It’s a learning experience! I remember Conor and Floyd broke hbo and the ufc. It’s a hard problem for sure!
Some buffering issues for us, but I bet views are off the charts. Huge for Netflix, bad for espn, paramount, etc etc
Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
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#222Cable TV (or even OTA antenna in the right service area) is simply a superior live product compared to anything streaming.
The Masters app is the only thing that comes close imo.
Cable TV + DVR + high speed internet for torrenting is still an unmatched entertainment setup. Streaming landscape is a mess.
It's too bad the cable companies abused their position and lost any market goodwill. Copper connection direct to every home in America is a huge advantage to have fumbled.
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#223It’s a learning experience! I remember Conor and Floyd broke hbo and the ufc. It’s a hard problem for sure! Some buffering issues for us, but I bet views are off the charts. Huge for Netflix, bad for espn, paramount, etc etc
You're lucky you only had some buffering issues. This is got the case for many people, I don't know the percentage, but many people on reddit were complaining.
This is bad for Netflix imo.
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#224I can't see the fight right now.
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#225I wonder if there will be any long term reputational repercussions for Netflix because of this. Amongst SWEs, Netflix is known for hiring the best people and their streaming service normally seems very solid. Other streaming services have definitely caught up a bit and are much more reliable then in the early days, but my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically. This sure do…
Is cable and broadcast better for live TV? No scaling issues. Doesn't matter how many people tune in.
It's fundamentally different, for sure.
Most third-party internet-based streaming solutions are overlaid on top of a point-to-point network, while broadcast is one-to-many, and even cable tends to use multicast within the cable provider's network.
You have potentially different problems, e.g. limited bandwidth / spectrum. If, say, there are multiple games going on at the same time, you can only watch whichever feed the broadcaster decides to air. And, of course, regardless of the technology in use, there are matters of acquiring rights for various events. One benefit of internet-based streaming is that one service can acquire the rights and be able to reach everyone, whereas an individual cable provider might only reach its direct subscribers.
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#227I wonder if there will be any long term reputational repercussions for Netflix because of this. Amongst SWEs, Netflix is known for hiring the best people and their streaming service normally seems very solid. Other streaming services have definitely caught up a bit and are much more reliable then in the early days, but my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically. This sure do…
> ut my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically.
I always assumed youtube was top dog for performance and stability. I can’t remember the last time I had issues with them and don’t they handle basically more traffic than any other video service?
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#228It will never not annoy and amuse me that illegal options (presumably run by randoms in their spare time) are so much better than the offerings of big companies and their tech ‘talent’.
I have Netflix purchased legally with hard earned money. But because I had issues I looked for illegal streams, and they were bad, crashes, buffering.. you name it. So I went back to Netflix and watched it at 140p quality.
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#229It will never not annoy and amuse me that illegal options (presumably run by randoms in their spare time) are so much better than the offerings of big companies and their tech ‘talent’.
Illegal options would have lot less active users. So it is not a fair comparison
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#230After a few buffering timeouts during the first match, the rest of the event had no technical difficulties (in SoCal, so close to one of Netflix's HQs).
Unfortunately, except for the women's match, the fights were pretty lame...4 of the 6 male boxers were out of shape. Paul and Tyson were struggling to stay awake and if you were to tell me that Paul was just as old as Tyson I would have believed it.