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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Touts ‘Super Bowl-Like Audience’ for Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Fight, Says of Technical Issues That ‘We Hate to Disappoint Members for One Second’


Netflix's Ted Sarandos said the mammoth turnout of viewers for the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight was a success, despite glitches during the livestream.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that the mammoth turnout of viewers to watch Jake Paul fight Mike Tyson was a success — notwithstanding the video glitches that disrupted the livestream. On the evening of the heavily hyped Paul-Tyson fight, Nov. 15, Netflix customers took to social media to complain about their video feeds freezing while the livestream was buffering. And starting in January, Netflix will run WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” live each week under a multibillion-dollar, 10-year pact.

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