Sports Media Worlds Reacts To The CBS Outage Today
NFL fans, at least in the New York area, have been sent into a semi-panic this afternoon by CBS’ outage across several cable services.
Right as the network was set to broadcast Browns-Chiefs, screens went blank. The blackout wasn’t just limited to one service provider either.
Obviously, fans are irate, but there are also a lot of NFL media members based in and around New York.
They’re beside themselves wondering how this could happen on one of the biggest days of the year for the network.
CBS is blacked out in my house….just in time for the game.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 17, 2021
update: my screen has now been frozen on this for 3 min pic.twitter.com/HUmLnI53a2
— Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) January 17, 2021
“Which one turns CBS off?” pic.twitter.com/CdT1bXL5G3
— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) January 17, 2021
Optimum just went dark with CBS. https://t.co/cwbi2BfiK7
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) January 17, 2021
How many cable systems is CBS not working on? I have @verizonfios and it’s dark here too
— Bob Wischusen (@espnbob) January 17, 2021
For those who lost CBS, if you have the Spectrum App it’s working on there and the Yahoo Sports app it also works there if you’re not on WiFi
— nick wright (@getnickwright) January 17, 2021
CBS? Anyone?
— Kim Jones (@KimJonesSports) January 17, 2021
Sports media reporter Andrew Marchand of the New York Post is on the case, and said he’s reached out to CBS for an explanation on what the problem is.
I have calls out to CBS to find out what the heck is happening.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) January 17, 2021
We’ll see if CBS can get itself straightened out.
In the meantime, anybody who has not been able to watch the first quarter-plus of Cbiefs-Browns has missed Kansas City scoring touchdowns on its first two drives to take a 13-3 lead early in the second quarter.
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