SAPO Talk - Angry Birds: Rovio behind the scenes

Rovio Entertainment, founded in 2003, is an industry-changing entertainment media company and creator of the globally successful Angry Birds franchise. Angry Birds, a casual puzzle game, became an international phenomenon within a few months of its release and is now the number one paid app of all time.

Following this success in mobile gaming, Angry Birds has expanded rapidly in entertainment, publishing, and licensing to become a beloved international brand. Rovio has grown alongside Angry Birds, and the multifaceted entertainment house currently employs more than 700 professionals in its headquarters in Espoo, Finland, and offices in Tampere, the United States, China, Sweden, Japan and the U.K.

In this SAPO Talk, Martti Soininen, Research Coordinator of Digital Services, will be telling us about Rovio's history and core business, the complex technological infrastructure behind serving games to millions of realtime players and the technical challenges they face.