1 00:00:09,196 --> 00:00:12,867 [Komkai] We are in Disney Streaming Services' Transmission Operations Center 2 00:00:12,950 --> 00:00:14,285 or TOC for short. 3 00:00:14,618 --> 00:00:15,619 [security pad beeps] 4 00:00:18,414 --> 00:00:21,792 [Komkai] We are essentially taking live sports from wherever it is in the world... 5 00:00:21,876 --> 00:00:22,877 How you guys doing? 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,045 -[man] What's up, Billy? -[man 2] Hello. 7 00:00:24,128 --> 00:00:27,882 [Komkai] ...and getting it to your phone, to your computer, to your desktop, 8 00:00:28,382 --> 00:00:31,969 so you are watching a live experience in pure HD. 9 00:00:32,845 --> 00:00:35,431 [man] Satellites are good. Got a C-band and a Ku. 10 00:00:36,223 --> 00:00:37,683 [Komkai] I'm genuinely excited 11 00:00:37,767 --> 00:00:40,936 to be a part of something that will enrich the lives 12 00:00:41,020 --> 00:00:44,065 of hundreds of thousands, and we're doing that every day. 13 00:00:45,483 --> 00:00:47,026 I'm Pavan "Billy" Komkai, 14 00:00:47,109 --> 00:00:50,905 the manager of Broadcast Engineering here at Disney Streaming Services. 15 00:01:07,463 --> 00:01:10,925 [Komkai] Today we have an Ultimate Fighting Championship Fight Night 16 00:01:11,008 --> 00:01:16,097 and UFC's in Sweden today, so we get to stream this in the morning. 17 00:01:16,597 --> 00:01:20,684 Usually these events are happening in prime time, so it's a bit of a change, 18 00:01:20,768 --> 00:01:23,187 you know, having such a high-pressure event early in the morning. 19 00:01:23,521 --> 00:01:26,857 This is all live stuff, and it's kinda nerve-racking. 20 00:01:26,941 --> 00:01:29,110 It's also very fun at the same time. 21 00:01:30,903 --> 00:01:34,407 I was born and raised in New York, right across the river from Yankee Stadium, 22 00:01:34,490 --> 00:01:39,120 you know, and there was a bridge close by that we used to walk over and watch games. 23 00:01:39,912 --> 00:01:42,498 But not everybody's so fortunate and, you know, 24 00:01:42,581 --> 00:01:44,583 we here at Disney Streaming Services, 25 00:01:44,667 --> 00:01:47,795 we're able to bridge that gap just like that bridge 26 00:01:47,878 --> 00:01:49,922 allowed me to go walk over and watch a game. 27 00:01:50,005 --> 00:01:53,884 A rugby event in Australia can get to a person in America 28 00:01:53,968 --> 00:01:57,763 just as fast as it would if you were right across the street. 29 00:02:06,022 --> 00:02:09,817 There are thousands of cables, thousands of servers around the world 30 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:12,153 that are connected within our network 31 00:02:12,236 --> 00:02:16,407 that allow us to get content from place A to place B. 32 00:02:17,366 --> 00:02:19,994 To make sure the people are getting a perfect picture, 33 00:02:20,077 --> 00:02:21,579 it goes through my team first. 34 00:02:22,079 --> 00:02:23,748 How many events are live right now? 35 00:02:23,831 --> 00:02:28,085 [engineer] Right now, we've got these three and Kobe's just starting. 36 00:02:28,169 --> 00:02:30,337 [engineer 2] Kobe Bryant: Breaking Down Steph Curry. 37 00:02:30,421 --> 00:02:34,508 [Komkai] You have to communicate with a lot of people to get this all to work. 38 00:02:35,259 --> 00:02:36,510 [engineer 2] Okay, copy that. Thank you. 39 00:02:36,594 --> 00:02:40,598 We have backup feeds. We have secondary backup feeds, 40 00:02:40,681 --> 00:02:42,933 so if anything happens to our primary, 41 00:02:43,017 --> 00:02:46,729 we have a lot of options to, you know, get it to the user. 42 00:02:46,812 --> 00:02:49,565 You won't see black screens for very long if I'm doing my job right. 43 00:02:50,608 --> 00:02:53,986 With ESPN+, there are a ton of sports. 44 00:02:54,070 --> 00:02:56,280 Where else can you get things like lacrosse? 45 00:02:56,364 --> 00:03:00,326 There's a bunch of rugby going on. You got some soccer going on. 46 00:03:00,409 --> 00:03:02,203 You got some tennis going on. 47 00:03:02,286 --> 00:03:06,082 Any of those niche sports you probably haven't seen on television too much. 48 00:03:06,165 --> 00:03:10,795 Being able to put that into a massive scale is, you know, fulfilling. 49 00:03:12,671 --> 00:03:15,633 I get to see things before everybody else does. 50 00:03:15,716 --> 00:03:17,885 I could spoil a lot of things for a lot of people, 51 00:03:17,968 --> 00:03:19,095 but I'm not gonna do that. 52 00:03:20,012 --> 00:03:24,058 Being in any kind of live environment where things are happening now, 53 00:03:24,141 --> 00:03:25,601 anything could happen. 54 00:03:25,684 --> 00:03:27,103 Fifteen seconds. 55 00:03:39,323 --> 00:03:41,075 And we are live. 56 00:03:41,158 --> 00:03:42,660 [male announcer] Stockholm, Sweden. 57 00:03:42,743 --> 00:03:47,164 The picturesque Scandinavian capital hosts an ever-growing MMA... 58 00:03:47,832 --> 00:03:50,668 [Komkai] Everything under a Disney umbrella feels like magic. 59 00:03:50,751 --> 00:03:56,757 You know, if you told me 20 years ago that we'd be able to watch television 60 00:03:56,841 --> 00:04:02,596 on a small handheld device, it-- I wouldn't believe you. 61 00:04:03,139 --> 00:04:06,392 My 10-year-old self would probably tell me I'm doing magic right now.