Netflix aired its first live event in 2023, streaming the stand-up specialChris Rock: Selective Outrage.Since then, services like Amazon Prime Video and Paramount+ have become major players in streaming live sports,increasing what platforms have to offer, building appointment-based opportunities that keep viewers coming back. The landscape will continue evolving, with Netflix on the verge of something big.
Netflix Will Be Streaming Live NASA Events Starting This Summer
NASA Is Coming To Netflix
Moving beyond Earthly live events this summer,Netflix is teaming up with NASA to bring the wonders of space a little closer to home for its viewers. According to a report fromNASA, NASA+ live programming will be available on Netflix, allowing audiences to stream space walks, mission coverage, and “breathtaking live views of Earth from the International Space Station.”
Sirmons said the agency has committed to a “Golden Age of Innovation and Exploration” with the mission of inspiring new generations.
In the report,the general manager of NASA+, Rebecca Sirmons, recalled the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which she said “calls on us to share our story of space exploration with the broadest audience possible.” Sirmons said the agency has committed to a"Golden Age of Innovation and Exploration" with the mission of inspiring new generations.
NASA wants to become more accessible to the public, with the report suggesting that its Netflix partnership will allow the agency to increase its engagement, to “inspire a global audience in a modern media landscape.” Therefore, NASA is embracing modern audiences with this sentiment, working with the notion that more and more people are turning to their smartphones for entertainment.
Why NASA Programming Is A Genius Move By Netflix
Netflix Can Usher In A New Era
Working with NASA is a genius move on Netflix’s part, sinceit offers something completely new and awe-inspiring for viewers to engage with on the platform. There are plenty of sci-fi titles and documentaries across the many streamers available. Reaching beyond science fiction, Netflix’s move will allow viewers to witness real things in space they’ve never seen it before.
NASA+ is available for free through the NASA app and on the agency’s website with no ads.
Thus,Netflixwill bolster NASA’s mission to create a Golden Age of Innovation and Exploration. When the media landscape was less crowded, space exploration used to be a driving force of interpersonal connection. The streaming giant can thereby bring excitement and urgency regarding the universe back, giving people a home base where they can easily access what’s happening outside Earth.
