Behind the Streams: Live at Netflix. Part 1

How Netflix prepared to go live

Netflix first went live back in early 2023 when it streamed a Chris Rock gig. Since then, it’s continued to dip its toes into live content, from Beyonce’s halftime show during the Christmas Day 2024 NFL game, to the Screen Actors Guild Awards and last weekend’s Taylor-Serrano fight (which the streamer says had 6 million viewers). In their latest blog post, Netflix’s technology team has revealed some of the work they have done to prepare the stre…

Behind the Streams: Live at Netflix. Part 1

Many great ideas at Netflix begin with a question, and three years ago, we asked one of our boldest yet: if we were to entertain the world through Live — a format almost as old as television itself — how would we do it? Source: Behind the Streams: Live at Netflix. Part 1