdge cachingOrigin offload

TRAFFIC ROUTING

Send every viewer down the right path

Route viewers by region, event, or traffic conditions, then change delivery paths without disrupting playback.

Traffic steeringManifest rewritingMulti-CDN

ORIGIN RESILIENCE

Keep the rush off your origin

Absorb repeat requests at the edge and use backup origin paths when a primary route degrades.

Origin shieldingOrigin groupsFailover paths

PREMIUM ACCESS

Control who gets the stream

Validate secure tokens and apply geo or IP access rules at the edge before premium content is served.

Secure tokensFastEdge validationGeo & IP rules

PLAYBACK CONTROL

Make manifests work harder

Adapt HLS and DASH manifests for device, quality, and business rules without sending every change back to origin.

HLS & DASHManifest rewritingDevice rules

DELIVERY VISIBILITY

See the path under pressure

Watch request rates, cache behaviour, and origin response by region while viewers are still watching.

Request rateCache behaviourOrigin response

When World Cup fans hit play, the stream has to hold

One global tournament. Streams ready for fans everywhere.

National broadcaster

"Working with Gcore's technical staff has been excellent. They are responsive and eager to solve issues. They were well prepared for the 2026 World Cup. Together, we developed complementary ways to monitor quality and keep operations smooth."

Werner Robitza

Managing Director

10×

lower TCP retransmissions

23.1 ms

mean delivery duration

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Give the next peak something stronger to land on

Bring the next peak into the conversation. We'll help you prepare delivery and access around the stack you already run.

Here is how we make the move easier:

Review your current delivery stack
Map peak, regional, and live-event risks
Scope the right CDN delivery and edge access
Plan a staged rollout around your event calendar

*Final offer determined based on your current setup and contract.

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