{"id":248513,"date":"2025-10-29T19:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248513\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:26:07","slug":"sportsnet-apologizes-for-world-series-game-4-streaming-disruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248513\/","title":{"rendered":"Sportsnet apologizes for World Series Game 4 streaming disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Anthony Banda pitches during the seventh inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 4 of the World Series. The disruption began during the seventh inning.Kirby Lee\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> broadcaster Sportsnet is apologizing to customers after its Sportsnet+ streaming service crashed during Game 4 of the World Series<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome Sportsnet+ customers experienced an issue streaming last night that was quickly resolved,\u201d a Sportsnet spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday. \u201cWe understand the importance of not missing a second of the action and apologize to our customers who were impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sportsnet is owned by Rogers, which also owns the Blue Jays and holds the NHL broadcasting rights in Canada through the 2037-38 season.<\/p>\n

The network did not reveal how widespread the outage was, how long it lasted or why it happened. Along with the World Series matchup between the Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers \u2014 which has drawn record audiences in Canada \u2014 all 32 NHL teams were in action Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The bleary-eyed behind-the-scenes of Sportsnet\u2019s 18-inning World Series broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n

The disruption began around 10 p.m. ET during the seventh inning of the World Series game, when the Blue Jays led 2-1 with two runners on base and none out in a pivotal moment.<\/p>\n

Andres Gimenez then hit an RBI single to left field, setting up the first score in a four-run inning that gave Toronto a commanding 6-1 lead.<\/p>\n

Fans flooded Sportsnet\u2019s post of Gimenez\u2019s RBI on X, formerly Twitter, with angry replies.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour different devices. Signed in and out of all. Not one works,\u201d said user @blamontz, sharing images of each blacked-out screen. \u201cGoing on 20 minutes now. What am I paying for, if not this moment?\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to the disruption, the network directed customers to a livestream of the game on sportsnet.ca.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware certain Sportsnet+ customers are currently experiencing an issue streaming content,\u201d Sportsnet said in a message to users. \u201cWhile we work to resolve, please stream the content here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several fans also voiced frustration with Sportsnet\u2019s recent price hike for its premium streaming service.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 9, the broadcaster raised the annual Sportsnet+ Premium plan from $249.99 to $324.99 \u2014 a 30-per-cent increase. The monthly plan rose from $34.99 to $42.99, an almost 23-per-cent jump.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease keep posting play by plays so I can watch the game on here instead of the app that im paying $43 a month for. Thanks,\u201d said @ShawnChakita in a reply to a Blue Jays video posted by Sportsnet\u2019s X account.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays ultimately won 6-2 to even the best-of-seven series, which continues Wednesday night with Game 5 in Los Angeles. The matchup shifts to Toronto for Game 6 on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Anthony Banda pitches during the seventh inning against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-248513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}