Complete Telecom Announces 'Massive' Olympic Live Streams From RTÉ Web Site

Complete Telecom, the managed networks and telecoms services provider, has announced that it catered for a massive 148,974 live streams of Olympics-related programmes from the RTÉ website on August 19.
That day saw two Irish boxers fight for medals, while Paul Hession ran in the 200m semi final.
Complete is supporting the live streaming by providing the significant amount of high bandwidth data connectivity required for RTÉ's streaming service using Complete Telecom's metro fibre network.
As viewers logged on to watch the Kenny Egan boxing match and Paul Hession's bid for a place in the spring final on Tuesday, a total of 12,736 concurrent live video streams were served from the RTÉ.ie website. The momentum continued to grow on Wednesday as Darren Sutherland's fight against Alfonso Blanco was watched by more than 20,000 people online.
These numbers exceed RTÉ's record of concurrent online viewers, which was set during the Munster Football Final replay in July 2006 and represents the peak online viewership for any event streamed by RTÉ.
During the period of peak viewership, a total of 2,687 concurrent live radio streams were also being served and a total of 20,601 live radio streams were served throughout Tuesday.
(KMcA)