I watched Ultimate Fight Night 14 last night and I recorded Affliction "Banned" on my DVR. For no apparent reason at all it stopped recording at 12:11 AM, I thought I was the only one who had this problem and it was just a fluke. Well I was wrong I was not the only person who was upset by problems ordering the MMA event, fiveouncesofpain.com's fans who have Comcast and Time Warner cable are reporting various issues and complaints (Click here to read). Some fans complained the quality of the broadcast was unwatchable, others were not being able to order the event at all and kept waiting for customer service for long waits.
Many of them are saying that their screen displayed “This channel will be available shortly.” The problem was widespread as people in Pennsylvania to Canada are all reporting the same problem with long customer service waits and no help once they did get it. This can not be good for Affliction's debut show sales numbers, especially if the customers get their wishes of not paying for the event. One thing that made no sense to me was why was there no 1:00 AM replay? People who missed the original broadcast could have easily watched it again at 1:00 AM, why was there no option to do so? I don't know if this was in every market, but here in New York I also had a problem that my DVR just stopped recording the event. My service provider is Time Warner and I have already told them I will not pay for the event. Unhappy customers and technical problems all around can not be a good sign for PPV revenue for the new company.
