Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner smashed a number of records with his edge of space stunt including for live streaming.
More than 8 million people tuned in to watch Felix Baumgartner
break the speed of sound live on YouTube. It is the largest number of
concurrent live streams in the website's history, Google UK confirmed to the
BBC. The 43year old broke the record for the highest freefall (24 miles; 39km). Felix plummeted at an estimated 833.9mph (1,343km/h).
"On the step, I felt that the whole world is watching,"
Mr Baumgartner said after the jump.
- Highest jump from a platform: 128,100 feet
- Longest distance freefall: 119,846 feet
- Maximum vertical velocity: 833.9 mph (Mach 1.24)
My View
New media has allowed us to watch history in the making for
free. I was one out of the 8 million who watched it live and witnessing history
before my very eyes. It is great that Google’s YouTube allowed us to watch this
even and knowing you were a part of that 8 million also makes you feel as if
you are a part of history. It is not very often you get to see history in the
making live online and maybe this is just the beginning. This form of
broadcasting major events may become more popular in the future and instead of
only 8 million viewers, next time maybe the whole world could be watch…who
knows?
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