It’s insane the excuses being made here for Netflix’s apparently unique circumstances.
They failed. Full stop. There is no valid technical reason they couldn’t have had a smooth experience. There are numerous people with experience building these systems they could have hired and listened to. It isn’t a novel problem.
Here are the other companies that are peers that livestream just fine, ignoring traditional broadcasters:
- Google (YouTube live), millions of concurrent viewers
- Amazon (Thursday Night Football, Twitch), millions of concurrent viewers
- Apple (MLS)
NBC live streamed the Olympics in the US for tens of millions.
They failed. Full stop. There is no valid technical reason they couldn’t have had a smooth experience. There are numerous people with experience building these systems they could have hired and listened to. It isn’t a novel problem.
Here are the other companies that are peers that livestream just fine, ignoring traditional broadcasters:
- Google (YouTube live), millions of concurrent viewers
- Amazon (Thursday Night Football, Twitch), millions of concurrent viewers
- Apple (MLS)
NBC live streamed the Olympics in the US for tens of millions.