[디지털데일리 강소현기자] Global OTT (online video service) Netflix’s live sports broadcasting performance appears to be in full swing.
‘Jake Paul vs. Jakes’ was broadcast live on Netflix on the 15th (local time). Mike Tyson’ (Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson) professional boxing heavyweight match and ‘Katie Taylor vs. Mike Tyson’ professional boxing heavyweight match and ‘Katie Taylor vs. Mike Tyson’ The ‘Amanda Serrano 2’ (Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 2) women’s lightweight title match appeared to have achieved an all-time box office record.
Netflix previously announced plans to continue investing in live streaming in its first quarter earnings announcement. Netflix has broadcast live the SAG Awards ceremony and exhibition matches between world-renowned tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
The main event of the day was ‘Jake Paul vs. The ‘Mike Tyson’ match was watched live by a total of 60 million households worldwide, with up to 65 million concurrent streams.
Also, the pre-match ‘Katie Taylor vs. “Amanda Serrano 2” was watched live by 50 million households around the world, which will likely make it the most-watched women’s sporting event in U.S. history.
A total of 72,300 spectators attended the event, adding to the excitement, and both matches set records for the highest boxing attendance among boxing matches held outside of Las Vegas in U.S. history.
In particular, ‘Jake Paul vs. Audience revenue for the ‘Mike Tyson’ match exceeded $18 million. This figure is more than double the $9 million earned by Canelo Álvarez, which was the highest ever in Texas combat sports, including boxing and MMA.
Meanwhile, Netflix is expected to achieve $10.128 billion (about KRW 13.8834 trillion) in sales in the fourth quarter of this year, with two National Football League (NFL) games scheduled to be broadcast live on Christmas Day. This is a 14.7% increase from the previous year.
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