Granicus Standardizes Hybrid, Government-Grade Video Infrastructure with Wowza
Nearly 70 Cloud Instances and 100+ On-Prem Deployments Power Meeting Video for 7,000+ Public-Sector Organizations
Wowza Media Systems today announced that Granicus, a leading provider of digital engagement solutions for governments, continues to rely on Wowza to power its hybrid video infrastructure, supporting large-scale live and on-demand government meeting streaming across diverse deployment environments.
Granicus serves more than 7,000 public-sector organizations, helping agencies increase transparency, improve accessibility, and connect with communities through digital channels. Video is a critical component of that mission. To support a wide range of agency requirements, including on-prem deployments in government facilities and centralized cloud distribution, Granicus has built a hybrid streaming architecture standardized on Wowza technology. Today, Granicus operates nearly 70 cloud-based Wowza instances alongside more than 100 on-prem deployments across agency environments.
Supporting Hybrid Government Environments
Government customers often require different infrastructure models based on policy, security, or operational constraints. Granicus’ architecture allows it to flex between customer-managed on-prem systems and centrally managed cloud infrastructure.
On-prem Wowza deployments ingest live meeting streams locally and forward them into Granicus’ cloud environment. From there, Granicus standardizes restreaming and distribution, ensuring a consistent viewing experience regardless of where the stream originates.
“Wowza has been a foundational part of our video infrastructure for years,” said Jason Rose, Director of DevOps at Granicus. “It gives us the flexibility to support both on-prem and cloud workflows, and the operational control we need to deliver reliable meeting video at scale.”
Simplifying Distribution at Scale
To streamline large-scale delivery, Granicus uses a pull-based CDN workflow. Rather than pushing streams in multiple configurations, the team structures streams with consistent naming conventions that allow CDNs to pull what they need predictably. This reduces operational friction and simplifies scaling as new agencies come online.
This architecture supports multi-tenant streaming across dozens of instances while maintaining consistency in ingest, restreaming, and distribution patterns.
Optimizing Archive Playback for Real-World Demand
Archiving and on-demand playback are core to government transparency. Granicus stores video files in Amazon S3 and uses Wowza as an intermediary layer between storage and Amazon CloudFront for delivery.
Currently, the archive layer runs across multiple Wowza instances to maintain responsive playback performance. Granicus is now exploring containerization and autoscaling—evaluating deployment models such as Kubernetes (EKS)—to dynamically scale archive capacity based on viewer demand and improve operational efficiency.
Building for Long-Term Reliability
Wowza has been part of Granicus’ video stack for nearly 16 years, enabling the company to standardize streaming workflows across cloud and on-prem footprints while maintaining flexibility for evolving infrastructure needs.
By combining deployment flexibility, multi-tenant scalability, and operational control, Granicus continues to deliver reliable government meeting video infrastructure at national scale.
To learn more about how organizations are unlocking the value of video, visit www.wowza.com.
- Granicus Standardizes Hybrid, Government-Grade Video Infrastructure with Wowza - February 19, 2026
- Zixi Accelerates Global Growth with Appointment of Heather Mellish as Vice President of Global Sales - January 6, 2026
- Visual Data Media Services Completes Acquisition of Sound Station, Expanding European Dubbing Capabilities under the EVA Localisation Brand - November 5, 2025
