IWONDER

On-Demand Documentary Streaming Service

The home of factual entertainment—an on-demand streaming service with 1,000+ award-winning documentaries, series, and shorts across 9 genres, available worldwide on all devices.

90%

Reduced Manual Work

20%

Higher Conversion

14 Weeks

Delivery Time

1000+

Documentaries

THE CHALLENGE

iWonder needed to scale their documentary streaming platform to serve a global audience with 1,000+ titles:

Manual video transcoding was slowing content delivery and creating bottlenecks
Scalable streaming infrastructure needed to handle high-volume concurrent streams globally
Payment integration required upgrading to modern Stripe Checkout for subscription billing
Missing user experience features like playlists and user lists were limiting engagement

OUR SOLUTION

We implemented a comprehensive backend modernization strategy focused on automation, global scalability, and enhanced user experience.

Serverless video transcoding automation using AWS Lambda, SQS, and SNS
Bitmovin integration for adaptive bitrate encoding across all devices (TV, mobile, web)
Seamless subscription billing with updated Stripe Checkout integration
AWS S3 and CloudFront for global media delivery and storage
Enhanced content discovery with user lists and playlist features
DynamoDB for flexible, scalable data storage

TECH STACK

AWS Lambda

Serverless compute for transcoding automation

AWS S3 & CloudFront

Global media storage and CDN delivery

API Gateway

RESTful API management and routing

DynamoDB

NoSQL database for content and user data

AWS SQS & SNS

Transcoding workflow automation and messaging

Bitmovin

Adaptive video encoding for all devices

Stripe Checkout

Subscription billing and payments

THE RESULTS

90%

Reduced Manual Work

Automated video transcoding pipeline eliminated manual processing

20%

Higher Conversion

New payment flow significantly improved subscription conversions

14 Weeks

Delivery Time

40+ screens designed and 5 core systems implemented

1000+

Documentaries

Platform supporting award-winning content across 9 genres

"The automated transcoding pipeline transformed our content delivery. What used to take hours of manual work now happens automatically, and our conversion rates jumped significantly with the new payment flow."

iWonder Team

On-Demand Documentary Streaming Service

Timeline: 14 weeks with 40+ screens designed and 5 core systems implemented

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