About the Customer

Bharti Airtel is one of the largest mobile network operators globally. The company offers a broad range of telecommunications services and is among the top 3 mobile service providers worldwide. It also provides digital entertainment services such as music streaming and video-on-demand through its subsidiary, Airtel Xstream.

Project Details

• The client sought engaging entertainment platforms – a website and mobile application – to target users across multiple platforms worldwide.
• They wanted to integrate a secure payment gateway and support various codecs on both the Android and iOS platforms.
• BigOhTech assisted the client in developing the application.

Problem

• The client needed an engaging entertainment platform with advanced features and functionalities.
• Integrate a secure and intuitive payment system for subscriptions.
• The platform needed to support various codecs on both Android & iOS.
• Optimize streaming quality with minimal buffering.
• Support for multiple codecs and content protection mechanisms.

Our Approach

• Designed a microservices-based architecture to ensure scalability and maintainability.
• Developed a seamless mechanism to ingest content from third-party providers and live TV streams, ensuring optimal codec compatibility.
• Developed a solution DRM License to check if user is authorized for Playback.
• A customized solution was developed that allows users to play videos through EXO Player in both HLS (iOS/Android) and DASH (Android).
• Users can play videos in their preferred quality, enhancing the user experience.
• A reliable application with a secure payment gateway was built as per the requirement.

Benefits

• Airtel Xstream engaged users globally with a one-stop multilingual entertainment solution for multiple devices.
• The application enabled faster live streaming services and improved the user experience.
• As of 2022, the Airtel Xstream app achieved the milestone of 2 million paid subscribers and is now India’s fastest-growing OTT aggregator platform.
• The current average viewing time on Airtel Xstream is approximately 150 minutes and is consistently increasing.
• Airtel Xstream aims to reach 20 million paid subscribers while diversifying its content and partner list soon.