According to Downdetector, a site that lets users report outages, almost 600 people reported problems by 7.15pm, although the number of outages declined from there. By 8.30, 143 outages were reported.
A Sky TV spokesperson said it was aware of a technical issue impacting Sky Sport Now customers Friday evening.
“We apologise for the inconvenience and are working hard to resolve this as quickly as possible,” they said at the time.
Some users took to social media to vent their frustrations.
