On Wednesday, Netflix streamed a pair of NFL games, for the first time ever. It was part of the league’s ongoing effort to steal Christmas from the NBA. It was successful, relative to the lack of complaints regarding buffering, outages, and blurred images.
The NFL will embark on a new Christmas Day tradition starting this year. Christmas Day games have been played in the past throughout the NFL, but only on special occasions. That changes Wednesday, as the league will play Christmas Day games in the middle of the week for the first time.
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Beyoncé provided more excitement than either game during Netflix’s NFL debut on Christmas Day. Riding into her halftime appearance on a white horse, the 32-time Grammy winner rocked her hometown Houston crowd with a nearly 13-minute performance on Wednesday.
After fumbling a high-profile boxing match last month, most social media users praised Netflix for a smooth broadcast of its first-ever NFL games.
The streaming giant is moving deeper into live programming but faces questions about its ability to host real-time events without a hitch.
One month ago, Netflix was on most sports fans' minds when its glitchy, buffering mess of a stream marred the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing match. It was a bad showing. Making it more ominous was that the streamer was set to air a pair of NFL games 40 days later.
Mariah Carey is practically synonymous with Christmas at this point. So it should be no surprise she'd be a part of the NFL Christmas Gameday special.
Super Bowl Halftime Show might have some competition after Beyoncé turned the NRG stadium into an unforgettable all-white rodeo on Christmas (Dec. 25). Commanding the entire space during the Texans-Ravens matchup in her hometown of Houston,
Performing cuts from her smash “Cowboy Carter” album, Beyoncé doubled down on her country aesthetic, joined by Post Malone, daughter Blue Ivy and others.
Mariah Carey brought her winter holiday classic to sports fans during Netflix’s inaugural NFL stream. The singer performed “All I Want For Christmas Is You” in a pre-recorded concert aired ahead of the Christmas Day (Dec.