CBS Sports, Paramount+ promoted access to historic Scottish Premiership match they didn’t intend to show
Credit: CBS Sports One of the biggest frustrations of the modern sports-watching age is figuring out which network or streaming service has the rights to the event you want to watch, and then whether you need to pay for it and/or whether the service you currently use even has access to it. Here’s a new wrinkle. What if you figure out which streamer was broadcasting the game and sign up to watch it only to find out they never intended to broadcast it to begin with?
That appears to have been the case for those who booted up Paramount+ on Saturday to watch the Scottish Premiership title deciding-match between Celtic and Hearts. The match was one of the most anticipated in Scottish Premiership history as it had the chance to break the 41-year streak of either Celtic or Rangers winning the title. Hearts, which hasn’t hoisted the trophy in 65 years, went into the final day of the season atop the Premiership table.
A win over Celtic would complete their epic season. Alas, Celtic won, 3-1 , thanks to two late goals. Celtic hoisted the championship trophy, while Hearts’ faithful had their hearts crushed.
Here in the States, the match was listed as available for streaming on Paramount+. However, when eager audiences tuned in at 7:30 a. m.
ET, they were met with a message that read “fatal error: we’re having trouble playing this video… check your internet connection or router and try again. ” While that message would imply the issue was on the user side, reactions across social media suggested it was very much a Paramount+ problem. SHOCKING performance from Paramount+ where no one can seem to access the Celtic vs.