They won't if many on here KEEP justifying it and paying!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤣
Well, apparently some are willing to go without food if it means Warner Brothers can continue to get their dues.
However, given the fact this particular person spends tens of thousands per year so his family can go racing I somehow doubt anyone is likely to suffer malnutrition over this.
Still, it is nice to see racing dads are as tone deaf and out of touch as they were when I was hanging around the paddock. At least some things never change.
Bwahahahaha. Nice fella, real nice.
I am going to miss it but I almost never watched it live, because living my life is more important than watching others ride.
What would be nice is if a local bar showed the racing and we could meet up and watch it together. No doubt I'd be too busy to go though, plus if I started drinking for the ladies race I wouldn't remember the mens 😉
Price now £37 a month due to Trump's tarriff plans. VPN and Australian stream it is then.
EDIT Helps if the link is included!
Did you notice the quote from Robin Phans at TNT? Very relevant I thought...
lol on April 1st ?
Price now £37 a month due to Trump's tarriff plans. VPN and Australian stream it is then.
EDIT Helps if the link is included!
Did you check the date?
I know its April 1st, is it just me or is it a risky april fools joke given they're quoting commercial price hikes for an actual company's existing (and brand new) product on their front page, seems a little defamatory?!
I know its April 1st, is it just me or is it a risky april fools joke given they're quoting commercial price hikes for an actual company's existing (and brand new) product on their front page, seems a little defamatory?!
It's not defamatory, or really libellous (which would be more relevant for media), but you're right it is unusual to do an AF bit about a specific commercial offering without the provider being in on the "joke".
In this case, I reckon they just think that WBD deserve it and **** em.
@nbt Yes and read the article too hence the edit about forgetting the link!!
Petition to
Make the Tour de France a Category A event so it is free-to-air
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/716157
Interesting discussion between Ed Masters and Nigel Page on his podcast about the changes to coverage.
They're of the view that random punters are not going to stumble on the coverage on TNT and suddenly become fans, certainly not at any meaningful level, and the changes WBD have made to the coverage has massively alienated their core audience. They also feel as organisers, Chris Ball and his team are far too thinly spread across multiple disciplines
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ejLixjKlvGlNaoDhN1UdQ?si=igv29280TDy48A8pOUqNxQ
I have Discovery+ free as part of a Sky promotion from a while ago so I thought - having seen articles that I could stream cycling on TNT *or* Discovery+ - that I could watch it. Alas no, as soon as I click on the cycling stream on Discovery+, it tells me I need to add TNT Sports.
Anyway on the My Sky app, I looked at adding it in and it told me that I'd have to cancel my subscription with another provider in order to avoid being billed twice.
The only possible provider it could be is EE (who I get my mobile and broadband from) but it's not on that app. There's nothing else going out of my account that could relate to additional TV purchases. So I have no idea.
Other than I absolutely hate all this sodding app-for-everything nonsense, multiple subscriptions with multiple providers and no clear info. I can well understand how older folk in particular end up paying out huge sums of money on "auto-renewed" subscriptions they don't even know about, trial periods that have rolled over into regular monthly payments etc.
Watching Flanders live on Youtube, it has English commentary, German adverts and Eritrean text commentary - big up for Biniam Girmay!
I've just watched via "a website" that gets obliquely referenced on this thread - reckon it was the eurosprt/WBD commentary. No ads. No pause or rewind option but a solid stream
SBS (Australia) showed it from start to finish. Perfect stream.
SBS (Australia) showed it from start to finish. Perfect stream.
Do you know if they do highlights?
SBS (Australia) showed it from start to finish. Perfect stream.
Do you know if they do highlights?
Yes, they do.
https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/topic/cycling
well today was worth the subscription. will need to cut down on hours! @crazy-legs we’ve gone the other way. added TNT Sport EE internet and sky sports onto that at £10 extra. had to change to a new sky login and TNT/D+ get a login from EE account too. can also add netflix and amazon prime through EE. could make those subscriptions simpler. i closed D+ and NOWTV Sport.
For anyone with an Firestick and 'in' Australia you can download the SBS app from https://xdaforums.com/t/sbs-on-demand.4159317/. Search for instructions on how to install APKs on a firestick.
I've used that to watch Flanders on catch up today.
My top tip: install the Fire TV app on your phone to get text like that URL and passwords to your TV.
Is there any advantage to using the SBS app as opposed to just using a web browser?
I use Express VPN on my Pixel phone and W11 laptop.
On my phone, ExpressVPN includes an ad blocker which SBS detects and blocks me from using the phone's browser (and I can't find a way to disable the ad blocker...)
On my laptop, however, I can disable the ad blocker when ExpressVPN is running, and I can stream the races ok using Firefox (though at 720 resolution max only)
I think the advantage is that you can just fire it up on the firestick and have it on the TV without messing around with other devices. Amazon doesn't let you download it unless you're in Australia, and because your location is tied in with your account, being on a VPN doesn't cut it, so it needs sideloaded instead.
@vlad_the_invader As butcher says it's so I can watch on my TV.
Cheers guys - what is the best resolution you can get on the Firestick, before I dive down a rabbit hole about side-loading on a Firestick (I've done side loading on phones and tablets before, but not a Firestick!)
FloSports Canada annual sub works out at £11 per month. Gives same coverage as TNT.
@vlad_the_invader It's 720p max on the firestick too. Looks fine to me though even on a full size (55") TV.
Cheers @sl2000. I'll probably stick with laptop/browser as it's semi-permanently hooked up to my TV anyway. And I don't fancy trying messing around trying to side load stuff onto my Firestick though it might have been worth it for a 4k feed....
Highlights look pretty good on SBS tbf..... may have found a solution to the TNT2 decision. Tho I guess they release the highlights at some weird time due to time differences.
Think I might have persuaded them to put the men's race on the big screen in the Windsor and Eton brewpub if anyone wants to 'accidentally' drag the family past for a quick pint 😎
D'oh!!! They're showing bloody Itzulia instead 😭😭
@vlad_the_invader Getting 1080p for PR
Decent length summaries/highlights for both Womens and Mens Paris Roubaix on SBS. 👍
On Saturday morning I was able to use Tunnelbear VPN to view SBS but when I tried to watch the racing it said I was not in Australia and content was unavailable. I saw some on France 3 but obviously French commentary so less than ideal. Any suggestions for how to watch SBS in future? Different VPN? It needs to be simple.
I used NordVPN, connected to Australia endpoint and watched fine.
What type of device/computer were you using?
I was using ExpressVPN on my Windows 10 laptop and Firefox browser and I was able to watch OK. ExpressVPN have various servers in Australia and I found using the Perth server was better (less buffering) then the Melbourne server. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to connect so be patient...
So if Tunnelbear have more than one Australian server, I suggest trying them all to see which ones work/which are better....
Will try NordVPN then
I love watching all types of racing from road to downhill and the rest, but also loved Eurosport for the weird and wonderful sports like speed climbing you'd just stumble upon and watch
But £30 is too steep. to put it into context, £30 was my share of four of us on the ferry and we rode Paris Roubaix sportive, finished watch the women follow us into the velodrome, then camped and watched the men race the next day from 3 different sectors of pave.. Total cost all in for the weekend £185, rather do that every 3-4 months than pay to subsidise footballs TV rights
than pay to subsidise footballs TV rights
You wouldn't be, the Footy people are subsidising the cycling !!!
You wouldn't be, the Footy people are subsidising the cycling !!!
But we're all paying the same.
So if we are not subsiding football, how much does Football make from TV rights, compared to cycling? It is my understanding cycling teams nor event organisers get any TV rights money?
It is my understanding football teams get a hell of a lot of money from TV rights, but maybe i am wrong...
Not looking great for TNT sports.....
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/04/28/tnt-sports-loses-increase/
Not sure what the implications will be but changes are afoot...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/09/warner-bros-discovery-breakup-cnn-hbo
The group will separateWarner Bros, the DC Studios comic book franchise, its Max streaming service and HBO, the premium cable network behind hit series including The Last Of Us, Game of Thrones and Succession, away from its other linear TV networks, which include CNN, Discovery and free-to-air channels across Europe.
So I assume sports will sit in the latter grouping, as it's still delivered via Discovery+ anyway. And it makes sense to separate movies and TV from news, sports etc.
Maybe we could get Pedro Pascal doing the commentary for the DH though. Couldn't be any worse, eh?
I still maintain the current UK cycling offering is ridiculously ambitious and unrealistic, and that someone will see sense and amend it for next year.
It is my understanding football teams get a hell of a lot of money from TV rights, but maybe i am wrong...
That’s not quite my understanding but I could be wrong . I think the TV money goes to the tournament/ league and then the tournament / league pay the clubs
I know that a Welsh football club got a 1 off payment from UEFA of approx £7m for making it in to European football
I actually don’t blame the TV companies in all of this, I think all the cycling governing bodies have been doing a shocking job of looking after its own interest and letting it be the pawn of TV.
not really up to speed on the convo, but i was sat at home a bit bored on the weekend (currently nursing a broken leg) and thought f-it, i wanna watch the DH. Paid my 30 odd quid subscription and enjoyed the race. Yes its a few quid, but its a sport i love and was thoroughly entertaining.
Also my buddies will come over for the next round, so its a social event too.
I will cancel it once the season is over. i'd prefer to pay less, but it is what it is.
i was sat at home a bit bored on the weekend (currently nursing a broken leg) and thought f-it, i wanna watch the DH. Paid my 30 odd quid subscription and enjoyed the race. Yes its a few quid, but its a sport i love and was thoroughly entertaining.
Plus, on the weekend, they showed the XCO, XCC men and women, the Criterium de Dauphine and a road race from Belgium. But people want to pay the same for their viewing as they pay for a pint of beer and expect that to be sustainable.
But people want to pay the same for their viewing as they pay for a pint of beer and expect that to be sustainable.
Was there any evidence that GCN wasn't sustainable?
And if there was, was there any evidence that it would only have been sustainable if they increased the price by a factor of 5?
Also, it does seem to be sustainable for Netflix, Disney etc.
I think the think that rubs people up the wrong way is we were promised choice in this streaming age. But increasingly higher monthly subs come bundled with 90% of stuff you'll never watch.
Anyway, on the subject of who is subsidising who, I think it's worth remembering that much of the price increase is down to the massive debt WB took on for the merger. I don't think any sport is necessarily subsidising any other.
More just that everyone is having to subsidise the WB shareholders due to the stupid merger decisions.
