{"id":494000,"date":"2026-03-25T06:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494000\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T06:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:47:08","slug":"bts-live-comeback-concert-draws-18-4m-global-viewers-says-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494000\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS: Live comeback concert draws 18.4m global viewers, says Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The event which marked the start of the band&#8217;s sold-out, 82-date world tour, was livestreamed on Netflix to more than 190 countries, including South Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Only around 22,000 people who secured free tickets were allowed into the main concert venue, while other spectators watched the performance on a dozen screens installed along nearby streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The concert saw the government implement strict crowd control measures, deploying about 7,000 police officers, including SWAT units equipped with anti-drone systems. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The broadcast topped Netflix&#8217;s rankings in 24 countries, the company said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The show is one of Netflix&#8217;s latest moves into live event broadcasting. In 2024, the platform&#8217;s broadcast of the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul drew more than 108 million viewers globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An ascent by American climber Alex Honnald up a Taiwan skyscraper earlier this year was also streamed live on Netflix, with a reported 6.2 million people tuning in. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, BTS and their record label BigHit and Hybe are expected to generate more than $1bn (\u00a3740m) from their reunion, driven by concerts, merchandise, licensing, album sales and streaming revenue, according to Billboard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BTS is Hybe&#8217;s main source of income, with the firm&#8217;s operating profit slumping during the band&#8217;s extended hiatus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event which marked the start of the band&#8217;s sold-out, 82-date world tour, was livestreamed on Netflix to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-494000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}