In the time of the Coronavirus, few industries were hit harder than hospitality and events. Now imagine a company that is both. This was the plight of Horecava.

Classroom learning has remained relatively undisrupted over the last several decades. Despite technological advancements outside of the classroom, we haven’t really found a great way to integrate them into the classroom. Instead, we have (mostly) maintained the status quo. 

As the world shut down and the events space all but disappeared, 2020 proved to be an incredible unforeseen challenge for in-person industries around the world. But almost none of these industries were as thoroughly interrupted for quite as long as the events industry.

HQ Trivia was a mobile game show app that gained popularity by allowing users to participate in live multiplayer trivia games for the chance to win prizes. It was successful in attracting a large daily audience through its app. 

Studies on television subscription trends have consistently shown that the number of cable television subscribers is decreasing. In contrast, online video consumption keeps increasing. 

We has faced a number of challenges in providing large-scale, affordable, ultra-low latency video streaming solutions for interactive game shows with over 500,000 concurrent users. 

Today, there are exciting developments for live interactive entertainment that have created entirely new opportunities for and beyond mobile trivia games. Let’s talk about what some of those new opportunities look like today, and what else may be on the horizon.