Global streaming power: How Sky and NBCUniversal stream large-scale live events
Global Streaming is the direct-to-consumer (DTC) business unit of NBCUniversal that is responsible for the technology powering multiple brands, including Peacock, NOW, SkyShowtime, and Showmax. This session offers invaluable insights into the groundbreaking technical achievements behind delivering large-scale live events via a streaming platform. It explores the infrastructure and scalability required to support the unprecedented internet usage from hosting the most-streamed live events in history, with millions of concurrent viewers, and in delivering a virtually flawless streaming experience at scale. Additionally, learn how the business is approaching future large-scale events, geographic expansion, and plans to leverage the latest tech to meet evolving viewer habits and further enhance developer and operational efficiency.