The backend technology behind platforms like Jio Hotstar is robust and built for scalability, using a combination of cloud services and distributed architectures. They rely heavily on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting, employing EC2 instances to handle massive concurrent traffic and using S3 for data storage. Akamai serves as their CDN to ensure content delivery across regions. Additional technologies like Hadoop (AWS EMR) and Apache Spark are used to process large volumes of data, supporting real-time streaming for millions of users seamlessly​​