Professional golfers and Formula 1 drivers. This is the cast of the first sporting event made by Netflix. The platform is in talks to finalize this program that will broadcast live in the fall, reveals the Wall Street Journal. It must be a golf tournament that will bring together in Las Vegas the celebrities who have participated in the documentary series on golf, full turnand in F1, drive to survive.
The event would be a first for Netflix, which has never broadcast a sports competition. If the discussions are only beginning, this foray into the sport could be a milestone. Especially since the competition (Disney+, Prime Video) already has activities in this field.
The difficult exercise of living
However, the operation already promises to be dangerous. Netflix’s latest experiment in live streaming has turned into a disaster. In April, the platform made an appointment with its subscribers to watch a special episode of its reality show live. love is blind. But after an hour of delay, the program had to be canceled without specifying the cause.
At the beginning of the year, the Chris Rock show had also known disappointments. On this occasion, viewers were able to enjoy his program on the night of March 4-5. But technical problems have affected non-English speakers. A conflict within the interface had prevented people whose app was not in English from accessing the broadcast.
These misadventures show the difference between offering content on demand and managing a live broadcast. A point on which Netflix will have to be attentive if it wants to gain a foothold at the table of sports networks.
Source: BFM TV
