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

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492 points storf45 | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.229s | source
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ctvo ◴[16 Nov 24 18:37 UTC] No.42158173[source]▶
It’s insane the excuses being made here for Netflix’s apparently unique circumstances.

They failed. Full stop. There is no valid technical reason they couldn’t have had a smooth experience. There are numerous people with experience building these systems they could have hired and listened to. It isn’t a novel problem.

Here are the other companies that are peers that livestream just fine, ignoring traditional broadcasters:

- Google (YouTube live), millions of concurrent viewers

- Amazon (Thursday Night Football, Twitch), millions of concurrent viewers

- Apple (MLS)

NBC live streamed the Olympics in the US for tens of millions.

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mfiguiere ◴[16 Nov 24 19:35 UTC] No.42158615[source]▶
The examples given here are not on the same scale. The numbers known so far:

- 120m viewers [1]

- Entire Netflix CDN Traffic grew 4x when the live stream started [2]

[1] https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jake-paul-...

[2] https://x.com/DougMadory/status/1857634875257294866

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1. silisili ◴[16 Nov 24 19:50 UTC] No.42158731[source]▶
I guess one question I have is did Netflix partner with other CDNs?

Despite their already huge presence, Amazon for example has multiple CDNs involved for capacity for live events. Same for Peacock.