What I find more annoying is that the the free stream link that I have is far superior in quality to the official stream that you pay for. I know this because I buy the official one in order to support the promotion (same as I did for the world cup of pool, pool masters and last years mosconi cup). I do this because I do not want the promoter to lose money and I want to support, and pay for, the event; I am reluctant to rip anyone off.
I am starting to think that I may not be helping as the official stream never gets better. I switched between the two several times and the free stream was almost problem free. I have sent emails to the official site but they just respond that it must be my equipment. The free stream is no problem so I don't think that is it.
By the way just ignore the pop ups and, after 30 seconds, click on the fullscreen at the bottom and the pop ups disappear and the stream is fine.