Periscope made it easy to watch the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight for free
The boxing world is trying to keep the past alive, but the rest of us are living in the year 2015. That was evident last night, as two aged boxers at the end of their careers entered the ring at the MGM Grand for the most-hyped fight in well over a decade. The calendar read May 2nd, 2015, but the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was hidden beneath an outrageous and antiquated $100 Pay-Per-View paywall. It was not officially available online in any form.
Officially being the key word. As Pay-Per-View orders started to fail last night — nearly every operator from Time Warner Cable and Charter to DirecTV saw significant outages — the illegal Periscope and Meerkat streams started popping up. At any one moment, thousands were tuned in each separate…
Source:: The Verge
