Technical problems which disrupted a hockey broadcast by New Zealand streaming service Spark Sport has raised concerns over its ability to cover the Rugby World Cup. The broadcaster said it had been unable to get live coverage of all matches in South Africa and Australia due to technical problems. Spark Sport said it would review the error to ensure it would not be repeated, but the problem was the second to hit the streaming service after its coverage of the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix was also disrupted.
Technical problems which disrupted a hockey broadcast by New Zealand streaming service Spark Sport has raised concerns over its ability to cover the Rugby World Cup. The hitch, which delayed a broadcast of a clash between the New Zealand and Australia women’s hockey teams, was blamed on human error at platform provider iStreamPlanet. Spark Sport said it would review the error to ensure it would not be repeated, but the problem was the second to hit the streaming service after its coverage of the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix was also disrupted.