The fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, main event of the live broadcast by Netflix on Saturday morning, was the event of the weekend. And while there has been a lot of criticism on social media, Netflix has good reason to celebrate.
In a blog post, he indicates that it was a record evening (in the United States) for the platform. A total of 60 million households watched the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson live. The other big event, the women's boxing fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, was watched live by 50 million households.
“Additionally, this fight will likely be the most-watched professional women's sporting event in U.S. history.”indicates Netflix. And on The company also indicates that it will share more information about this live event later.
A success, despite technical problems
In addition to criticism of the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, Netflix was also criticized on social networks because of technical problems during the live broadcast. According to Mark Gurman, journalist at Bloomberg, the technical director of the platform has already addressed employees about this problem.
“This unprecedented scale created numerous technical challenges, which the launch team met brilliantly by prioritizing the stability of the stream for the majority of viewers. I'm sure many of you have seen the chatter in the press and on social media about quality issues”he would have indicated. However, he also reportedly told employees that without ignoring the bad experience suffered by certain subscribers, Netflix would consider this event a success.
In any case, the platform is well on its way to hosting live events of this kind. And the experience gained from the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson will probably be used to improve the broadcast system. As a reminder, in December, Netflix will broadcast two NFL matches, the American football league in the United States.
- The boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, broadcast live on Netflix, was the event of the weekend
- In a blog post, SVOD shares statistics and discusses a record evening
- The fight was viewed live by more than 60 million households worldwide
- It was also the number 1 trend on X in the world
- In a message to employees, the technical director of Netflix would however have recognized the technical problems
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