The Relentless Optimist

The Relentless Optimist is a Meliora podcast. We believe better is always possible.

The Relentless Optimist is a business podcast hosted by Meliora, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Meliora hosts The Relentless Optimist, a business show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  The Story of the First Multi-Screen Australian Open

  Apr 8, 202617 minS1

  <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>Of Serena William's mum dancing in the stands, Nick Kyr...

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  Episode #9

  The Story of Streaming Every Event at the Rio Olympics

  Mar 27, 202617 minS1

  <p>Rio de Janeiro, 2016. The first Olympics in South America. Millions of Australians expect to be able to watch every athlete, every event, 24/7. The only problem: the technology isn't quite there yet.</p> <p>Seven West Media has outsourced development of the streaming platform to the official Olympic Broadcasting Services. What initially seems like the safe bet, soon begins to fall apart.</p> <p>Days before the Games begin, a UX audit returns 500 rows of feedback. The bug list isn't burning down. It's growing.</p> <p>Cue last-minute flights to Rio, unfinished accommodation with no windows, and long nights spent...

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  Episode #8

  The story of 7Plus

  Mar 3, 202619 minS1

  <p>In a windowless warehouse in Sydney, a small team of digital professionals are building something in secret.</p> <p>It will be a new way for millions of Australians to watch television.  The deadline for completion? Just nine months away. The launch event? One of the biggest TV moments of the year.</p> <p>All they have to do now is make sure they are ready.</p> <p>The task is huge, but they’re all aiming for the same North Start - build apps that will work on iOS, Android, web and every popular model of connected TV.</p> <...

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  The Story of Absolute Radio - A Brand Worth Fighting For

  Jan 27, 202619 minS0

  <p>2001. A garden in Dublin. Three business partners are naming their radio consultancy. They choose "Absolute Radio International”. Little do they know how important that decision will become.</p> <p>Fast forward to 2007 and those people are at the iconic Virgin Radio and they make a difficult but decisive decision: rebrand.</p> <p>Absolute Radio is born but three days before launch, a legal challenge over the name threatens to throw all of their plans off course.</p> <p>This is a story of how courageous courage, curiosity and relentless optimism led to the creation of one the radio industry’s mo...

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  Episode #6

  The Story of the Race that Nearly Broke the Internet

  Dec 14, 202519 minS1

  <p>Every year, millions of Australians stop what they’re doing for four minutes to watch horse racing’s most iconic event, The Melbourne Cup. In 2015, how they watched that race was set to change.</p> <p>A bold idea was about to become a reality - for the first time, the event would be live streamed to mobile phones across the country.</p> <p>What had led up to this moment is a story of courage, curiosity and creativity. Of overcoming the odds to deliver, in just 100 days, something that had never been done before.</p> <p>The cost of f...

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