technical issues Archives - Awful Announcing

TBS lost their Capitals-Canadiens feed for 30 minutes, switched to Sportsnet’s

TNT Sports' Capitals-Canadiens feed was out for 30 minutes, leading to them switching to the Sportsnet feed.

"Not ready for prime time."

"It's brutal!"

"We pay $150 to get a non-functional @MLBTV app on #OpeningDay, and they wonder why baseball isn't the 'national pastime' anymore."

"Due to a software malfunction, a programming error occurred that ended the live broadcast early for some viewers."

ESPN's logic is that those who couldn't buy the PPV weren't charged, but that ignores what they paid for ESPN+.

The UFC 313 PPV, exclusive to ESPN+, couldn't be purchased by many subscribers. That added to criticisms of that soon-expiring broadcast deal.

The two stoppage-time goals in Liverpool-Brentford Saturday weren't seen by many watching on Peacock.

James Pike wound up taking on a play-by-play role due to technical issues.

A lot of audio problems showed up for many trying to watch Tigers-Astros on ABC.

"I now have an irrational hatred of Pittsburgh."

"Sorry for the technical difficulties..."

"Not every channel—JUST THE SUPER BOWL! Unbelievable!"

"Aaron did text me. He was like, 'Heard we got cut off?'"

This could have been a disaster if the technical issues lasted much longer and caused the national audience to miss any action.

"We apologize for the technical difficulties. We'll continue to work on that. In the meantime, we bring you baseball via radio on TV."

This was a prominent spot for this technology to glitch, but it's far from the only glitch or wider issue it's had this season.

"Our truck in the loading dock here at Barclays Center lost power."

DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket hit major issues in Week 1, and then hit them again in Week 2 for many.

"I would like to apologize to America and to my coworkers."

The Jets-Flames broadcast on Sportsnet ran into some announcer issues, but not everyone was upset with that.

League Pass issues and errors were widely reported across the U.S. Wednesday evening.

Channels including ESPN, NBCSN and FS1 all weren't working in high definition for many DirecTV subscribers Saturday.

The announcer feed went out for a few minutes, sparking some complaints.