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Hi @taincrow

I couldn't see who you responded to (probably someone on my ignore list) but I suspect one of those who are foreign to thinking and logic and would revert to personal aggression instead. I made it a point to ignore anyone who is aggressive towards any poster. You can agree or disagree respectfully with the opinion of others, that's what forums are for, but insults and aggression towards anyone are a no no in my books.

I totally agree with you that network loads (wired, wireless, or mobile) have been the cause of the demise of a few companies. The quality of the stream over poor networks is a challenge in itself, if you add a huge load, it can be a recipe for disaster. Also, load analysis and balancing and procedures to react to surges are vital to the success of any video or music streaming company. Even Netflix is challenged by that at times but seem to manage it well. I have no idea what TV2U has done in that regard but an event like the World Cup would certainly put the platform to good test, assuming they have it on offer and with a significant number of subscribers by June, which personally I doubt as I stated in another post.

You mentioned piracy in an earlier post. I agree with you, it will be a huge challenge to paid services, and not only in Indonesia. However, there are perfectly legal platforms that will stream all WC matches live and for free while others will route you to whatever channel is streaming a match you select. For example, if you are in Argentina and want to watch the Ireland-Brazil match, and that match is streamed for free on an Irish TV stream, you will be routed to that Irish stream (which also raises interesting load issues). Not to mention VPN. Organisations like Fox Sports recognise that and have decided to stream about 50% of the matches for free on broadcast TV (i.e. Free-to-Air, not Pay TV, with advertising fees offsetting subscription fees) as well as all WC matches covered live on Twitter.
http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/...recedented-38-matches-live-network-television
https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/twi...ive-stream-2018-fifa-world-cup-coverage-free/

As for Ooyala, I think the premise was to offer a YouTube equivalent, basically a massive repository of videos streamed to practically any device and OS, and where subscribers can upload their own video, along with notions of interactivity and work-flow management. That's a different business and requires a different platform to what TV2U offers. So hard to compare in my opinion. Telstra is not using the Ooyala technology for its streaming to mobiles and to their own box. They are using the technology of a TV2U competitor, the same one now supplying the technology to Globo and Fox Sports in Brazil, and many others worldwide. I won't mention their name because there is no point advertising them.
http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/globo_gets_world_cup_rights_in_brazil_until_2022
http://en.nextvlatam.com/brazils-globo-plans-to-launch-new-ott-platform/

So much is happening and rapidly evolving. Interesting times!!

Cheers