Sky dropping eurosport?

fat bloke

Just saw something on twitter about sky customers losing eurosport as part of some beef between sky and discovery.

Eurosport being the premier pro cycling coverage provider is why I've put it here.

I'm not actually with Sky but I had intended switching next month.

How do the rest of ye get your cycling fix? Is the eurosport online subscription app as sh1te as it used to be?

bazermc

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/25/discovery-goes-war-sky-channel-fees-blackout-threat/

Cee-Jay-Cee

I am soooooo close to cancelling my Sky subscription, Eurosport's was the only thing holding me back. If this goes ahead, Sky will lose another customer.

Macy0161

I subscribe to the eurosport player. It can be a bit temperamental on the xbox, but I've had no issues with Android or Windows. I tend to use Android and chromecast to the tele!

crosstownk

Ah no, lads. I hope this doesn't happen - especially as the season is about get under way.

fat bloke

Macy0161 wrote: »

I subscribe to the eurosport player. It can be a bit temperamental on the xbox, but I've had no issues with Android or Windows. I tend to use Android and chromecast to the tele!

But you can't record can you? Like when the long tours are on Tour de France etc, can you stream highlights whenever you want in the evening or are you only given access to the live TV schedule?

buffalo

fat bloke wrote: »

Just saw something on twitter about sky customers losing eurosport as part of some beef between sky and discovery.

Eurosport being the premier pro cycling coverage provider is why I've put it here.

I'm not actually with Sky but I had intended switching next month.

How do the rest of ye get your cycling fix? Is the eurosport online subscription app as sh1te as it used to be?

The player's not amazing, but it's gotten better - you can play back coverage from 3-4 hours previous, and most programmes are online and available to watch on demand within a couple of hours. And it works on Linux now!

crosstownk

fat bloke wrote: »

But you can't record can you?

While you can record on the Sky platform, series link doesn't seem to ever work on Eurosport on any stage races for me.

andy69

yeah it's gone alright - just checked 'my sky' there now:

"From 1 February, Discovery Communications’ portfolio of channels will no longer be available in Sky TV packages"

What channels?...

"In the UK and Ireland, this includes Animal Planet, Discovery HD, Discovery History, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Shed, Discovery Turbo, DMAX, Eurosport1, Eurosport2, Investigation Discovery, Quest and TLC."

I think I'll quit them too - Probably we can tune it in under 'other channels' or whatever, but ye can't record it then, and that's no good to me. dammit :mad:

Macy0161

fat bloke wrote: »

But you can't record can you? Like when the long tours are on Tour de France etc, can you stream highlights whenever you want in the evening or are you only given access to the live TV schedule?

There's normally highlights on demand for a week or so. iirc the classics highlights videos were 90 minutes. Plus you have the TV highlights too.

I've never had sky plus, so I'm sure it doesn't match up to that convenience, but it's 6.99 a month compared to whatever the minimum sky plus package that has eurosport costs? Between that, and the Bike Channel being FTA, most of the spring was covered.

crosstownk

andy69 wrote: »

yeah it's gone alright - just checked 'my sky' there now:

"From 1 February, Discovery Communications’ portfolio of channels will no longer be available in Sky TV packages"

What channels?...

"In the UK and Ireland, this includes Animal Planet, Discovery HD, Discovery History, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Shed, Discovery Turbo, DMAX, Eurosport1, Eurosport2, Investigation Discovery, Quest and TLC."

I think I'll quit them too - Probably we can tune it in under 'other channels' or whatever, but ye can't record it then, and that's no good to me. dammit :mad:

Nightmare.

The Mrs. will have a private snigger :mad:

kirk buttercup

ITV are broadcasting each stage as well as a highlights each night

Cee-Jay-Cee

crosstownk wrote: »

Nightmare.

The Mrs. will have a private snigger :mad:

Not mine, she watches TLC regularly. We've decided to ditch sky and get a Dreambox...wonder can Eurosport be picked up on it? Also have an Android box running Kodi so must look what's available on it.

crosstownk

kirk buttercup wrote: »

ITV are broadcasting each stage as well as a highlights each night

But on the Sky platform it's an 'other channel' that can't be recorded easily.

I did see a way to record other channels on the Boards.ie satellite forum a few years back but it's messy, iirc.

Daroxtar

Anyone know how to record from Kodi?

lizzylad84

Was hat about races like roubaix, flanders, Milan san remove and the giro. Well done sky....well fu.king done.

spyderski

That's me gone from Sky so. What a pain in the arse. I get broadband from them as well, will have to go to the hassle of changing TV and Broadband supplier now.

The Eurosport player is grand, but no substitute for having the channel at your fingertips for recording etc..

Beasty

I think Eurosport should respond and refuse to mention any of the Sky riders. That'll learn 'em!!

DanDublin1982

Daroxtar wrote: »

Anyone know how to record from Kodi?

I wouldn't have thought it necessary to record, should be plenty of "replay" type add ons about.

ADW1

Looks like Sky will lose another longterm customer. Time to look else where.

1bryan

anyone remember the old BRINGBACKEUROSPORT campaign in the 90s/early 00s?

NTL, or maybe they were still Cablelink at the time, did this exact thing, replacing Eurosport with CSNBC, or whatever that news channel is called.

There was uproar at the time, albeit from the handful of cycling fans that existed back then, and the odd MotoGP fan (had a long chat with a taxi driver who loved his motorbikes - outraged, he was).

The outcome of that campaign was......NOTHING. Sky came along, put Eurosport into their basic package, and everyone disgruntled enough, switched to them.

I'm Virgin Media at the moment (quit Sky about 1.5 years ago). The only thing keeping me going with them is Eurosport. If they follow suit and drop the channels, it'll be saorview and eurosport player for me.

irishrover99

I think this is just leading up to the inevitable time when sky start bidding for more Tv rights to cycling. Their is no way they will continue to back the biggest and one of the most successful teams and not have it on its platform.

Brian?

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

I am soooooo close to cancelling my Sky subscription, Eurosport's was the only thing holding me back. If this goes ahead, Sky will lose another customer.

Same here. I've resisted moves to cheaper tv packages because my priority was having Eurosport. If they drop it I'm gone.

Brian?

What companies can I get Eurosport with? Virgin?

Melodeon

Feck, arse, etc!!! :mad:

What are those of us out in the sticks with no access to the cable providers and only fair to middling 'broadband' supposed to do???

Tigerandahalf

crosstownk wrote: »

But on the Sky platform it's an 'other channel' that can't be recorded easily.

I did see a way to record other channels on the Boards.ie satellite forum a few years back but it's messy, iirc.

Is there not old fashioned timers available to manually record programmes. That way you can create your own series link but even better add on 10/15 mins to the record time so you don't ever miss the end of a programme because it overran.

The sports rights are becoming very fragmented at the moment. I doubt we will ever see again the vast majority of sports under one provider like Sky had. The push towards people signing up to online content may increase.

A lot of sports are now offering that. The importance of having really good broadband is crucial.

I would only watch the Tour de France generally as it is free to air on ITV4 and their coverage has been excellent.
Not sure if they do highlights of the other 2 tours.

Brian?

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Is there not old fashioned timers available to manually record programmes. That way you can create your own series link but even better add on 10/15 mins to the record time so you don't ever miss the end of a programme because it overran.

The sports rights are becoming very fragmented at the moment. I doubt we will ever see again the vast majority of sports under one provider like Sky had. The push towards people signing up to online content may increase.

A lot of sports are now offering that. The importance of having really good broadband is crucial.

I would only watch the Tour de France generally as it is free to air on ITV4 and their coverage has been excellent.
Not sure if they do highlights of the other 2 tours.

Do ITV still have Phil Liggot as their main commentator backed up by Paul Sherwin?

Weepsie

TG4 have the tour albeit nothing else. They did show the vuelta one year too. ITV is the other option.

I don't have Eurosport on my Sky Package so obviously won't be missing it.

Bike may yet have more up its sleeve too, and with android and other means I'll find a way

CramCycle

Will the likes of BIKE have any coverage? Only discovered it a few weeks ago, great free channel.

Beasty

irishrover99 wrote: »

I think this is just leading up to the inevitable time when sky start bidding for more Tv rights to cycling. Their is no way they will continue to back the biggest and one of the most successful teams and not have it on its platform.

Sky no longer sponsor British Cycling/Team GB and there's every possibility they could pull out of cycling altogether if they are not seeing the return

I can't imagine the rights to cycling events are that expensive and it would have been very easy for them to see off Eurosport if they had so wished

I think there is a risk here that Eurosport will not survive. I also see a possibility of BT buying up a lot of rights as they have already done so in one or two sports

tigerboon

andy69 wrote: »

yeah it's gone alright - just checked 'my sky' there now:

"From 1 February, Discovery Communications’ portfolio of channels will no longer be available in Sky TV packages"

What channels?...

"In the UK and Ireland, this includes Animal Planet, Discovery HD,  Discovery History, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Science,  Discovery Shed, Discovery Turbo, DMAX, Eurosport1, Eurosport2,  Investigation Discovery, Quest and TLC."

I think I'll quit them too - Probably we can tune it in under 'other channels' or whatever, but ye can't record it then, and that's no good to me. dammit :mad:

No more Mountain Monsters either