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With any live event of this scale served over IP across 1000s of different devices, there are inevitably going to be some variances in user streaming quality.įor the Ireland v Russia Rugby World Cup match there were 308,800 live streams on RTÉ Player. This morning a small number of users watching Ireland v Russia in the Rugby World Cup on RTÉ Player contacted us regarding issues they experienced which affected their ability to stream.

We received a reply saying 'a small number of users' had reached out to RTÉ about the streaming service today.

We contacted the RTÉ Press Office after today's game to enquire if there was a specific problem with the Player, and if there were any plans to remedy the problem. That sentiment was echoed on Twitter today during the Ireland-Russia game. Now it could be that the Player unfortunately only fails people who are also on Twitter, but there is certainly a growing impression amongst Irish sports fans that the RTÉ Player is an unreliable streaming platform during big live games. A major Irish sporting event hardly passes these days without a chorus of complaint about the Player's service on social media. Over the past six months, the RTÉ Player has become a bug bear of many people in this country who choose to watch live sport on computers and mobile devices.

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