Why did Badminton Asia Championships 2023 live streaming stop?

Published at :April 28, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Modified at :April 28, 2023 at 3:10 AM

The tournament is taking place in Dubai from April 25 to 30.

The live streaming for the ongoing Badminton Asia Championships 2023 was stopped midway on April 27 (Thursday) without prior notice. Badminton Asia later announced on its social media that, “Due to rights issues we are unable to continue the live streaming. Apologies for the inconvenience.”

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Earlier Badminton Asia had announced that the matches of the first three days will be live-streamed on Youtube and Facebook official channels. Broadcasters of respective countries will stream the event from the quarter-finals stage. Sony Sports and Sony Liv hold the television and streaming rights for India (28-30 April).

The first few matches on April 27 were live streamed, including India’s mixed doubles match of Ashwini Ponappa and Sumeeth Reddy. The Indian pair lost in the pre-quarterfinals to fourth-seed SEO Seung Jae and Chae Yu Jung in straight sets (18-21,15-21). In the men’s singles, Chinese shuttler Shi Yu Qi lost in the pre-quarterfinals to Angus Ka Long.

Badminton fans on Twitter showed their frustration with the matches not being live-streamed.

https://twitter.com/Badminton1993/status/1651534625359970304?s=20

https://twitter.com/theone_xyz/status/1651533882024669184?s=20

https://twitter.com/vinayakkm/status/1651534923608784896?s=20

The Badminton Asia Championships 2023 is the 40th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. It is hosted by the United Arab Emirates Badminton Federation, under the aegis of Badminton Asia. The continental championships is held at the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The tournament so far has produced too many upsets with seeds 3,5,6,7 getting knocked out in the mixed doubles section. In the men’s section, top seed Indonesian shuttler withdrew from the tournament on the opening day while Indian top seed women’s doubles pair Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand too pulled out from their pre-quarterfinals fixture.

Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy received a bye in the round of 16 and are just one match away from winning a medal and creating history in the mixed doubles category.