As a substitute of watching the AFL grand closing kick-off on Saturday some annoyed followers discovered themselves watching episodes of Border Safety on account of a glitch with Seven’s streaming service.
Individuals who deliberate to look at the sport remotely on 7plus started posting on social media in regards to the technical problem, which noticed them served episodes of the favored actuality present as an alternative of the sport.
Tensions flared in one Reddit thread, with those that deliberate events struggling to grasp why they couldn’t tune in.
“I’ve received folks at my place ready to look at. Insanely irritating,” one Reddit person posted. One other stated: “I've so many individuals invited and now must cancel.”
Another person complained that they had been contemplating discovering an unlawful stream of the sport saying: “Think about pushing folks in the direction of unlawful means, what a joke.”
Some followers contacted technical help, reporting that Seven had develop into conscious of the glitch and was working to resolve it.
However even when the issue had been fastened for some customers, others reported they nonetheless couldn't tune in on their Google TV Chromecast.
A spokesperson for Seven West Media stated in a press release the difficulty was distinctive to sure platforms.
“Simply to substantiate that Seven solely has the rights to broadcast the grand closing on Channel 7 and 7plus on linked TVs solely,” the spokesperson stated.
“On the platforms we don’t have rights (net and cell), the feed on these platforms goes to Border Safety.
“Customers in Australia will have the ability to stream the AFL Grand Remaining on their cellphone or different cell units by way of the AFL Stay Official app.”
Seven West Media and Foxtel secured the AFL media rights in a seven-year deal value $4.5bn signed in September.
On the time Seven West Media’s managing director and chief govt officer, James Warburton, stated the community’s focus was to safe a complete package deal of digital rights to the AFL for 7plus.
“For the primary time, followers will have the ability to entry one of the best AFL video games and video content material, stay and free, in a manner that fits them,” Warburton stated.
Seven stated it might pay a 14% enhance on the 2024 rights in 2025 and “with indexation over the time period this represents a 3.6% compound annual development price in rights charges throughout the interval”.
Seven and Foxtel have broadcast the AFL since 2012, signing for an extra two years throughout the pandemic in a deal value $946m.
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