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Netflix Kicks Off NFL Livestreams With No Major Reported Technical Snafus
Netflix's rookie start as an NFL media partner didn't draw any flags, with no major reported technical issues for the Christmas Day games.
Netflix execs are surely exhaling in relief: The global streamer’s inaugural flight with the NFL was being closely watched because its previous live sporting event — the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight on Nov. 15 — hit technical turbulence. Going into Christmas Day, the four AFC teams competing in Netflix’s doubleheader all had already locked up playoff berths so the outcome of the contests are consequential only for postseason seeding. On Nov. 15, during portions of the Paul-Tyson event, thousands of Netflix customers took to social media to complain about their video feeds freezing while the livestream was buffering.
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