Paramount+ has been broadcasting soccer for years now and still can’t figure it out. CBS has some of the most entertaining pundits on television with Kate Abdo, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards, Clint Dempsey, Maurice Edu and many more amazing personalities.
Despite the star power, too often fans must deal with a litany of issues watching games on Paramount+. The latest chapter of the shit-stream was on Thursday during the Concacaf Nations League game between Canada and Panama.
Fans who tuned into the game at kickoff were greeted with play-by-play announcer Adrian Marquez sounding like he was talking to us through an awful discord connection. He sounded like a robot while Charlie Davies’ microphone was far too quiet.
The sound level and robot imitations were fixed after about 10 minutes of gameplay, but there was a much larger issue at hand.
The audio of the game and commentators was a full five seconds ahead. Imagine going to a movie you’ve been dying to see and the person next to you spoils every scene moments before they happen.
This sucks.
Paramount audio issues for Canada vs. Panama game
The worst moment of the audio issues came in the 25th minute when Jonathan David put Canada up 1-0. Nothing like hearing Marquez yell “GOAAAALL!!!” and then waiting five seconds to actually watch the ball go in.
Those monsters at CBS fixed the audio for the highlight they tweeted as if there was no problem at all. How about you fix your stream first??
Kamal Miller serves it up. Jonathan David finishes it.
Canada take the lead in Vegas. pic.twitter.com/UZdcFo4DRX— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) June 15, 2023
Fans were vocal on Twitter to air their displeasure about the streaming quality. This isn’t worth my $9.99 a month.
Fix your god damn audio. Make us pay extra for this. Can at least get the audio in sync with the video.
— Cal (@Pratticake) June 15, 2023
We knew this was going to be a goal before the shot was even taken. Thank you, cbs sports.♂️
— Comped Sushinsky (@CompedSushi69) June 15, 2023
The audio and video aren’t synced up in this Canada/Panama game and it’s infuriating
— Carlos Garcia (@CG_FlyTheW) June 15, 2023
The audio sync on @CBSSportsNet is so bad for Panama-Canada I heard the goal call 5 seconds before Jonathan David scored. #PANvCAN #CNL
— Arrogant Husky (Taylor’s Version) (@ArrogantHusky) June 15, 2023
The audio for the Canada game is ahead of the video on Paramount+. Either that or… pic.twitter.com/M8snwmj5jn
— SoccerDad (@WVSoccerdad) June 15, 2023
How can a company the size of CBS not manage to sync the audio and video on their broadcasts? Audio is about two seconds ahead of the video, it’s embarrassing. https://t.co/31UEkLux9V
— Noah Snyder (@NoahJSnyder) June 15, 2023
Your audio is ahead of the visual for the Canada game, fix this.#ParamountPlus
— Greg (@GTW_MIZ) June 15, 2023
Robot voice and buffering, you’ve got it paramount+. #PANvCAN
— . (@dobadthings) June 15, 2023
The sound on this Panama vs Canada game is terrible. It's not synced, they had weird echo issues etc. I miss MLS season pass. @Apple please buy concacaaf rights.
— Travis Mitchell (@skcspins) June 15, 2023
If anyone needs me, I’ll be watching the second half of Canada vs. Panama and the USA vs. Mexico game on TUDN.
Don’t be sorry CBS, be better.
Live update: The audio is out of sync on Univision AND TUDN too. We just can't win.
I’ve put this Canada vs Panama game on through CBS, TUDN and now Univision and the audio is literally off on all of them come on man
— USMNTrev (@Eyesandvibes) June 15, 2023
