The Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight drew over 108 million viewers on Netflix, and unfortunately they were seemingly unprepared for everyone tuning in as there was constant buffering and lag during the stream.
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That is, now the billion dollar company has been hit with a lawsuit, as court documents obtained by TMZ reveal Ronald "Blue" Denton filed the suit in Florida on Monday.
BREAKING: A class action lawsuit for unfair business practices has been filed against Netflix in a Florida state court over its streaming of the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match. Restitution sought for every customer impacted by buffering issues. (h/t Lisa Willis @Lawdotcom) pic.twitter.com/Kr5TypPzad
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) November 19, 2024
In view of the case, Denton's claims highlighted the fact that during the broadcast on Friday night, millions of people "were faced with legendary problems, including: no access, streaming glitches, and buffering issues."
“omg did you see what just happened at Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul’s fight”
Netflix: pic.twitter.com/PQaMlCUGzk
— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) November 16, 2024
To point out, even celebrities showed themselves having trouble viewing the fight, as Dave Portnoy tried restarting his WiFi, and it still didn't work.
Things are going bad to worse. #netflix #tysonpaul pic.twitter.com/sjJutpr1Zq
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 16, 2024
Ultimately, Denton is asking for unspecified damages, as he is suing Netflix for breach of contract. That is to say, Netflix didn't respond directly to this, but they did admit there were streaming issues in a statement they put out over the weekend.
"We don't want to dismiss the poor experience of some members, and know we have room for improvement, but still consider this event a huge success."
Per Netflix PR,
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight is the most-streamed sporting event ever, peaking at 65 million concurrent streams, with 38 million concurrent streams in the US.
Paul-Tyson fight garnered an estimated average minute audience1 (AMA) of 108 million live viewers… pic.twitter.com/95XdcmO2yC
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) November 19, 2024
All in all, despite there being record-breaking numbers for the streaming site, it wasn't viewed as a huge success for the fans, as Netflix will continue to face scrutiny over the streaming issues during Paul's big win over Tyson.
With this in mind, Netflix may have lost some trust in their ability to host big live sporting events.
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