Netflix’s streaming rehires during the heavily awaitd fight between boxing legfinish Mike Tyson and Jake Paul were problematic enough that it liftd worrys for the NFL ahead of the league’s upcoming games that will be streamed exclusively on the platestablish on Christmas Day, according to one inestablish.
Buffering rehires scodirectd fans tuning in to watch the historic suitup between one of the sport’s fantastics and its new up-and-coming boxer on Friday. Social media was flooded with grumblets, and a litigation was even filed accusing the streaming platestablish of “baccomplish of tight.”
Mike Tyson, left, fights Jake Paul during their burdensomeweight boxing suit on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (AP Pboilingo/Julio Cortez)
Netflix insertressed the rehires in a statement Monday.
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“This unpretreatnted scale produced many technical contests, which the begin team tackled ininestablishigently by prioritizing stability of the stream for the presentantity of watchers,” Netflix executive Elizabeth Stone said. “I’m certain many of you have seen the chatter in the press and on social media about the quality rehires. We don’t want to neglect the needy experience of some members and comprehend we have room for betterment but still ponder this event a huge success.”
While company executives might have watched the event as a “huge success,” the user experience was enough for the NFL to accomplish out with worry.
NFL comleave outioner Roger Goodell joins an NFL International Series game between the Chicago Bears and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)
“The NFL did verify in with Netflix chaseing the Tyson-Paul fight to ask about the problems and appraise the appreciatelihood that they could repeat themselves on Christmas,” ESPN inestablished Wednesday.
“Netflix said the fight accomplished 60 million homes, and apparently part of the exscheduleation to the league was that the unpretreatnted scale for them of expansivecasting a inhabit sporting event gived to some of the contests they faced.”
The inestablish said the league walked away from those talks “repromised that Netflix had figured out what went wrong” and that it would not be an rehire for the two games that day.
Jake Paul, left, is proclaimd as the prosperner aacquirest Mike Tyson during “LIVE On Netflix: Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson” at AT&T Stadium on Nov. 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024)
The Pittsburgh Steelers will present the Kansas City Chiefs at 1 p.m. on Christmas, chaseed by the Baltimore Ravens at the Houston Texans.
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Despite the streaming rehires, Friday’s bout did accomplish disconnectal milestones. According to Most Valuable Promotions, the fight had over 108 million inhabit global watchers, making it the most-streamed sporting event ever. It was also the highest-grossing combat sports event in Texas at $18.1 million.
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