22nd April 2010
Of course our first thought when the volcano started clogging up the sky was whether we would still be able to see our satellites.
Once it was established that our streaming infrastructure is more robust than the whole commercial aviation industry, the opportunities started to become clear.
CEOs in Switzerland, South Africa and Spain could not come to the UK to present to their markets, so we found local crews to shoot them, and FTPd the footage back to our edit suites.
Delegates could not make a conference in the USA, so we filmed them around the world, broadcast them to our facility in London and streamed the presentations live into the conference.
It's taken an international disaster to show how live webcasting can deliver relevant and cost-effective communications solutions.
And if Flint is a rock, then lava is our streaming form. I'm not sure if the metaphor will stretch to ash in the atmosphere...