Netflix’s flubbed foray into livestreaming was a topic of discussion during the streamer’s first-quarter earnings on Tuesday with co-CEO Greg Peters telling investors how sorry the company was for “disappointing so many people,” and explaining in more detail what had happened. Over the weekend, Netflix had been set to release its first live reunion special with the cast of “Love is Blind” Season 4, but serious technical issues led to the stream being canceled after a 75-minute delay. The new episode was filmed and then quickly published as a traditional video-on-demand, as a result of the issues.
Subscribers were naturally unhappy about the glitches as they had carved out time to watch the show when it was originally set to air. And it’s worth noting that getting people to tune in to so-called “appointment TV” is a highly difficult task in the age of streaming. It’s no small matter, then, for Netflix to drop the ball here, especially as the show was …
