Scale changes everything, I don't think it's fair to shrug this off

The CCC video crew has its fair share of geeks from broadcasting corporations and studio houses. Their combined institutional knowledge about live events and streaming distribution is probably in the same ballpark as that of giant global TV networks.

They also have the benefit of having practiced their craft at the CCC events for more than a decade. Twice a year. (Their summer event is smaller but still fairly well known. Links to talks show up on HN every now and then.)

Funky anecdote: the video crew at Assembly have more broadcasting and live AV gear for their annual event than most medium-sized studios.

> If organizations like FOSSDEM and CCC can do live events (although with way smaller viewership) […]

Or, for that matter, Youtube (Live) and Twitch.

> how much resources do you think Netflix threw on this event?

Based on the results, I hope it was a small team working 20% time on the idea. If you tell me they threw everything they had at it to this result, then that's even more embarrassing for them.