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Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

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492 points storf45 | 3 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jeffbee ◴[16 Nov 24 04:00 UTC] No.42154045[source]▶
Why do they want to get into the live business? It doesn't seem to synergize with their infrastructure. Sending the same stream in real time to numerous people just isn't the same task as letting people stream optimized artifacts that are prepositioned at the edge of the network.
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1. dyauspitr ◴[16 Nov 24 04:05 UTC] No.42154069[source]▶
They want to break into sports because it’s such a big business and if you do sports you need to be able to stream live.
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2. smegger001 ◴[16 Nov 24 19:52 UTC] No.42158748[source]▶
Because its the one area traditional networks have the advantage in
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3. jeffbee ◴[16 Nov 24 20:01 UTC] No.42158819[source]▶
The marginal cost to add a viewer to broadcast sports is zero! That's what I am getting at. I know why someone would want this business, I just don't see what aspect of Netflix's existing business made them think they'd be good at it.