NFL, celebrity boxing, and hot dogs: Netflix’s push into live TV

Nov 21Emma RothWWE’s Netflix debut is a little over a month away.Monday Night Raw starts streaming live on Netflix on January 6th, 2025, and the streamer just released its first trailer for the show:Nov 19Emma RothNetflix says the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight was ‘the most-streamed sporting event ever’Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024Despite widespread issues with video quality and buffering, Netflix’s live-streamed Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match brought in an average of 108 million viewers, based on TVision data in the US and first-party data in global markets. With 65 million concurrent streams, Netflix says the fight was the “most-streamed global sporting event ever.”Of those simultaneous streams, 38 million were from households in the US, and the TVision data says it accounted for 56 percent of TV viewing between midnight and 1AM that day. Read Article >Nov 19David PierceIf Netflix can’t make live work, can anyone?Image by: The Verge; Photo by Al Bello/Gett...