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0 pointsal_borland1y ago0 comments

The Independent reports 35m viewers of that cricket match [0].

Rolling Stone reported 120m for Tyson and Paul on Netflix [1].

These are very different numbers. 120m is Super Bowl territory. Could Hotstar handle 3-4 of those cricket matches at the same time without issue?

[0] https://www.the-independent.com/sport/cricket/india-pakistan...

[1] https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jake-paul-...

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al_borlandOP1y ago

Too late for me to edit, but Netflix is now reporting 60m, half of what Rolling Stone said.

https://x.com/netflix/status/1857906492235723244?s=46

achow1y ago

India - Australia is the one of interest, scored cricket’s highest concurrent audience ever, 59 Million.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/biggest-cricket-world-cup-e...

dilyevsky1y ago

Majority of superbowl viewers watch it on cable. Streaming gets fewer than 10M concurrents

SoftTalker1y ago

Do people even have cable TV anymore? I have internet from my "cable" company but I don't have the "cable" connected to anything but the modem. Everything I watch is streamed. The only thing connected to my TV is a Roku.

reaperducer1y ago

Do people even have cable TV anymore?

Six seconds on the Google shows 58 million households in the United States. So, roughly 145,000,000 people.

You make the tech bubble mistake of believing that high speed internet is as ubiquitous as coax.

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cabinguy1y ago

I assume you know the answer to your questions is: of course they do. However, I’m in the same boat as you. The joke’s on us, I guess.

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firesteelrain1y ago

Until it switches entirely to Netflix one day

DaSHacka1y ago

Going by their failure this time around, that's not happening anytime soon.

kelvie1y ago

The Games Awards claims to have 118 million livestreams [1], and went off without a hitch.

I watched it for the game trailers, actually shocked that it's also superbowl viewership territory.

https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/game-awards-2023-break...

wavesounds1y ago

"The festivities were streamed live from the Peacock Theater in L.A. across more than 30 platforms including YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, TikTok Live, X (Twitter), Steam, WeChat, Bilibili, Huya, DouYu, Xiaohongshu and Instagram Live"

MBCook1y ago

So no one service had to take the huge brunt. Much of it was divided I guess.

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0 pointsal_borland1y ago0 comments

The Independent reports 35m viewers of that cricket match [0].

Rolling Stone reported 120m for Tyson and Paul on Netflix [1].

These are very different numbers. 120m is Super Bowl territory. Could Hotstar handle 3-4 of those cricket matches at the same time without issue?

[0] https://www.the-independent.com/sport/cricket/india-pakistan...

[1] https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/jake-paul-...

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al_borlandOP1y ago

Too late for me to edit, but Netflix is now reporting 60m, half of what Rolling Stone said.

https://x.com/netflix/status/1857906492235723244?s=46

achow1y ago

India - Australia is the one of interest, scored cricket’s highest concurrent audience ever, 59 Million.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/biggest-cricket-world-cup-e...

dilyevsky1y ago

Majority of superbowl viewers watch it on cable. Streaming gets fewer than 10M concurrents

SoftTalker1y ago

reaperducer1y ago

Do people even have cable TV anymore?

Six seconds on the Google shows 58 million households in the United States. So, roughly 145,000,000 people.

You make the tech bubble mistake of believing that high speed internet is as ubiquitous as coax.

1 more reply

cabinguy1y ago

I assume you know the answer to your questions is: of course they do. However, I’m in the same boat as you. The joke’s on us, I guess.

1 more reply

firesteelrain1y ago

Until it switches entirely to Netflix one day

DaSHacka1y ago

Going by their failure this time around, that's not happening anytime soon.

kelvie1y ago

The Games Awards claims to have 118 million livestreams [1], and went off without a hitch.

I watched it for the game trailers, actually shocked that it's also superbowl viewership territory.

https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/game-awards-2023-break...

wavesounds1y ago

MBCook1y ago

So no one service had to take the huge brunt. Much of it was divided I guess.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse