“Mo money. Mo problems.” Everyday, we enable live events and 24/7 linear channels for our global customers. We’ve learned a lot about what it means not only to deliver live at scale but to monetize live at scale.
Several years ago, success for a live event was measured as ten thousand or one hundred thousand concurrent viewers. A million plus – the scale of a Super Bowl – was relegated to major broadcasters and once-a-year events.
As a blackjack player, even if you’re playing “basic strategy” to maximize your odds for each hand – the house edge, while seemingly small, is significant when enough players play for an extended duration.
We’ve changed how we communicate to each other, from Tweets to ‘grams to Snaps. We’ve changed how we pay each other, from cash to iPay to crypto.
“It's alive… it's moving… it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive!” Over five years ago, Felix Baumgartner fell almost 24 miles from stratosphere to ground. As a Midwest kid who watched the stars from my backyard, this was a jaw-dropping stunt.
"I know you’re all feeling the darkness here today. But there’s no reason to give in. No matter what you’ve heard, this process will not take years. In my heart I know we cannot be defeated because there is an answer that will open the door. There is a way around this system.
Steve Jobs was a master of "one more thing" at WWDC. For his fourth gig as emcee at the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais continued pulling no (verbal) punches as we all anticipated.