SBS will broadcast the rest of the World Cup free of charge after Optus determines that its streaming service cannot cope with immediate demand from the Australian public.
Optus reportedly bought exclusive rights to broadcast 39 games for 8 million yuan in 64 World Cup games, but since the start of the game six days ago, a number of games have failed due to technical problems.
Optus, which has been criticised for the weekend, has reached an agreement with SBS to add four more games to SBS on Monday and Tuesday, while Optus technicians are trying to find a solution.
Now Optus has decided it will take longer to announce that SBS will broadcast the remaining 31 group games on Wednesday.
Tonight, 10:00, Portugal against Morocco will continue to be broadcast by SBS.
"the FIFA World Cup is a big event in football," Michael Ebed (Michael Ebeid), chief executive of SBS, said in a statement. This is a sport that Australians love very much. SBS looks forward to continuing to co-host these events with Optus for the next 10 days. "
Optus will continue to host the World Cup broadcast in an attempt to rebuild its reputation in football. Recently, the company also agreed to the Premier League broadcast rights.
"We have been improving our products since Monday, and Optus has completed the broadcast of the last six games without any problems," CEO Alan Lew (Allen Lew) told reporters. "We are confident that we need to assure the Australian public that we have done this and that our efforts have worked."
"No matter how confident we are, we will listen to feedback from the Australian fans. Starting tonight, all Australians have a choice. "
Optus will refund 15 yuan a month to World Cup users and open its services to all users for free until the end of August.
The World Cup knockout will begin on June 30, with eight games in four days and one game each day, exclusively broadcast by Optus.