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YouTube TV goes out during World Cup

YouTube TV experienced an outage during yesterday's World Cup semifinal match.
Credit: YouTube TV

That groan you heard during yesterday's World Cup semifinal match between Croatia and England may not have been a goal. It could have been that your neighbor’s YouTube TV went out.

The live television streaming service experienced an outage during gameplay, with YouTube TV acknowledging the interruption on Twitter around noon Pacific time and announcing that the service was back up and running about an hour later, soon enough to catch the game’s extra time.

In the meantime, subscribers were able to watch the match by entering their YouTube TV credentials into Fox Sports go mobile app or website.

This isn’t the first time that the Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL, GOOG)-owned service was disrupted during a major live television event. YouTube TV also experienced an outage during game two of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics in May.

Read more at the Denver Business Journal: https://bit.ly/2LaHWPY

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