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Andrew Joseph

Fans were furious that YouTube TV and NFL Sunday Ticket had serious issues during Week 8

When the exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket switched from Directv to YouTube TV ahead of the 2023 season, there was reasonable concern about how a streaming service would hold up compared to a linear provider.

And through the first seven weeks of the season, YouTube TV had exceeded expectations. Streaming delays were minimized, the video quality had been great and fans enjoyed the multiview feature. But on Week 8, we saw that the service isn’t perfect, and that was bad news for NFL fans.

As the early window of games kicked off, fans on social media were experiencing issues with buffering and games simply not loading.

The issues persisted well into the second quarter of the early window, and YouTube eventually commented that its team was aware of the problems.

We’ll have to see what exactly caused the issues after seven weeks of smooth sailing, but NFL fans were understandably upset given the service’s high price tag. It should work as promised every time.

This was how Twitter reacted

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