Friday, June 27, 2014

How popular is the World Cup?

ESPN's Live stream of the USA-Germany match crashed during the game.

From Variety:
An ESPN rep said the sports programmer was “investigating some limited issues due to unprecedented demand.” WatchESPN viewership for the first half of the USA-Germany match peaked at more than 1.4 million concurrent viewers. During the match, WatchESPN peaked at 1.7 million concurrent users — a record for the service