| 08 January 2021
Firstlight Media and startup OTT service Struum have partnered to deploy the latter’s new cloud-native streaming platform that is built on what is called a Gen 5 architecture.
As part of a longstanding development relationship, Firstlight will leverage Microsoft Azure’s hyperscale cloud platform and its own microservices-based architecture to create for Struum an agile, scalable, extensible service. The service will enable consumers to seamlessly find and access content from multiple content partners and OTT providers, using a single Struum subscription and a credits-based purchase model.
The Struum platform is designed to help consumers discover and consume content from hundreds of niche and specialty services. Struum was founded by former Disney and Discovery executives Lauren DeVillier, Paul Pastor, Eugene Lieu and Thomas Wadsworth (pictured), and is backed by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company. Firstlight is also an inves