record – Latency problems in particular which will have to be repaired as quickly as possible if the streaming platform wants to be ready for the American football matches that it must broadcast for Christmas
Record broken! The boxing match between Mike Tyson et Jake Paulbroadcast live on Netflix last Friday, attracted some 108 million viewers worldwide, the platform announced. According to Netflix, this makes this clash “the most streamed global sporting event in history”.
The fight generated an estimated average audience of 108 million viewers per minute (AMA) globally, with a peak of 65 million simultaneous streams, including 38 million in the United States. The event topped the Netflix chart during the week, reaching 46.6 million views through Sunday evening. To put that into perspective, 210 million people watched this year’s Super Bowl. In his press release, Netflix also revealed that the fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, the evening’s other headliner, reached an average of 74 million viewers worldwide. Another record since this makes it the most watched women’s sporting event in history in the United States.
Audience record and serial hiccups
Beyond these audience records, the broadcast of the event was marred by technical problems(…) Read more on 20minutes
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