Netflix, Tyson vs. Jake Paul, live broadcast of professional boxing return match
Screen interruptions and frequent buffering continue due to a surge of 60 million viewers
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[알링턴=AP/뉴시스] Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. 2024.11.15. |
[서울=뉴시스]Reporter Choi Eun-soo = An error occurred during a live broadcast of professional boxing on Netflix, the world’s No. 1 OTT (online video service), causing great inconvenience to users around the world.
During the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul held at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas, USA, which was broadcast live by Netflix on the 16th, an error occurred where the screen froze or continued to buffer.
According to the results of the actual service interruption tracking site DownDetector, there were more than 90,000 reports of problems with games broadcast live on Netflix at the time the error occurred. Additionally, more than 500,000 reports of problems with Netflix streaming were received.
It is presumed that this error occurred due to an overload of users. Netflix released a press release on this day saying, ‘Jake Paul vs. It was revealed that the ‘Mike Tyson’ match was watched live by a total of 60 million households worldwide, with up to 65 million simultaneous access streams.
Also, the pre-match ‘Katie Taylor vs. It was reported that ‘Amanda Serrano 2’ was watched live by 50 million households around the world. Netflix explains that this is likely to be recorded as the most-watched women’s sports event in U.S. history.
Netflix also announced this news through its official X (formerly Twitter) account. Netflix’s post received over 8,000 comments, most of which were complaints about errors.
“All we see is buffering and Tyson’s ass,” one X user mocked. Another user wrote, “Why didn’t you prepare for the surge in users?” Another user criticized, “60 million households watched more buffering than boxing. Shouldn’t Netflix apologize, not brag?”
Netflix did not disclose the cause of the error. A Netflix official said, “This game has set many new records for Netflix as well,” and added, “Detailed viewership information, including the number of additional viewers, will also be released soon.”
Previously, Netflix broadcasted an episode of the entertainment reality show ‘Love Experiment: Blind Love’ live in April of last year, but an error occurred that stopped the live broadcast for more than an hour, so it publicly apologized.
Recently, as sports content has emerged as a new revenue source in the domestic and overseas OTT market, Netflix has entered the live sports broadcasting market in earnest. Netflix plans to broadcast NFL (National Football League) games live on Christmas Day, December 25th. In January next year, WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)’s popular program Raw is scheduled to be broadcast exclusively.
Meanwhile, a total of 72,300 spectators attended the professional boxing match that Netflix broadcast live on the 16th. Both matches set records for the highest boxing attendance of any match held outside of Las Vegas in U.S. history. ‘Jake Paul vs. Audience revenue for the ‘Mike Tyson’ match exceeded $18 million.
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