MLB Stream fails in first day of season

[davideduardo]

This is more a TV topic, but related to all electronic media. The Major League Baseball app has failed during the first season day.

MLB.tv crashes on Opening Day, subscribers outraged

MLB Opening Day Thursday did not go smoothly for many MLB.TV customers. A lot of them took to X to lodge complaints.

awfulannouncing.com

"Completely Unacceptable" - Furious Fans Rip MLB Over Embarrassing Opening Day Broadcasting Disaster

MLB fans outraged over Opening Day broadcasting issues, calling it "completely unacceptable" in a major streaming disaster.

www.essentiallysports.com

Or... do a search on MLB +stream +"opening day".

 

[PTBoardOp93]

It looks like the root of the problem was with Amazon Web Services, as many other services which use AWS were also having difficulty this afternoon.

It's one of the risks of relying on a cloud computing provider.

 

[tbolt909]

Were people really "Outraged" by this glitch? Baseball plays 162 games and have also expanded the playoffs in recent years. They could easily trim 30 games off the season. Starting pitchers barely last 5 innings these days...

 

[KeithE4]

I'm watching the Angels/White Sox game. No issues.

 

[Larry]

Were people really "Outraged" by this glitch?

I’d be outraged if I was paying for this service and I missed the opening day game of my favorite team.

 

[fybush]

Were people really "Outraged" by this glitch? Baseball plays 162 games and have also expanded the playoffs in recent years. They could easily trim 30 games off the season. Starting pitchers barely last 5 innings these days...

If you're a devout baseball fan, opening day is practically a national holiday.

We look forward to it all winter, and then if you've paid $150 for the MLB TV package and it doesn't work? Sure you'd be angry!

 

[tbolt909]

I’d be outraged if I was paying for this service and I missed the opening day game of my favorite team.

What about the guy who buys tickets and the game gets rained out? Things happen. They should give subscribers some kind of refund.

The NFL has Flex Scheduling. Sometimes people make travel plans to go to a game at a certain time. The NFL can move the game to a different day and time. Those folks don't get compensated for having to change their flight plans...

 

[crainbebo]

Sounds like we need to introduce people to something called...what was it again...oh yeah! AM radio!!! (Or FM, for many teams.)

 

[tbolt909]

Sounds like we need to introduce people to something called...what was it again...oh yeah! AM radio!!! (Or FM, for many teams.)

Baseball was a great sport on Radio with the right announcers. I used to listen to Oakland A's games with Lon Simmons and Bill King. They were excellent at the painting the picture and filling in the spaces. Good times on a Summer Night...

 

[valvashon]

Bet if the games were carried on free OTA TV you'd be able to watch. Program delivery of linear sporting events to a broadcast facility almost never relies on a publicly available stream. Satellite, microwave, fiber, point to point IP- none of those would have failed in the way that the MLB stream did.

 

[Loverofradio]

If you're a devout baseball fan, opening day is practically a national holiday.

We look forward to it all winter, and then if you've paid $150 for the MLB TV package and it doesn't work? Sure you'd be angry!

Orrr you can just switch to T-Mobile and get the whole season for free

 

[Loverofradio]

This is more a TV topic, but related to all electronic media. The Major League Baseball app has failed during the first season day.

MLB.tv crashes on Opening Day, subscribers outraged

MLB Opening Day Thursday did not go smoothly for many MLB.TV customers. A lot of them took to X to lodge complaints.

awfulannouncing.com

"Completely Unacceptable" - Furious Fans Rip MLB Over Embarrassing Opening Day Broadcasting Disaster

MLB fans outraged over Opening Day broadcasting issues, calling it "completely unacceptable" in a major streaming disaster.

www.essentiallysports.com

Or... do a search on MLB +stream +"opening day".

Wait are you a baseball fan?? I can’t believe we got you to tune into a game or try to

 

[Rusty Muck]

Bet if the games were carried on free OTA TV you'd be able to watch. Program delivery of linear sporting events to a broadcast facility almost never relies on a publicly available stream. Satellite, microwave, fiber, point to point IP- none of those would have failed in the way that the MLB stream did.

Shamefully, the Guardians and Twins are devoid of any OTA simulcasts; if you want to watch those teams, you have no choice but to pay through the nose. The D-Backs and Padres were in the same boat until offering a pittance of simulcasts to local OTA TV.

Sounds like we need to introduce people to something called...what was it again...oh yeah! AM radio!!! (Or FM, for many teams.)

Forcing people to use ancient technology just to follow their home teams is single-handidly why MLB's relevance among the general public continues to fade into the ether.

 

[Don CT]

Bet if the games were carried on free OTA TV you'd be able to watch. Program delivery of linear sporting events to a broadcast facility almost never relies on a publicly available stream. Satellite, microwave, fiber, point to point IP- none of those would have failed in the way that the MLB stream did.

How far do you think OTA signals travel? I can barely get a signal miles away from the tower, never mind trying to watch a game over 200 miles away like MLB TV provides.

 

[boombox4]

Shamefully, the Guardians and Twins are devoid of any OTA simulcasts; if you want to watch those teams, you have no choice but to pay through the nose. The D-Backs and Padres were in the same boat until offering a pittance of simulcasts to local OTA TV.

Forcing people to use ancient technology just to follow their home teams is single-handidly why MLB's relevance among the general public continues to fade into the ether.

I disagree. Baseball's aging out has nothing to do with AM (or FM) radio, being that the NFL still has games on the media, and it is not aging out to the same extent as baseball or hockey. Baseball is aging out due to several other factors.

Baseball is aging out because no one in inner cities and packed, urbanized, gentrified metros plays baseball in back yards and baseball diamonds. There is no territory available for it. You can't play baseball in an apartment complex parking lot, but someone can throw up a basketball hoop in the corner somewhere and young people can play a pick up game that way. Can't do that with baseball. There are basketball courts everywhere in the big cities. All you need is some pavement and a hoop. Baseball diamonds? Not as many of them. Also, young people are more into computer 'sports' than ones that require a large, acre or more size lot.

The NFL only survives relatively intact because the sport is virtually a religion in parts of the southern belt of the US. It's also easier to follow a game on TV than baseball.

Either way, broadcast radio doesn't really factor in when it comes to baseball's slow decline.

 

[boombox4]

How far do you think OTA signals travel? I can barely get a signal miles away from the tower, never mind trying to watch a game over 200 miles away like MLB TV provides.

Most Americans watch 'OTA' TV on cable systems, where 100-200 mile reception is normal.

 

[Don CT]

Most Americans watch 'OTA' TV on cable systems, where 100-200 mile reception is normal.

Not anymore maybe during the analog days.

You still can’t watch the Dodgers OTA from Cleveland.

 

[PTBoardOp93]

You still can’t watch the Dodgers OTA from Cleveland.

You can't even watch the Pirates OTA in Cleveland, and it's only ~130 miles between the two cities.

I won't say you *never* could in the past, but I don't think the Guardians today would allow a TV station in the Cleveland area to carry the Pirates.

 

[Don CT]

You can't even watch the Pirates OTA in Cleveland, and it's only ~130 miles between the two cities.

I won't say you *never* could in the past, but I don't think the Guardians today would allow a TV station in the Cleveland area to carry the Pirates.

Territorial rights.

 

[KeithE4]

I'm watching the Angels/White Sox game. No issues.

They're still having connection issues. Tonight's D'backs/Yankees and Cubs/A's games were/are fine, but I couldn't connect to the Twins/White Sox game at all, after four attempts.