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Mayweather-McGregor pirated by upward of 100 million viewers
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:22 pm
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Pay-per-view numbers will come in later this week or early next week. UFC president Dana White said he is optimistic it will break the record sales number of 4.6 million set in 2015 by the Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao bout. Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe was likewise enthusiastic.
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The bout, which had a suggested retail price of $89.95 and then an additional $10 for high definition, was freely available all over Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Irdeto, a digital platform security company, discovered 239 streams that reached 2,930,598 viewers.
It provided Yahoo Sports with two screen shots of the fight being streamed on Facebook Live. One showed 472,000 viewers watching a pirated stream, while the other had 234,000 viewers.
Just the viewership from those two streams alone could cost the event more than $70.6 million.
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“We have identified streams and viewers in every corner of the globe,” Lonstein told Yahoo Sports. “What happened is, you take one click and you can stream it to your TV, but it immediately goes out and it’s tethered to social media so all of your followers immediately get a notice that you’re streaming. They don’t even have to look for it. That’s why it becomes viral and that’s why it’s so effective because it’s at what you could call a cellular or nuclear level.
“That’s how it spreads. This is the new reality. People are consuming [pirated content] at a level that is unstoppable at this point.”
This post was edited on 8/28/17 at 7:30 pm
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Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:23 pm to hawgfaninc
Pirate checking in
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:23 pm to hawgfaninc
100 was too much for that bullshite.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:23 pm to hawgfaninc
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those two streams alone could cost the event more than $70.6 million.
That's not how pirating works.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:24 pm to hawgfaninc
Because no one deserves to be paid 100 million dollars to participate in a fight.
This post was edited on 8/28/17 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:26 pm to hawgfaninc
Why would someone pay for that?
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:28 pm to hawgfaninc
I have a feeling the vast majority of those people would tell you stealing is bad and they wouldn't do it.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:28 pm to hawgfaninc
I was one of them. My stream was crystal clear with zero lag.
Then Mayweather won and I cashed a huge bet.
Great night
Then Mayweather won and I cashed a huge bet.
Great night
This post was edited on 8/28/17 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:30 pm to hawgfaninc
They shouldn't charge so fricking much.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:30 pm to Cosmo
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Pirate checking in
I watched it on social media but I wouldn't have paid for it otherwise. They didn't lose any money on me.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:31 pm to hawgfaninc
I watched periscope and someone had it on there. Not my fault.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:31 pm to hawgfaninc
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Just the viewership from those two streams alone could cost the event more than $70.6 million.
No it didn't. Most of those people wouldn't have payed for the fight even if they couldn't find a stream.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:31 pm to hawgfaninc
Arg!
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:32 pm to jdeval1
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I watched it on social media but I wouldn't have paid for it otherwise. They didn't lose any money on me.
Same. I'd probably pay 100 for some sporting event I really cared about. But it was either free or I wasn't watching for that fight.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:32 pm to hawgfaninc
Arrgggg.
FWIW, I don't think it was would have been worth 5 dollars.
FWIW, I don't think it was would have been worth 5 dollars.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:33 pm to The Boat
Damnit I didn't even bother looking for a stream
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:33 pm to Tiguar
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those two streams alone could cost the event more than $70.6 million.
That's not how pirating works.
I'm pretty sure the people that pirated it were those unwilling to pay for it, or in other words, only willing to watch for free.
Doubt the pirated streams cost them much revenue.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:33 pm to tigersownall
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100 was too much for that bullshite.
yea
I wasn't gonna watch it, got in bed, checked facebook one last time and saw some saint start streaming it right as it started. watched it while laying in bed half asleep. the stream was up to like 980,000 viewers when maywether TKO'd mcgregor. dude streaming it was pissed it ended before he could hit 1 million viewers
Posted on 8/28/17 at 7:35 pm to Melvin
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I have a feeling the vast majority of those people would tell you stealing is bad and they wouldn't do it.
Don't you know it's only stealing when it's something tangible that you can feel or play with?
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