It is DirecTV’s final year as the exclusive home of NFL Sunday Ticket, the out-of-market sports package that broadcasts National Football League regular season games, and let’s just say opening weekend isn’t off to a great start.
Reports of the Sunday Ticket website and app crashing were rampant yesterday as customers were either locked out of the service, unable to sign in, experienced laggy feeds, or received error messages that claimed they couldn’t stream because they were inside an NFL stadium when they weren’t.
DirecTV wasn’t immediately available to comment to TechCrunch. The company told The Verge, “We’re aware some customers are unable to access NFL Sunday Ticket online or through the app.