📡 live streaming ipl to 30 million+ devices: jiohotstar engineering debunked
April 22, 2026•3 min read•via Hashnode
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Live Streaming IPL to 30 Million+ Devices
Scaling an application to handle 30 million concurrent users is an engineering marvel. When that application is delivering live video streaming, the complexity multiplies exponentially.
In this post, we break down the engineering architecture behind massive live streaming events like the IPL on JioHotstar.
The Architecture of Scale
- Edge Caching and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
- Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR)
- Handling massive traffic spikes (the "Thundering Herd" problem)
- Auto-scaling microservices architecture
Full tutorial and code coming soon...
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