Friday was a record-breaking night for Netflix. Almost 60 million homes connected to the platform to watch the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson live. The forum figures also talk about how in the moment of the first viewing, almost 65 million users were watching the battle. The numbers are spectacular, but the news is bad.
Records and more records. Netflix is not the only one to blame They boasted of their number. The previous fight of the mega-event, between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, was watched by almost 50 million families. According to Netflix, that fight was “probably the most watched professional women’s sports in US history.”
Trend on Twitter and millions of entries. The anticipation for the fight was significant: #PaulTyson was the number 1 trending topic worldwide, while #Serrano was number two in the US, Spain, Brazil and Canada. In addition, the fight brought in 18 million dollars in tickets to the venue in Arlington, Texas. It doubled the previous record for any boxing or MMA match, and was the highest-grossing bout ever held outside of Las Vegas.
That is not boxing. But the truth is that certain reviews are very negative. Tyson, 58 years old (almost 30 years older than Paul) held until the end, but the whole fight threw 97 punches, of which 18 reached his opponent. For many it was a battle of pantomime, and personalities like NBA star Magic Johnson indicated Moreover, when they saw him, they stopped. “Today was not a good fight for boxing,” he concluded. Evander Hollyfield, former heavyweight champion and legendary boxer, too Indian “It’s not a good fight.”
And he cut it into pieces. However, the problem was not only the quality of the boxing show, but the fact that many users experienced shooting in the middle. Live broadcasting uses the technique of “buffering” to take it down and break it up into pieces and prepare for the next one. This process did not work well and caused issues with both image and fragmentation.
“No one can see this”. Dave Portnoy, founder of the sports media brand Barstool, sent the message signifying that “#netflix is not ready for this. No one can see it” referring to the cuts. On this platform, hashtags like #Unwatchable or “#NetflixCash” have also become trending topics. others many they agreed in it appreciationas It should also be pointed out different letters in returns.
Netflix is certainly living up to the challenge. There is a platform to work with radio transmissions of major eventsbut he did not do it right. In April 2023, this type of project began with the event “Love is blind”. so many problems with each other That led to the end of the books as another on-demand program the next day.
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