The Story of the First Multi-Screen Australian Open

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 (02:25) The app build (07:23) The ten-day rebuild (10:38) The war room social team (14:48) The legacy