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In our latest speaker series interview, Vishal Parikh, Chief Product Officer at LiveLike, talks about the huge increase they’ve seen in brands wanting to handle more and more concurrent users and how they’ve invested in the right realtime infrastructure to ensure they can meet their customers’ needs. He also highlights that “If fans can’t get the realtime experience from your platform, they will find another platform. It’s really important to nail that realtime experience, first time. Find out how they ensure success for their customers, along with more of his insights in our video interview and key takeaways blog. Watch the video and read our key takeaways here: 👇

Today's fans crave interactive experiences that deepen their engagement with creators, teams, and fellow fans. This shift presents a golden opportunity for fan-centric businesses to build deeper connections, unlock new revenue streams, and fuel innovation. But a word of caution: Scaling these experiences can be a technical and economic challenge. The wrong architecture can make success financially unsustainable. So how do you win in this new era of fan engagement? In this article, Matthew O'Riordan, Ably CEO and co-founder, shares insights - gleaned from helping broadcasters, artists, and sports organizations around the world - on how to design scalable fan experiences that thrive – not just survive.

The traditional fan experience is a relic of the past. Today's fans expect to be active participants. They crave connected experiences that deepen their engagement with creators, teams, and fellow fans. This shift is a double-edged sword. For fan-centric businesses, it presents an exciting opportunity to build stronger bonds, unlock revenue streams, and drive innovation. However, scaling these interactive experiences requires careful planning. The wrong architecture can devour profits as you gain more fans. Ready to unlock the full potential of scalable and affordable fan experiences? Drawing on experience with brands in the sports and media space, Matt O’ Riordan, Ably CEO and co-founder, shares insights on building scalable fan experiences that deliver a strong ROI. Discover how to navigate the technical challenges, solve the N-squared problem and transform your fan engagement strategy for the age of interactive fandom. Read the full article 👇

Say hello to Ably Chat 👋 Today, we're excited to announce the private beta launch of our new chat product. With Ably Chat you can create custom, interactive experiences fast with our chat-specific SDK and APIs - from livestreams, in-game communication, customer support, or social conversations. Combine with our other products to build the best realtime experiences, specific to customer needs. Built on Ably's core platform, Ably Chat streamlines the development process, ensuring: ✅ Composable realtime - combine products to build any realtime experience you want ✅ Dependability by design - reliable, scalable, <50ms global medium latency and messaging guarantees ✅ Cost optimizations - features and pricing to support extreme usage For more information, a live demo and to request a beta invite, visit our blog 👇

Say hello to Ably Chat 👋 Today, we're excited to announce the private beta launch of our new chat product. With Ably Chat you can create custom, interactive experiences fast with our chat-specific SDK and APIs - from livestreams, in-game communication, customer support, or social conversations. Combine with our other products to build the best realtime experiences, specific to customer needs. Built on Ably's core platform, Ably Chat streamlines the development process, ensuring: ✅ Composable realtime - combine products to build any realtime experience you want ✅ Dependability by design - reliable, scalable, <50ms global medium latency and messaging guarantees ✅ Cost optimizations - features and pricing to support extreme usage For more information, a live demo and to request a beta invite, visit our blog 👇

When managing database generated events there are a couple of application options that developers can choose: 1. Change Data Capture (or CDC) 👎 Hard to join different data tables 👎 Hard to encapsulate 👎 Hard to control access 2. Ably LiveSync database connector 👍 Easy access control via specific channels 👍 Easy to encapsulate - only publishing the content that’s needed We’ve built the LiveSync database connector to make it easy to work with database generated events, and solve the things that make it hard to work with CDC. Find out how we do it in our latest blog post. Read it here 👇

“The fan engagement ecosystem is increasingly complex and multidimensional, requiring organizations to be agile and adaptable in their strategies to meet the evolving needs of the ‘fluid fan.’” This is one of the key takeaways from sports media industry veteran, Carlo De Marchis, who recently delivered a thought-provoking keynote at our Fan Engagement Summit. He also talks about the dilemma of balancing social media and owned platforms, and the impact that immersive experiences and AI have on fan engagement. Carlo recorded a video of the full presentation and has also highlighted his key points here: 👇

Today's fans crave personalised, interactive experiences. In our latest speaker series interview, we’ve been chatting to Vishal Parikh, Chief Product Officer at LiveLike, a global company who are experts in increasing loyalty and maintaining fan engagement through realtime experiences. They connect fans to some of the biggest live events around the world, like the Super Bowl and the FIFA World Cup, so when Vishal shared some of his insights with us, we were all ears!👂 Watch the video and read our key takeaways on this hot topic 👇

We're thrilled to have received our newest G2 badge - High Performer in Europe - in such great company at the G2 Awards this week. We also gained the High Performer status in two new categories: Push Notifications, and Small-Business Event Stream Processing. We appreciate all of the customers who have taken the time to provide reviews. You have helped to bring us into the "High performers" quadrant, retain our existing badges, and secure this new one!

Today's fans crave interactive experiences that deepen their engagement with creators, teams, and fellow fans This shift presents a golden opportunity for fan-centric businesses to build deeper connections, unlock new revenue streams, and fuel innovation. But a word of caution: Scaling these experiences can be a technical and economic challenge. The wrong architecture can make success financially unsustainable. So how do you win in this new era of fan engagement? In this article, Matt O’ Riordan, Ably CEO and co-founder, shares insights - gleaned from helping broadcasters, artists, and sports organizations around the world - on how to design scalable fan experiences that thrive – not just survive. Read the full article 👇