Netflix’s Bela Bajaria Remains Bullish on Live Despite Tyson/Paul Hiccups, Says They’re Ready for the NFL — And More to Come In Global Territories
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large As Netflix expands its live output in a big way over the next few months, chief content officer Bela Bajaria said she wasn’t concerned about last weekend’s buffering hiccups during the Mike Tyson/Jake Paul fight.
Speaking with reporters on Monday morning during Netflix’s International Showcase (more on that in a moment), Bajaria said the streamer felt “very ready” for its next big live event: Two NFL games on Christmas Day (including Beyoncé performing the halftime show during the second matchup, Houston v.
Baltimore). “We always knew we were going to do a really big thing,” Bajaria said of the Netflix engineering team, adding that the streamer immediately set about to fix issues.
The buffering and freezing happened during earlier undercards, and it appeared that issues were mostly resolved by the time Tyson and Paul faced off.
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