Streaming Glitches Delay Massively Hyped Mayweather-McGregor Boxing Match (cnet.com)

"After initial indications the main event would commence at 11:15 p.m ET, it didn't get started until nearly one hour later," reports Variety. An anonymous reader quotes CNET: Saturday's much hyped fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC champion Conor McGregor drew fans from all walks of life, even those who'd never typically watch a standard boxing match. But when some of those fans settled in to watch the spectacle, beverage and snacks in hand, they found themselves in a world of hurt. Watching the fight wasn't cheap (nearly $100 on pay-per-view), so naturally, those who had technical issues as fight time neared -- on whatever platform -- were fighting mad. At 6:28 p.m. PT, as the undercard matches preceding the event aired, the UFC admitted on Twitter it was having technical issues with its Fight Pass streaming service due to the overwhelming interest in the bout.
ESPN confirms that the much-hyped event was "delayed due to pay-per-view outages."

Comments

Clearly we have angered the Gods

[Anonymous Coward]

I demand a return to real bloodsport, where grievances are settled on the sands of the Arena, with the blessings of the Emperor and Almighty Iupiter, as our forefathers did.

This will surely improve our lives, strengthening us so we no longer fear death, and demonstrating to our enemies how mighty we are.

Re:$100?

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How the hell is that computer board worth 10 months of Netflix?

How the hell is that spinny disk worth 10 months of Netflix?

How the hell is that 3D printer worth 30 months of Netflix?

People have different hobbies and interests. Do you have someone looking over your shoulder watching your spending habits?

Happened to me once

[DNS-and-BIND]

I was overseas and wanted to watch the Superbowl. Hurray for drinking beer at 7:30am Monday morning! Tried and tried to use the legitimate NFL.com streaming to watch the game. It just would not work. I clicked submit and then it either timed out or went to a website error.

I went to myp2p.eu and got the stream from there. Steady, reliable, and it even got the commercials which the NFL.com stream would have lacked. Superbowl is the one time a year I actually want to watch the commercials. Once again, the pirates provided a better service than the corporations.

Re:glitches from sheer greed.

[xlsior]

Pay per view for this fight in america was over $100. seats at the arena went for more than five thousand dollars, and ringside was nearly $250,000. this fight was hyped for more than six months. content providers had metrics, they had every chance in the world to bolster their networks and increase server count.

And for comparison: In the UK they charged GBP 19.95 (~$25), while in the Netherlands it was aired as regular programming on the Fox Sports cable channel.

They pretty much just charged what the (local) markets would be willing to bear.

Re:glitch

[Trogre]

Yeah, I never did see the appeal in standing with a bunch of slack-jawed yokels watching to see who could inflict the most serious concussion on their opponent.

Barbaric is what it is.