Sky's pay-TV service faces increased competition from content delivered over other media such as the internet. Photo / Kenny Rodger
Sky's pay-TV service faces increased competition from content delivered over other media such as the internet. Photo / Kenny Rodger
Sky Sport has apologised for an ad which played midway through the first half of last night's rugby test between the All Blacks and France.
Sky cut from their live coverage in the 16th minute as the All Blacks were camped seven metres out from the try line, and returned40 seconds later as Dan Carter lined up a penalty kick.
The unscheduled ad ironically included the message: "you won't miss a second" (of Sky's live coverage).
Viewers quickly took to social media complaining about the interruption and Sky responded with a Tweet of their own, apologising for the interruption.
"Sort it out Sky or you'll be losing more than the EPL," was one response, while others said it's "an epic fail", as they don't pay Sky subscriptions to have ads during play.
