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> sending the same broadcast to millions of receivers. That's already an unusual requirement, though Broadcast television isn't particularly unusual, surely. M
by untog 8y ago
> sending the same broadcast to millions of receivers. That's already an unusual requirement, though
Broadcast television isn't particularly unusual, surely. Millions of people watch live, primetime TV every day.
- blowski 8y agoIn the UK, typical peak usage is around 5 million for the same program at the same time. The World Cup was more than 30 million.
- untog 8y agoSure, but my point was that five million receivers is "millions of receivers", and is an everyday occurrence.
- isostatic 8y agoThis is a legacy way of consuming material. More and more are using on demand first. However the use case of live sport - especially football in the uk - is massively different. This means the platforms have to scale to 20 million plus live streams (that's say 100tbit and 5 second latency) for a once in 4 year event.