Everyone wanted to see the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, and this was confirmed by Netflix last Friday, November 15, when its servers collapsed, as they reported more than 100 million accounts connected simultaneously to watch the event of the year.
But without enough support for the millions of households who wanted to watch the fight, thousands of users reported problems that led to tons of complaints, and now even a lawsuit.
Netflix is sued for poor signal in Tyson vs Paul fight
Netflix assured months before the fight that all its subscribers would be able to watch it at no extra cost, but they did not count on the high demand to witness Jake Paul hitting Mike Tyson at will.
The lawsuit was filed in Florida by Ronald “Blue” Denton and accuses Netflix of “breach of contract” for constant failures during the event, according to TMZ.
Netflix acknowledged the poor quality of the broadcast of the highly anticipated event in a statement released on Monday.
“This unprecedented scale brought many technical challenges, which the launch team brilliantly addressed by prioritizing streaming stability for most viewers,” said Netflix executive Elizabeth Stone. “I’m sure many of you have seen the comments in the press and on social media about the quality issues. We don’t want to downplay the bad experience of some members and we know we have room for improvement, but we still consider this event to be a great success.”
According to Netflix, the fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul generated 108 million accounts wanting to watch the event simultaneously, something that their servers could not support. According to the streaming company, on Friday they had “the most live-streamed sporting event in history.”
In the United States, Netflix reported that 65 million households tuned in to the fight at the same time, causing its servers to crash. This amount means that 56% of all users in the country turned their televisions on to watch the beating of Paul and Tyson.
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