The boxing match is a significant expansion of Netflix’s live sports strategy. The streaming giant inked a 10-year deal with the WWE valued at more than $5 billion in January
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The company has been expanding its reach in sports, agreeing in 2021 to pay about $1 billion a year for the exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football.
Read more –> Amazon has won the exclusive rights to stream an NFL playoff game on Prime Video next season
Disney’s livestream of the India-Pakistan match of the ICC Cricket World Cup on October 14, 2023, on their Disney + Hotstar platform had the largest number of “concurrent viewers” to date at 35 million. Leading industry analyst offers more insight into the most viewed experiences.
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Prime Video kicked off its 2023 Thursday Night Football schedule last night setting an all-time record as the most-streamed NFL game in history.*
According to Nielsen’s custom Integrated Live Streaming Report**, Prime Video averaged 16.6 million viewers (AMA) across all media platforms during last night’s Vikings-Eagles showdown, as the defending NFC Champions notched their second win of the season
Read more –> Prime Video Sets NFL Streaming Record with Vikings-Eagles TNF Opener
Viacom18 reported the opening weekend of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Jio Cinema had a simultaneous stream count of 16 million viewers.
Read more –> IPL 2023 final delivers record 32m streaming viewers on JioCinema
YouTube and Goldenvoice have once again renewed their livestream and content partnership agreement for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival, striking an agreement that keeps the mega two-weekend festival on the Google-owned video platform through 2026.
First signed in 2011, the streaming partnership was renewed in 2018 through 2021 — the 2020 and 2021 versions of the festival were postponed due to COVID-19. Last year, the two companies worked out an agreement to air the festival’s post-pandemic return.
Read more –> The Coachella livestream is back, only on YouTube!
Netflix announced Thursday that the legendary comedian will make history as the headliner of the streaming giant’s first-ever live, global streaming event.
Read more –> Chris Rock to make history with Netflix’s first-ever live performance
Livestreaming is becoming a big business for TikTok.
‘Revenue from livestreaming is growing at nearly double the rate of TikTok’s ad business. In the last two years, TikTok’s online ads revenue has grown by 500%, while its livestreaming revenue has increased by 900%.’
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The new platform allows influencers to host livestreams, earn revenue and engage with viewers. The company has reportedly paid influencers between $200 and $3,000 to use the platform for 30 minutes. Super entered development in late 2020 and is currently being built by Meta’s New Product Experimentation team.
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Barcelona-based creator Ibai broke Twitch’s previous concurrent viewership record, 2.4 million, during the June 25 livestream of his boxing event La Velada Del Año II (“The Night of the Year II”). 3.3 million is now the number to beat.
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