The satellite television may be considered an outdated technology, it is still better than Netflix when it comes to broadcasting high audience programs live.
In any case, this is the demonstration that Netflix has just made by broadcasting live a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.
The match, a pretext for a major advertising campaign for Netflix which created high expectations among the public, disappointed on many levels. Not only the wrestling matches of the WWE look more credible, but the broadcast was chaotic. Poor image quality, constant buffering, frozen frames… It's the spectacle given by Netflix.
Despite these colossal resources, Netflix will not have had the technical capacity necessary to broadcast a highly anticipated live streaming boxing match.
It's not enough to want to make television, you have to be able to do it. And for that, the satellite is unbeatable.
Satellite remains superior to streaming for the broadcast of high-audience events because it allows the transmission of a single signal captured simultaneously by an unlimited number of spectators without network overload, thus ensuring stable and continuous broadcasting with minimal latency.
Unlike streaming, which depends on Internet bandwidth and can be affected by network overloads or slow connections, satellite provides consistent image quality and covers large geographic areas, including remote areas without access to a High speed internet. This ensures that all viewers receive content in real time and at optimal quality, regardless of their location or the total number of viewers.
In terms of costs for a one-off event like this boxing match which was promoted by a major communications campaign, satellite and streaming differ significantly. Satellite broadcasting has high fixed costs, such as renting satellite bandwidth and using specialized equipment, which remain constant regardless of the number of viewers. Streaming, on the other hand, has lower upfront costs, but these increase with viewership, requiring more bandwidth, servers, and network capacity to handle large numbers of simultaneous connections.
So, for a one-off event with a large audience, satellite may be more cost-effective, as its costs do not vary with the number of viewers, while streaming costs can increase significantly depending on the size of the audience.
If Netflix had the means to set up the promotional operation around this match, it did not have the means to broadcast it correctly. Ultimately, the broadcast and the match were on the same level…
