Uruguay played a friendly match against Mexico in the United States and thrashed the “tri” by 0-3 score. The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) broadcast the meeting through a streaming intermediary, which was a “success”, obtaining the subscription of more than 50 thousand users.
According to the entity that regulates soccer in the country, the number of users who connected to watch the game in Phoenix, Arizona “widely exceeded expectations.
These more than 50,000 people who enjoyed the meeting through an internet subscription system had to pay 50 pesos to watch the online broadcast. To this way of seeing the meeting was added the television broadcast via satellite offered by the company DirecTV. Channel 6 of Durazno and the media of the Municipality of Montevideo, TV Ciudad, also acquired the rights.
The AUF thanked “the production of AUFTV; to the journalistic and technical team for their outstanding work; to the sponsors for their presence and support” and “especially to the fans for their trust and for the interest shown
Technical problems
In the statement, the Association acknowledged that during the second part of the commitment there were users who had technical connection problems. “The causes of the technological incidence are being thoroughly investigated. It is being evaluated whether the volume of connections, which far exceeded the estimate, could have caused some interruptions,” they explained.
“Casual external interference to the system is also being investigated,” they added in the statement, where they reiterated the work to resolve the problem.
Likewise, the AUF indicated that a message was sent to users to report if they had this type of problem. “The aim is to measure the scope of the incidence, which is estimated at 15% of connections,” they explained. Likewise, they aim to “engage in direct communication to proceed to compensate effective users.
