Disappointed Pay-Per-View Customer Sues Showtime

Saturday's boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is projected to have brought in $700 million in pay-per-view orders as one of the biggest PPV events in history, Deadline reports. 

It's also netted Showtime a class-action lawsuit. Oregon resident Zack Bartel filed the lawsuit following the fight. He says he paid $99.99 to stream the match on Showtime's pay-per-view app and be a "witness to history." 

Instead, he got "grainy video, error screens, buffer events, and stalls." According to the Hollywood Reporter, Bartel's lawsuit is seeking at least $200 for every Oregon resident who paid $99.99 to stream the fight after seeing Showtime's app advertised on iTunes but who suffered through poor-quality and unwatchable video.

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