To be fair, they may have wanted a lower profile game to make sure the service didn't go down under the weight. If anyone remembers what twitch.tv was like a f

To be fair, they may have wanted a lower profile game to make sure the service didn't go down under the weight. If anyone remembers what twitch.tv was like a few years ago it used to stutter during most regular LCS broadcasts. Now they handle the finals without any problem. (I heard they had a major re-architecture a couple of years ago, and certainly there did seem to be a sudden major improvement.) Going back further, this experiment: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8286886.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8286... to stream an England qualifier live was a bit of a disaster (although I'm finding it hard to dig up any reviews from the time), although it had both a high price point (£5 pre-ordered, rising to £12 on the day!) and back then the technology really wasn't ready for good quality live streaming.