HorizonGo — OTT Platform at Liberty Global

HorizonGo was Liberty Global’s unified IP video platform — a greenfield project conceived, architected, and delivered under my leadership that became the primary consumer-facing streaming experience for 40 million paying subscribers across seven European operating companies.

What Was Built

Starting from a blank architecture, we built and scaled:

• Multi-device unified codebase spanning iOS, Android, smart TVs, set-top boxes, and web — a single platform serving all seven operating companies simultaneously
• 795 live channels plus a full VoD catalog, with DRM enforcement across all content types and devices
• 300,000+ concurrent live streams on a single unified infrastructure during peak UEFA events
• Multi-country product roadmap with country-specific content licensing, metadata, and device requirements handled within the shared codebase

Engineering Organization

Built the engineering organization from 5 to 34+ senior engineers across a fully remote, multi-continent team. Owned recruiting, onboarding, mentorship, succession planning, and career pathway definition. Standardized agile delivery with JIRA and established the architectural review process that governed all major technical decisions.

What Made It Hard

The real complexity was not the technology in isolation — it was aligning Network Engineering, Marketing, Care, third-party content owners, and seven independent operating companies on a shared platform that each company needed to feel was built for them. The platform succeeded because the architecture was genuinely flexible at the right layers and opinionated at the others.