CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
Australians that, for some reason or other, don’t have access to free-to-air television, have been forced to Google free, legally grey, streaming services – in an effort to not miss a goal of last night;s World Cup match against Denmark.
Households with occupants under the age of 40 have found ways of watching the World Cup simply by googling how to watch the World Cup for free on the internet.
“Wasn’t that hard hey” said local plumber, Glenn (40), who’s teenage son Nathan tee’d up a stream off the laptop in about half an hour.
“Usually I would feel bad about this. But we can’t afford to fuck around right now.”
“Optus really should stick to the ads with the African animals. Leave the soccer to the pros”
The legal broadcast rights have been shared between a major Australian telco and a lesser public broadcaster, who picked up the slack.
Yesterday, after being pressured by the Prime Minister, Optus were forced to let Australia’s ethnic language public broadcaster SBS save the day and broadcast all matches for the foreseeable future – following ongoing technical issues with their broadcast of the FIFA World Cup.
Users around Australia were left fuming this weekend as streaming errors and technical issues plagued the coverage leaving many unable to watch the matches – forcing many to illegally stream the match before SBS was even an option.
