Olimpia Milano-Virtus Bologna, technical problem on TV: explanation arrives

Warner Bros. Discovery entrusts the explanation to a note

Through a note released on Monday, Warner Bros. Discovery explained, apologizing to viewers, what è happened during the live broadcast of Olimpia Milano-Virtus Bologna, whose transmission on Channel Nine è was interrupted very few seconds before the end, triggering the negative reaction, especially on social media, of fans.

"Due to a technical problem, the last three seconds of the match between Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna were not visible on channel Nove – explained the company – Although the match è regularly aired on Dmax, the basketball channel that broadcasts free-to-air every week one of the Sunday championship matches, Warner Bros. Discovery apologizes to all fans for the’incident".

"For years – the note goes on to say – the company è alongside Lega Basket to broaden the television audience and enhance the product and it is precisely in this perspective that the decision should be read to offer the big match of Serie A also the prestigious showcase of Nove, at the same time with the usual and rich programming that weekly Dmax dedicates to Italian basketball".

"The group renews that commitment and with it the efforts to offer Italian audiences more and more moments like those that thousands of fans were able to follow yesterday on the free-to-air networks of the WBD group" concludes the company, which also specifies how Sunday’s match was the most watched on the channel this season, with 200 thousand viewers and 1.5 percent overall share on the channels Nove and Dmax.