30 Sep 2019

Spark Sport defends Rugby World Cup streaming service

From Checkpoint, 6:18 pm on 30 September 2019

Spark Sport is defending its Rugby World Cup service, saying all but one of the games it has streamed have been without issue.

The tournament's New Zealand broadcast rights holder apologised and promised to make changes last week after its streaming service dropped out for subscribers during the first All Blacks match.

For Sunday's match between Australia and Wales the telecommunications company says their platform worked well, as did the country's broadband network.

However some viewers have complained of out of sync audio, freezing, and two commentaries being broadcast at once for a time.

Tom Furley reports.