INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Major Australian telco Optus had to briefly sacrifice its exclusivity rights to the country's World Cup 2018 coverage last week when
technical issues plagued its Optus Sport broadcast and fans rebelled
The telco has now officially granted SBS permission to air all remaining games.After obtaining rights to air 64 of the Russian World Cup
already have a membership.However, from day one of broadcasts, fans attempting to stream games on the service experienced considerable lag
alongside app crashes and freezes, and that disruption led the telco to simulcast the next 48 hours of matches on local broadcaster SBS
while it attempted to address the technical issues
This was then extended to all group-stage matches, and now the remainder of the Cup.Optus responds"Our customers and viewers have been the
have provided several ways to watch the matches, offered refunds and introduced a range of measures to address the technical issues
instructions on how to approach the possibility of a refund, but since the telco explicitly mentioned it has offered refunds, we'd recommend
