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Ten days before one of the biggest events in the global sporting calendar, a decision is made - the web experience for streaming the Australian Open tennis needs to be rebuilt from scratch.
It’s a race against time to deliver on what has been promised - every point, of every match, on every court, available to watch live.
This is a story of one summer in Melbourne, with matches pushed late into the evening and a team working in shifts through the night.
Of Serena William's mum dancing in the stands, Nick Kyrgios doing what Nick Kyrgios does, and Leighton Hewitt's final match.
A story that ends with nearly half a million app installs for a new product, millions of video streams, and a team behind it all that became more like a family.
This is the story of the first ever multi-screen Australian Open.
Welcome to The Relentless Optimist.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Introduction
By MelioraTen days before one of the biggest events in the global sporting calendar, a decision is made - the web experience for streaming the Australian Open tennis needs to be rebuilt from scratch.
It’s a race against time to deliver on what has been promised - every point, of every match, on every court, available to watch live.
This is a story of one summer in Melbourne, with matches pushed late into the evening and a team working in shifts through the night.
Of Serena William's mum dancing in the stands, Nick Kyrgios doing what Nick Kyrgios does, and Leighton Hewitt's final match.
A story that ends with nearly half a million app installs for a new product, millions of video streams, and a team behind it all that became more like a family.
This is the story of the first ever multi-screen Australian Open.
Welcome to The Relentless Optimist.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Introduction