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“60 million households around the world watched the ‘Paul vs. Tyson’ match live! “This mega event took over social media, broke records and even put our buffering systems in jeopardy.”
Netflix is facing backlash from a promotional post posted by ‘X (old Twitter)’ on the 16th (local time). As Netflix explained, not only was the ‘buffering system in jeopardy’, but some viewers also experienced the inconvenience of only watching the buffering text instead of the game. One netizen pointed out, “Shouldn’t Netflix apologize, not brag?”
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Mike Tyson (right) and Jake Paul (left) faced off in Arlington, Texas, USA on the 15th (local time). In this match, Tyson lost by unanimous decision of the judges. Yonhap News |
The Netflix buffering incident occurred during the return match of former ‘nuclear fist’ Mike Tyson. On the 15th, Tyson faced YouTuber and boxer Jake Paul in Arlington, Texas, USA. In this match, which lasted 2 minutes per round and a total of 8 rounds, Tyson lost to Paul by unanimous decision of the judges.
The problem is that the game on this day was not broadcast properly to some households. The day after the game, the New York Times cited ‘Down Detector’, a company that tracks user reports related to system failures, and said, “The keyword ‘Netflix Crash’ was trending on ‘X’ in the US on Friday night (when the game was played). “More than 500,000 reports were received,” the report said. The New York Times added that the down detector said, “(Service failure) lasted from 8 PM on the 15th to just before 2 AM on the 16th.”
The New York Times also reported, “Dave Portnoy, a famous American sports influencer, said, ‘I am in a torture chamber,’ ‘Is the internet at my house broken, or is Netflix constantly buffering?’, ‘I don’t know if everyone is watching (properly).’ “I posted it on X.”
In fact, if you look at the video of the connection failure shared on S&S, the two players are standing still in the ring and the numbers indicating buffering are spinning, and eventually the match scene does not resume and the screen turns black. One netizen posted a comment on Netflix’s problematic promotional post, sharing a screen showing the buffering over Tyson’s butt and pleading, “The screen at my house stopped at this scene. Please fix it quickly.”
Netizens are reportedly concerned that Netflix will broadcast the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers, one of the most popular games in the National Football League (NFL), on Christmas.
Reporter Choi Yuna [email protected]
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