Will Netflix's struggles to livestream events have an impact on future live sport broadcasting?

Stephen Grootes speaks to Jan Vermeulen, Editor of My Broadband.

Listen to the interview in the audio below. 

The much-hyped Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul fight ended up being rather disappointing, in terms of the spectacle everyone was hoping far.

The fight, which was streamed via Netflix, drew an estimated average minute audience of 108 million live viewers globally, peaking at 65 million concurrent streams.

But it's not just the fight that had viewers upset. 

Viewers encountered buffering and outages during the broadcast, resulting in many people being unable to watch.

It was the third major live sport event Netflix tried to stream, having earlier in the year livestreamed the exhibition tennis match between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.

Netflix has 282.7 million subscribers worldwide, representing a 14.4% year-over-year growth, but a successful live sports streaming offering is seen as a way to grow a new subscriber base.

Speaking to Stephen Grootes on The Money Show, Jan Vermeulen, editor of MyBroadband says livestreaming an event is extremely complex. 

"They're (Netflix) trying to run before they can even walk, really. This was an enormous event. The kind of numbers Netflix is putting out there, they said viewers peaked at 65 million concurrently."

- Jan Vermeulen, editor - MyBroadband

"You're talking huge numbers that Netflix is trying to do here, but it hasn't actually cracked the formula. So one wonders if they shouldn't actually dial it back a little to work out the kinks in its infrastructure before it tries to do something that's pushing for 65 million concurrent viewers."

- Jan Vermeulen, editor - MyBroadband

"Netflix has this global footprint now, but in South Africa for example, we saw just widespread failure."

- Jan Vermeulen, editor - MyBroadband

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