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How Netflix can live stream BTS Gwanghwamun concert to 300 million subscribers
A BTS concert in Seoul\'s Gwanghwamun on March 21 will be broadcast live worldwide on Netflix to more than 300 million subscribers, drawing attention for its technology. Unlike video-on-demand, live streaming must capture and encode video in real time and deliver it simultaneously to hundreds of millions of devices. Netflix uses an AWS-based live infrastructure with dual-region redundancy, real-time encoding and distribution via its Open Connect CDN. The stream will process up to 38 million system events per second.
Telecommunications & Media
Netflix to livestream BTS concert using own infrastructure, traffic capacity in focus
Netflix will exclusively livestream BTS\' fifth full-length album \'Arirang\' release concert from Seoul\'s Gwanghwamun Square at 8 p.m. on March 21 to more than 190 countries. Netflix said it will use its Open Connect system without an external CDN, with engineers from headquarters handling the feed. Concerns persist over Open Connect\'s vulnerability to spikes in live traffic, after overload during a 2024 boxing livestream. Industry sources also cite friction with domestic ISPs over network expansion costs and responsibilities.
Telecommunications & Media
Netflix to stream BTS comeback live event globally on March 21
Netflix will livestream \'BTS Comeback Live: ARIRANG\' worldwide from Seoul\'s Gwanghwamun area at 8 p.m. on March 21, it said on Tuesday. The company said it will deploy its own technologies including advanced video encoding, traffic load balancing and multi-layer failure recovery systems, along with a triple safety setup that switches automatically to backup encoders. The livestream will use Netflix\'s Open Connect content delivery network.
