Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc., is the largest Spanish-language public broadcasting network in the United States. It delivers educational programming to over 44 million homes nationwide, and reaches over 40% of US households. Its distribution network includes Xfinity, DirecTV, DirectTV NOW, Verizon FiOS, Dish Network, Cablevision, AT&T U-verse TV, Charter Communications, Charter Spectrum, Mediacom, CenturyLink Prism, Altice, and a host of smaller distributors. In 2017, the HITN network was nominated for three Emmy Awards in the arts, community, and public service categories.
challenge
Find the right professional who met the skills necessary for the position.
solution
We provided a Sr. Developer for the project, which involved
developing three main systems.
The first is an API for partners to access content and manage
accounts, connected to mobile, TV apps, and the streaming
website. The second is a partner management system for
image and metadata manipulation, content delivery, and API
log viewing. The third is a website for streaming, games, and
books accessed with account login.
These systems use MySQL, Laravel, and NextJS. Other
systems include a TV app authentication interface in Laravel
and an API for continuing watching and streaming favorites in
NextJS and Mongo.
Project Duration
2 years.
Tools / Technologies
Roles
- Sr. Node.JS
- React Developer
benefit
- Staff Augmentation is a service that they saw they could control, between time and their budget, it also provided expertise, support and excellent results in the advancement of their project.
- Involvement level leads to business solutions proposals.
- Expensive and licensed tools were replaced in-house by custom developments.
results
Integration of a high-level professional into their team who provided them with progress and growth.
