Prep for Fifa World Cup 2026

A look at what it really takes to prepare a streaming platform for one of the largest live events in the world. From capacity planning and multi-CDN strategies to content steering and graceful failover, this talk explores how to build resilience at scale. We’ll cover the growing importance of real-time data through CMCD and observability platforms, the role of lightweight control planes (APIs, Go, KV stores), and challenges like VPN detection and GeoIP consistency. Finally, we’ll address the industry’s weak spot: testing—why current load testing approaches fall short, and what that means when millions of viewers hit “play” at once.