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brainiac/studio

Digital Studio

brainiac/studiobrainiac/studio
industries / media & entertainment

Media platforms built to publish, stream, and monetise at scale.

For streaming services, digital publishers, creator platforms, podcast networks, and entertainment studios. CDN-backed video delivery, content workflows, ad tech integration, and the audience data infrastructure that drives growth.

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our approach

A practice, not a sales territory.

Media software has one non-negotiable: content must load instantly, everywhere, on every device. A two-second video buffer at peak prime time is a retention event. A broken paywall on launch day is a revenue event. Most media companies underestimate the infrastructure investment required until they hit a traffic spike they didn't plan for.

We've built video-on-demand platforms, live streaming tools, digital publishing CMS systems, creator monetisation products, and podcast infrastructure. We know HLS and DASH adaptive bitrate delivery. We know how Stripe subscriptions interact with entitlement systems, and how ad server latency ruins UX. We build the content delivery and monetisation architecture as first-class engineering, not bolt-on integrations.

The media UX bar is set by Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube. Audiences do not tolerate buffering, broken search, or paywalls that fire at the wrong moment. We build to that standard — adaptive streaming, intelligent content recommendations, low-latency live events, and subscription flows with zero dark patterns.

— who we build for

Sub-verticals.

Streaming & video-on-demandDigital publishing & newsCreator & influencer platformsPodcast & audio platformsLive events & sports techMusic streaming & licensingOTT / FAST channelsContent licensing & syndicationFan engagement platformsAd-supported media (AVOD)
— problems we solve

Common engagements.

01

Video delivery & adaptive streaming

HLS/DASH encoding pipelines, multi-bitrate transcoding, Cloudflare Stream or Mux integration, subtitle/caption generation, and the CDN configuration that delivers 4K to mobile without buffering.

02

Subscription & paywall architecture

Stripe / RevenueCat subscription management, metered paywalls, trial-to-paid conversion flows, entitlement enforcement across web and mobile, and the dunning logic that recovers failed payments without churning subscribers.

03

Content management & publishing workflows

Headless CMS architecture (Sanity, Contentful), editorial workflows, scheduled publishing, SEO-optimised content pipelines, and the multi-tenant infrastructure that separates editorial from engineering deploys.

04

Ad tech integration

Google Ad Manager, VAST/VPAID pre-roll and mid-roll insertion, header bidding, programmatic floor pricing, and the client-side performance engineering that keeps page TTI under control when ad tags load.

05

Audience data & recommendations

Play-through tracking, engagement scoring, content recommendation engines, A/B testing frameworks, and the first-party data infrastructure that replaces third-party cookies with durable audience signals.

06

Creator monetisation tools

Tipping, fan subscriptions, pay-per-view events, digital merchandise, affiliate tracking, and the rights management layer that ensures creators and rights holders get paid correctly across every revenue stream.

— compliance

Built for regulated work.

GDPR & CCPA for audience data
COPPA (children's content)
DMCA & content takedown workflows
Accessibility: WCAG 2.1 + closed captions (ADA/CVAA)
PCI DSS for subscription billing
Music licensing (PRO reporting — ASCAP, BMI, SESAC)
OFCOM / FTC advertising disclosure rules
— tech stack

Tools we reach for first.

Mux / Cloudflare Stream
HLS / DASH (adaptive bitrate)
Sanity / Contentful (CMS)
Stripe / RevenueCat
Google Ad Manager
Next.js
PostgreSQL
Redis (caching)
Anthropic Claude
Cloudflare CDN / R2
faq

Frequently asked.

7 questions answered. Still have one? Reach out.

Yes — we build VOD platforms with adaptive HLS/DASH delivery via Mux or Cloudflare Stream, subscription paywalls, user profiles, and content recommendation. 'Netflix-style' is a product scope question, not a technical constraint. We'll scope the MVP honestly so you launch with the right feature set, not an over-engineered one.

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Tell us what you’re building. We’ll tell you how we’d help.