Netflix might quickly livestream a golf event that includes F1 drivers and professional golfers

In the event you by no means thought that System 1 and professional golf might go collectively, Netflix begs to vary. The streaming service is claimed to be in talks to livestream its first ever sporting occasion, a celeb golf event that includes F1 drivers {and professional} golfers, in response to The Wall Street Journal. It might reportedly characteristic personalities from Full Swing and Drive to Survive, Netflix documentaries that comply with F1 drivers and professional golfers. Talks are nonetheless preliminary, in response to the WSJ.

A star golf occasion can be a low-stakes manner for Netflix to work out a format and remedy any technical points that might happen in future stay sports activities occasions. It famously messed up a livestream of its Love is Blind actuality present, with technical issues inflicting an hour-long outage — although its first stay stream occasion, a Chris Rock comedy particular, went easily.

The corporate might have additionally seen the recognition of golf YouTube channels like Rick Shiels and Bob Does Sports activities. These typically characteristic top-echelon professionals like Max Homa enjoying rounds and competing with common gamers, trash speaking and swearing like the remainder of us do whereas enjoying golf. An analogous format, with F1 drivers and gamers competing but in addition having enjoyable, might attract informal viewers that will in any other case by no means watch golf — much like Full Swing did.

Netflix has been exploring stay sports activities streaming for greater than a yr. It beforehand bid for stay US streaming rights to System 1, however reportedly misplaced out to ESPN. It has additionally supposedly explored bidding on rights for tennis, biking and different lower-profile sports activities.

Earlier this yr, co-CEO Ted Sarandos stated “we aren’t anti-sports, we’re pro-profit,” implying that Netflix would not assume the prices for sports activities rights make financial sense. On the identical time, he stated the corporate was leaving the chance open. In the meantime, rivals like Amazon Prime Video have streamed stay sports activities for years from leagues together with the NFL, Major League Baseball, ATP, Premiere League and extra.

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