India, June 1 -- As live sports streaming reaches unprecedented scale in India, media platforms are increasingly rethinking how they build and manage digital infrastructure. Handling millions of simultaneous viewers during major sporting events now requires systems capable of scaling rapidly, maintaining reliability, and minimising disruptions in real time.

Speaking at the AWS Summit 2026 in Mumbai, Akash Saxena, Chief Technology Officer of JioStar, outlined how the company has gradually evolved its streaming infrastructure over nearly a decade to support large-scale entertainment and sports broadcasting.

JioStar, which emerged through the integration of major entertainment and sports streaming assets, today operates a wide-ranging medi...