When YouTube TV wrested the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket away from DirecTV in Dec. 2022, many fans wondered how the package would look on its new home.
On Sunday, the answer was “not good.” Week 8 of the NFL season was plagued by outages—so many that YouTube's support team felt compelled to put a statement on social media. The platform drew widespread criticism as fans complained of broadcasts plagued by buffering.
YouTube's global head of media and sports partnerships, Lori Conkling, insisted Thursday at the SBJ Media Innovators Conference in New York that the issue was now fixed.