00:00 It's the worst, right? You're watching your favorite show or the Super Bowl and
00:06 your streaming service fails. Paramount Plus, which was airing the big game,
00:11 issued a statement regarding the streaming snafu. "The vast majority
00:16 of users experienced an uninterrupted stream, but we are aware that a very
00:21 small number of subscribers experienced an error due to a technical issue with
00:26 one of our partners, which was quickly rectified." Marketplace.org
00:31 highlights a downedetector.com report which shows issues with the app spiked
00:36 during pregame coverage and continued throughout the football game. Eric
00:41 Sorensen of Parks Associates tells the publication that live streaming was not
00:45 built for events like this, with millions of people weighing on the infrastructure.
00:49 "You know, when you think about bandwidth and bitrate and acquiring
00:53 enough data to provide a live stream," it's actually kind of a miracle
00:57 there aren't more disruptions, Sorensen told Marketplace.org.
