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492 points storf45 | 4 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 1.11s | source

1. kalesh ◴[16 Nov 24 04:27 UTC] No.42154220[source]▶

It's down permanently for me in India. We have Hotstar, which has a record of 58 million viewers during the cricket World Cup final. Way ahead.

2. anakaine ◴[16 Nov 24 04:35 UTC] No.42154281[source]▶

Probably less about the level of advancement and more about their ability to stream vs play VOD. Two different kinds of infrastructure optimisation.

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Wasn't that the biggest concurrent stream ever?

4. ta1243 ◴[17 Nov 24 13:13 UTC] No.42164032[source]▶

59 million at the world cup was concurrent live streams

An impressive achievement and the scale netflix failed to do a year later.

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