Polycom - Live Streaming Solution

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Our CEO would like to perform a live webcast to our whole comapny (45,000+ employees worldwide).

I would like to ask some help in creating an (estimated) list of equipment and licensing required to pull off such an event using Polycom products.

1. Number of sites (Locations): 200
2. Employee amount: 45,000+
3. Concurrent viewing: At least 30,000, with the rest being VOD (Video on Demand)

Video quality requested is 720p, however given the network restrictions, SD definition is also accepted.

I understand that the RSS 4000 with proper licensing can provide 720p streaming for up to 200 users (please correct me if I am wrong), but I am sure that many more additional hardware and licensing is requiered for this task.

Any response will be most appreciated

[Anonymous]

I'm sure you've moved on, but FWIW, we connect our bridge to BT (British Telecom) via ISDN. They provide the stream hosting as well as on demand for a period of time afterwards. It's pretty easy for us and off loads the bandwidth. It isn't cheap, but again, it doesn't saturate out connection.