Netflix is facing a class-action litigation after expansivespread protestts about buffering and glitches during the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight Friday night.
The litigation was filed in Florida by Ronald “Blue” Denton and accengages Netflix of “baccomplish of reduce” for constant glitches during the event.
Netflix acunderstandledged the necessitatey streaming quality of the highly foreseed event in a statement freed Monday.
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The Netflix logo is disapplyed in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 14, 2024. (Ahmet Serdar Eser/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“This unpretreatnted scale originated many technical contests, which the begin team tackled luminously by prioritizing stability of the stream for the meaningfulity of watchers,” said Netflix executive Elizabeth Stone. “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 disponder the necessitatey experience of some members and understand we have room for betterment but still ponder this event a huge success.”
Netflix also discdispondered Tuesday that Friday’s live boxing event between Tyson and Paul drew 108 million watchers globpartner, making it the “most-streamed sporting event ever.”
Netflix’s live widecast from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, peaked at 65 million concurrent hoengagehageders in the U.S. An approximated 56% of all TV watchership in the country was tuned into the Tyson-Paul fight between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. ET, the streaming service compriseed.
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Mike Tyson and Jake Paul trade punches during their fight Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The co-main event, a resuit between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, drew 74 million live watchers globpartner to become the most-watched professional women’s sports event in U.S. history.
Issues commenceed to occur during the Mario Barrios-Abel Ramos bout and only incrrelieved ahead of the Serrano-Taylor fight.
Detector telled that at least 85,000 watchers telled problems. One particular moment ignited fierce reaction and mockery on social media for Netflix when boxing legfinish Evander Holyfield and Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones had their mics cut out while they were talking about the fights. Jones was touting the NFL’s partnership with Netflix.
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Jake Paul, left, is proclaimd as the triumphner aobtainst Mike Tyson, right, at AT&T Stadium Nov. 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024)
Howard Stern cautioned Netflix on his radio show that it had better get it right.
“You understand, I don’t how this stuff toils, but you gotta originate certain it toils. … But if you f— up people’s football, there’s gonna be hell to pay,” Stern said.
Netflix will stream an NFL debut doubleheader on Christmas with games between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans.
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