Netflix outage sparks Twitter frenzy
Popular media streaming service Netflix suffered an unexplained outage in the UK last night - fuelling a spike in social media mentions from Orange is the New Black starved telly addicts venturing online to find out where the problem arose.
The platform remains unavailable this morning after first encountering problems last night, with many subscribers now suffering withdrawal symptoms.
Not tonight @NetflixUK, not tonight. We need @OITNB action... asap. pic.twitter.com/5Z1tm1p2Ti
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarraUK) August 3, 2014
VOD fans throughout the UK in uproar with @NetflixUK and @NOWTV both down at the same time. Am reading a book. — Jamie Anderson (@ImJamieAnderson) August 3, 2014On Twitter alone analysis carried out by Topsy showed a spike in tweets mentioning ‘Netflix down’ from a baseline of around 500 per day on 30 July to 2k on 2 August. In a statement Netflix apologised for any ‘streaming issues’ experienced by customers and stressed that it was working to resolve the problems ‘as quickly as possible’.
Apologies to any members experiencing streaming issues. Our engineers are working to fix it as quickly as possible. — Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) August 3, 2014The service was apparently still down for some users at the time of writing (4 August).