Case study time. When Faultline interviewed Livepeer founding duo Doug Petkanics and Eric Tang in March 2024, we were told that a new customer called Fishtank was baiting multiple-million viewers. Many months later, it transpires that Fishtank—an interactive streaming platform—has only recently reached one million viewers. Despite the original overestimation, the numbers for this fledgling but fast-growing Big Brother-esque reality show are still profoundly impressive. We are still not totally clear if Fishtank’s one million figure is a cumulative one across seasons (currently on season 2.5), or if these one million viewers are specific to the most reason season. It certainly isn’t a live concurrent figure, we can tell you that much. Unfortunately, company representatives did not respond to our…