Next year is shaping up to be a big one for live streaming. Typically characteristic of even years, when many major international sporting events take place, increased live streaming in 2021 looks to defy past trends. Akamai is predicting an unprecedented surge in live streaming that will start in late 2020 and continue throughout 2021. During this stretch, we could see 50 million people concurrently streaming a single live event, roughly double the largest number of viewers we've seen so far for such an event. To prepare, we’ve spent much of 2020 readying new capabilities included in the Akamai Platform Update that will help you serve the growing demand for live streaming. \r\n New developer tools to set up live streaming workflows \r\n New Akamai Developer APIs can increase operational efficiency for organizations that need to manage numerous live or linear streams, often simultaneously.…