Media and events
Publishing sites, ticketing and event operations systems that stay up on the one day of the year that traffic arrives all at once.
What we build for media and events
Traffic in this sector is not steady. A programme announcement or a ticket release brings a year of visitors in twenty minutes, and the system either holds or the event starts badly.
Designed for the spike
Pages are statically generated and served from a cache, checkout is queued where capacity is limited, and load testing is run against the expected peak before the announcement rather than after it.
Typical engagements
The systems Tankar builds for media and events, as deliverables rather than adjectives.
- Publishing and content platforms with editorial workflow, scheduling and structured content
- Event sites with programme, speakers and registration, built to hold a launch-day spike
- Ticketing and registration flows with payment, capacity rules and check-in
- On-site operations tools for check-in, badge printing and stewarding, usable offline
- Media libraries with transcoding, rights metadata and controlled distribution
- Sponsor and exhibitor portals for assets, listings and lead capture
Compliance notes
The rules that shape a build in this sector and how they are handled in the system rather than in a policy document.
| Requirement | How we build for it |
|---|---|
| GDPR, UK GDPR and India DPDP Act 2023 | Attendee and subscriber lists are the asset that gets shared most casually. Marketing consent is recorded separately from the ticket purchase, sponsor lead sharing is opt-in and logged, and retention is enforced after the event. |
| PCI DSS | Ticket checkout sends card details straight to the payment provider so only a token reaches your systems, which keeps the assessment scope small for an operation that may only sell for a few weeks a year. |
| Accessibility | Programme, registration and ticketing pages are built to WCAG 2.2 AA, including keyboard operation and captions on embedded media, because an inaccessible ticket page excludes attendees before they arrive. |
| Content rights and licensing | Media libraries carry rights metadata against each asset, including territory and expiry, so distribution can be restricted automatically rather than by memory. |
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