Global streaming power: How Sky and NBCUniversal stream large-scale live events

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Global streaming power: How Sky and NBCUniversal stream large-scale live events

14 Sep 2024
IBC Showcase Theatre (Hall 8, 8.A01)
IBC Showcase

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.

Moderator
Ben Morris, Senior Sales Leader - AWS
Speakers
Ian Coleshill, Principal Global Solutions Architect - AWS
Mansoor Fazil, Director of Global Platform Engineering - Sky
Meenakshi Deshmukh, Senior Customer Solutions Manager - AWS
Sebastian Duff, Head of Developer Platform Engineering - Sky