Turnbull: Optus says World Cup problems will be fixed

The worst should be over for frustrated World Cup watchers in Australia with Optus assuring Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that technical problems will be fixed.

In the meantime SBS have just announced they will broadcast every World Cup match on FTA for the next 48 hours after an agreement was reached today.

Optus has the rights to all Russia 2018 games, but five days into the tournament fans have been infuriated by the disrupted service.

Mr Turnbull tweeted on Monday afternoon: “I have spoken with the Optus CEO, Allen Lew.

“He assures me he is giving the World Cup streaming problems his personal attention and he believes it will be fixed this evening.”

The debacle led to an epic take-down by Nine’s Today Show host, Karl Stefanovic, who said if the company wasn’t up to the job they should leave it to SBS.

The FTA network is broadcasting all Socceroos games, the match of the day, finals and the tournament decider.

“Optus is hopeless…If you can’t get your satellites together then let SBS do it, or Nine, or my uncle Rob who could do a better job hanging a coat hanger from the Edmonton Bowls Club in Far North Queensland. Get it right. This is too big a deal to stuff up.” #9Today pic.twitter.com/q1C2lVG0nS
— The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) June 17, 2018

The PM also tweeted words of encouragement for the Socceroos who were edged by France 2-1 in their opening game on Saturday night (AEST).

“Great game Socceroos you defied the pundits, came so close and against one of the best teams in the world! Sign of great things to come! Congrats to France.”

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