MGM Studios deploys groundbreaking media distribution technology

MGM Studios has been announced as one of Eluvio’s initial customers in a deployment that has expanded significantly over the course of the summer.

Formally introduced by CEO Michelle Munson at IBC 2019, Eluvio Content Fabric bypasses the need for a traditional content delivery network (CDN) by providing a global software overlay network that enables just-time-video distribution directly from the source, whether stream or file.

In the case of MGM Studios, the iconic company is using the Content Fabric for global streaming to web, mobile and TV everywhere audiences of ‘certain properties’, encompassing transcoding, multi-format encryption and DRM, access control and audience reporting. As a result, it now forms a major part of the company’s evolving ‘next-gen’ supply chain.

“We have had a really good response from MGM Studios,” says Munson, “and in fact, their use of Content Fabric has…