Austrian skydiver Baumgartner hits live streaming record October 15, 2012 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner smashed a number of records with his "edge of space" stunt - including for live streaming, according to BBC News. More than 8 million people flocked to their devices to watch the 43-year-old break the speed of sound live on Google's YouTube site. It is the largest number of concurrent live streams in the website's history, Google UK confirmed. Baumgartner also broke the record for the highest freefall. He jumped from a capsule taken to 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico in the U.S. by a giant helium balloon. It took nine minutes for him to reach the ground. The adventurer plummeted at an estimated 833.9mph (1,343km/h), hitting Mach 1.24. "On the step, I felt that the whole world is watching," Baumgartner said after the jump. "I said I wish they would see what I see. It was amazing." The capsule from which the skydiver fell was equipped with cameras to provide a live internet feed to millions of people around the world. A Google spokesperson said that the number of viewers simultaneously watching the Red Bull Stratos stunt live on YouTube was the site's highest. "We congratulate Felix Baumgartner and the entire Red Bull Stratos team for their successful mission, and for creating a live stream with the most concurrent views ever on YouTube," the company said on its blog. In comparison, about 8.3m people accessed the BBC's sport website on the first day of this year's Olympic Games. Partner news  Top stories The next generation iPad will keep its 2048 x 1536 Retina display by using a thinner 0.2mm piece of glass. Apple uses two conventional offshore tax practices typical of multinational companies' tax-avoidance strategies, the report said. Apple joined the Fair Labor Association in 2012 after being slammed with criticism over the working conditions at Foxconn. It’s not the first time Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been interested in the New York-based hipster blogging service.   Partner news |  Latest news Syrian opposition urges rebels to unite for major battle  The town lies near the Lebanese border on land corridor linking the capital Damascus with the Mediterranean coast.Millions of Italians falling into poverty: report Italy has the highest level in Europe of young people who are neither in education nor employment, at 23.9 percent.U.S. envoy to Azerbaijan: energy projects unrelated to Karabakh Richard Morningstar: the role of Turkey and Azerbaijan in diversification of energy resources and global energy security is increasing."The Hunger Games" star to topline "Ape" psychological thriller "Ape" is a dramatic tale of a young man’s struggle with mental illness, love and a deep-rooted family secret. |
