{"id":13950,"date":"2024-12-24T08:06:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T08:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=13950"},"modified":"2024-12-24T08:06:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T08:06:39","slug":"breaking-news-nfl-statement-on-netflix-buffering-issue-jinxed-christmas-day-broadcast-beyond-belief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=13950","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : NFL statement on Netflix buffering issue jinxed Christmas Day broadcast beyond belief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tagStyle_1jttr2w-o_O-style_dngrfw-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div>Netflix&#8217;s live-sports debut was a disaster, and we appear headed for a repeat with the NFL on Christmas Day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper_oenkmd\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"wrapper_ctua91\">\n<div class=\"style_1pa6aqm\">\n<figure class=\"base_1ikxdxv\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Christmas Day Football Streaming on Netflix\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5445,h_3062,x_0,y_567\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/229\/01jfth2gkb7xzh3btswp.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Day Football Streaming on Netflix\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Christmas Day Football Streaming on Netflix\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\">Christmas Day Football Streaming on Netflix \/ Aaron M. Sprecher\/GettyImages<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"sticky_1ds30c3\">\n<div class=\"wrapperBase_1ietptp-o_O-wrapperDefault_dlcy9n\"><a class=\"link_11thpky\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mm-click-analytics=\"true\" data-vars-action=\"click\" data-vars-label=\"\" data-vars-category=\"default category\" data-vars-type=\"click\" data-uw-rm-kbnav=\"anohref\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_scale,h_64\/shape\/cover\/entertainment\/icon-logo-facebook.png\" alt=\"facebook\" height=\"16\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"facebook\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/a><a class=\"link_11thpky\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mm-click-analytics=\"true\" data-vars-action=\"click\" data-vars-label=\"\" data-vars-category=\"default category\" data-vars-type=\"click\" data-uw-rm-kbnav=\"anohref\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_scale,h_64\/shape\/cover\/entertainment\/icon-logo-twitter.png\" alt=\"twitter\" height=\"16\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"twitter\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/a><a class=\"link_11thpky\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mm-click-analytics=\"true\" data-vars-action=\"click\" data-vars-label=\"\" data-vars-category=\"default category\" data-vars-type=\"click\" data-uw-rm-kbnav=\"anohref\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_scale,h_64\/shape\/cover\/entertainment\/icon-logo-reddit.png\" alt=\"reddit\" height=\"16\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"reddit\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/a><button class=\"link_11thpky\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"button\" data-uw-rm-empty-ctrl=\"\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper_wfxu5h\"><main><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_8ae43pyz2\">Between near-constant lag issues and a, shall we say, too intimate peek into Mike Tyson&#8217;s locker room routine, Netflix&#8217;s first foray into live sports could\u00a0hardly have gone much worse\u00a0with the Tyson-Jake Paul fight. The debacle left plenty of people wanting their money back, and plenty more wondering how the streaming giant would possibly handle its NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day without plenty of the same issues arising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_wlxn27n8u\">Netflix will be responsible for both the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs-Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0game at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday and the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans\u00a0matchup at 4:30 p.m. ET. The streamer and the league have had over a month now to iron out the issues that propped up during the Tyson-Paul bout, but it doesn&#8217;t sound like they thought anything was wrong in the first place.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"_vvssf5u01\" class=\"tagStyle_1rck2gq-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_vvssf5u01\">NFL appears unaware it&#8217;s headed for Netflix Christmas Day disaster<\/h2>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_e4zovt6pk\">Asked about how it feels about where Netflix&#8217;s capabilities are at ahead of some of the league&#8217;s biggest games of the entire regular season, NFL EVP of media distribution Hans Schroeder&#8217;s response &#8230; didn&#8217;t inspire a ton of confidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_0jlvys6vy\">\u201cI think they have done an incredible job with all their preparations, every piece of what they\u2019re putting in place,\u201d Schroeder\u00a0told reporters\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_q12b3uk14\"><em><strong>&#8220;I think there were some bumps certainly with Netflix, but everything we\u2019ve seen, we think their plan and the work we\u2019re doing alongside them, we\u2019re incredibly confident in and we feel incredibly well prepared for a great day on Christmas Day for our fans, and fans not only here but around the world, so we\u2019re really excited about that.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_dlvgfkusr\">That sure sounds like both the league and Netflix are simply crossing their fingers and hoping that the second time is the charm. The fact that Schroeder can&#8217;t point to a single tangible difference between the Tyson-Paul fight and Wednesday&#8217;s games doesn&#8217;t bode well, and Netflix itself is just fully sticking its head in the sand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_xdz707smi\">\u201cWe were pushing &#8230; every ISP in the world, of their own capacity,\u201d Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos\u00a0told The Hollywood Reporter. \u201cWe were stressing the limits of the internet itself that night. So, we had a control room up in Silicon Valley that was re-engineering the entire internet to keep it during this fight because of the unprecedented demand that was happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_4o6kkn-o_O-style_1tcxgp3-o_O-style_1pinbx1-o_O-style_48hmcm\" data-mm-id=\"_kwp82a99d\">Sarandos&#8217; big solution to what went wrong back in November? Hey, you should be thankful that things weren&#8217;t even worse. Not what NFL fans want to hear as the NFL gets ready to sacrifice its game experience for as much money as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix&#8217;s live-sports debut was a disaster, and we appear headed for a repeat with the NFL on Christmas Day. 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