A&E Networks is a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company, owning brands including A&E, History, Lifetime, and FYI across international markets.
- Location
- Buenos Aires
- Website
- aenetworks.com
Latam / Brasil Sites Migration
Scenario
A&E operated six Drupal 7 sites across History, A&E, and Lifetime brands in Latin America and Brazil. After years of unmaintained modules and ad-hoc changes, the sites became unmaintainable — poor performance and no clear upgrade path.
Solution
We proposed migration to Drupal 9 with a multi-site configuration, deployed on AWS with auto-scaling and Terraform (IaC). Our design team delivered functional Adobe XD prototypes for the full rebrand and UX overhaul.
The first release shipped History for both markets in five months; remaining brands followed two months later. Content types were reduced from 49 to 5 content types and 6 block types — dramatically simplifying editorial workflows via Layout Manager.
We also implemented AMP and Instant Articles for social distribution, plus extensive SEO optimization. We continue maintaining the sites and shipping new features.
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