Indian Premier League 2012: YouTube’s IPL Live Show Fails

a couple of things.

just three matches have been broadcast. so youtube still has a lot to learn to ensure proper quality of service.

failure of stream is also somewhat dependent upon your internet connectivity.

delay of 1-2 overs is i guess expected looking at the logistics of streaming a live event on the web. technology is only going to improve.

youtube does not control if US rights are owned by some other party. they are new to this business and if it is not profitable for them, they might not do it next year.

of course, if you have a television set broadcasting Indian Premier League, youtube does not make sense.

it eats up precious bandwidth. quality is not that great. but it is starting of something revolutionary. remember that part.

The delay of ~2 overs is the only concern for me..
They (YouTube) should see that the delay will be less than 3 balls...

Yep, Airtel is boardband partner of this event so they introduce 2 Mb/s for this particular webpage for all its customers.

But it not helps to youtube or this may be the reason they are facing technical difficulties.

Asia's average broadband speed is 5.26 Mb/s

And India is having just 1.43 Mb/s

asia has korea and japan where speeds are way higher than rest of the continent.

Actually when u access Youtube Indian Premier League page on airtel connection, you will see that you will get huge speed boosts...i got speed boost of ~24mbps!! for couple of seconds..!

24 Mbps? Might have been an arbitration. Most of the lines don't support a full 24Mbps

youtube wants to cheer you up!

I am also not able to view I P L on Youtube (in UK) though we have good speed of upto 4 Mbps. Where as on ITV's site itv.com match can be viewed properly with very less delay 10~15 sec.