ITV selects Akamai TrafficPeak to support World Cup streaming on ITVX
AKAM•ITV selects Akamai TrafficPeak for ITVX World Cup streaming
- ITV selected Akamai TrafficPeak, powered by Hydrolix, to support ITVX live streaming during the 2026 World Cup.
- Subsecond log ingestion replaced 5- to 15-minute telemetry delays, improving real-time fault isolation across ITV’s multi-CDN setup.
- Deployment ran as a managed service on Akamai Cloud, targeting scalable observability while lowering reliance on legacy third-party tools.
- ITVX World Cup coverage generated more than 200 million streams; England vs. Norway peaked at nearly 5 million concurrent streams.
