Fastly offers everything you need from a modern CDN, from effortless scale and built-in security to programmable control and full visibility.
Power the experiences your audiences demand
Media & Entertainment
From streaming to publishing to what's next, deliver fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences at the edge.
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One edge platform for media & entertainment
Whether you stream video, publish breaking news, or build what's next, the same programmable edge delivers the speed, scale, and security your audiences expect.
32% faster TTFB than other CDNs
Serve video, pages, and APIs from the edge for faster starts and snappier experiences everywhere.
Absorb any traffic spike with confidence
Handle live events, breaking news, and viral moments without origin overload or degradation.
Next-Gen WAF, DDoS, and TLS at scale
Protect streams, editorial properties, and APIs from bots, scraping, piracy, and DDoS attacks.
Real-time visibility and programmable control
Per-second observability plus flexible APIs and a CI/CD-friendly edge developers can shape.
Stream without compromise
Deliver high-quality live and on-demand video with lower latency, fewer buffering events, and reduced origin costs, even during unpredictable peak-viewership spikes.
Low-latency delivery
Edge architecture tuned for live and VOD with minimal start times.
Origin shield and offload
Cut origin load and egress costs by caching at the edge, even dynamic manifests.
Scalability on demand
Absorb massive concurrent viewership spikes without degradation.
Real-time observability
Per-second visibility into stream health, QoE, and error rates.
Edge personalization
Power real-time ad insertion, geo-targeting, and A/B tests with Compute.
Stream security
Protect streams from DDoS, credential stuffing, and content piracy.
Publish at the speed of now
Deliver content instantly to global audiences and handle breaking-news spikes while optimizing every page. Faster performance means better SEO, more traffic, and more ad revenue, the publisher's edge that turns speed into growth.
Instant purge
Unlimited Instant Purge (<150ms as of December 31, 2025) with complete flexibility via API/CLI, enabling scale and innovation without hard limits.
Image optimizer
Resize, compress, and convert images at the edge to lift Core Web Vitals.
Edge personalization
Serve paywalls, geo-targeting, and personalization without origin round-trips.
Build what's next at the edge
From AI inference to IoT to immersive experiences, Fastly's edge gives developers the performance, compute, and control to power the next generation of applications, closer to users than the cloud.
AI and ML at the edge
Run inference near users for real-time personalization, moderation, and recommendations.
Edge-first applications
Move logic to the edge with Compute, KV Store, and Config Store for faster, cheaper apps.
Real-time APIs and IoT
Power real-time data for fintech, gaming, and millions of connected devices at scale.
Streaming, publishing, gaming, and beyond
Discover all the ways Fastly can help you deliver the secure, fast, and reliable experiences your audiences need.
Featured resources
Documentation, tutorials, and API references
Guides for streaming, publishing, and Compute at the edge, plus quick-start tutorials.
Edge computing trends for media teams
Thought leadership on where streaming, publishing, and emerging workloads are headed.
Start building on the Fastly edge
Code samples, sandbox, and community resources to ship your first edge app fast.
Frequently asked questions
How does Fastly help streaming media, digital publishing, and entertainment companies?
Whether you stream video, publish breaking news, or build what's next, the same programmable edge cloud platform delivers the speed, scale, and security your audiences expect. Fastly includes the ability to absorb any traffic spike with confidence, Next-Gen WAF, DDoS, and TLS at scale, and real-time visibility with programmable control all from one platform.
Why do streaming and publishing platforms need an edge network instead of a standard cloud setup?
Media and entertainment traffic is uniquely spiky and global - a live sports final or a breaking news alert can send concurrent demand up 10x in minutes from every region at once. A standard cloud or origin-centric setup has to scale reactively and pay for round-trips on every request. Fastly's edge network pre-positions capacity, caching, and logic close to viewers, so demand spikes get absorbed locally instead of hammering a central origin.
How does Fastly reduce buffering and improve streaming performance?
Fastly's edge network is designed specifically for low-latency delivery of live and on-demand video. By caching manifests, segments, and dynamic content at the edge and shielding the origin from repeated requests, Fastly cuts start times and reduces rebuffering even when millions of viewers tune in at once for a live event or season premiere.
How fast can I push out a breaking news update globally?
With Fastly's Instant Purge, cache invalidation happens in about 150 milliseconds worldwide, so updated headlines, corrections, or breaking stories reach every edge location almost immediately. No waiting for stale content to expire.
How does Fastly protect streaming and publishing platforms from bots, scraping, and content piracy?
Fastly combines a Next-Gen Web Application Firewall, DDoS protection, and TLS at scale to guard streams, editorial sites, and APIs against bot traffic, content scraping, credential stuffing, and piracy attempts without adding latency for legitimate users.
The future runs at the edge
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