GCN+ subscription, anyone?

Found it on an old Firestick, downloaded the app, but sign-in is tricky on an old smart TV, so watched on PC, must sort TV later.

Any news on an Apple TV app?

Subscribed before the deadline, figure I’ll get £20 worth just from the films up already and some racing later in the year.

Wasn’t going to but thought better of it right at the last minute.
My Eurosport runs out just before the tour but no guarantee there will be an offer from them beforehand.
Don’t have airplay and Sony tv is non android so no app available.
Have a fire stick so hopefully they will sort an app in time for the grand tours.

Any news on an Apple TV app?

Subscribed before the deadline, figure I’ll get £20 worth just from the films up already and some racing later in the year

Yep I did the same afer dithering about it for a couple of weeks due to no AppleTV app but according to Dan Lloyd via Twitter it appears that once the FireStick, AndroidTV and SamsungTV apps are out and anything game breaking has been fixed then the AppleTV app is next.  I’m a little bemused as to why it’s taking as long as it is considering they already have an iOS app and a Eurosport player app.  From what I can tell from watching KBK yesterday and switching between GCN+ in a browser and Eurosport player on AppleTV, it’s not only the same video feed (which was expected) but it’s the same software that’s running both as well, so it seems like they must be mostly just customising the frontend to differentiate it from Eurosport Player, no clue why that would take so long.

Have a fire stick so hopefully they will sort an app in time for the grand tours

available now –
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Play-Sports-Network-GCN/dp/B08W59YPNV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=gcn&qid=1614599565&s=mobile-apps&sr=1-1

No App for our (less than 2 years old) Samsung Telly

App on Firestick works well, I’ve been Streaming all the (ad-free) CX from the last few months (that I’ve got recorded on the Virgin box from eurosport, but seldom get to watch) in the spare room and on the side while I work, Watched a couple of Docs too, Reckon I’ll get some good use out of this Sub…

At least two of the existing documentaries/travelogues feature people I know.

I’m hoping they bring out a Roku app shortly.

Is anyone having trouble viewing GCN+ on a laptop (e.g. via web browser)?
When I log-in at plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com I’m asked to subscribe again.
I’m logged in using the same email account as when I subscribed via Google Play (my main Google account).

I’ve emailed their support team but no response (yet)

Ignore…user error! No longer being asked to subscribe!

Finding the GCN highlights inferior to the Eurosport ones – GCN long highlights of Giro so far have been about half an hour, the ones on the Eurosport app are an hour and you have the breakaway show if you want to watch Brian Smith bang on.

Bit frustrating as my Eurosport subscription which was extended due to Covid expires at the weekend. Fastforwarding through the live replay is a bit of a pain as I have to stop casting every time I want to jog it on 20 minutes.

are you in the UK @t3ap0t? The eurosport highlights show is broadcast at 7pm on Quest which is free to air. We watch that in preference to the race-only highlights on GCN

Race Pass – best Mother’s Day present ever … except son didn’t realise that due to my cancelling the tv license that it was no longer possible to watch any live telly.

Happy watching highlights or the whole race after the event but had no joy with streaming, kept dropping, so watch on the desktop via Chrome.

Don’t like the GCN commentary at all. Nobody can surpass David Millar with Ned Boulting, imo.

I am in UK @nbt, however at 7pm I’m in the thick of putting kids to bed. Same thing deprives me of watching ITV’s Tour coverage which is annoyingly not available online until the following day.

Think there were some other options for Giro (S4C maybe), will check this evening.

Apparently eurosport highlights are available on demand for free through Discovery+ app

If you can record from freevew then definitely record off Quest – if not then DPLay is the app that they use for catchup. We rarely watch broadcast TV live, it’s almost always record it then play and FF through the ad breaks

@t3ap0t (or anyone else) – any idea what is happening with Eurosport more generally? I have a subscription still, went on Eurosport Player today and it says to it is soon moving to Eurosport.co.uk – went on there to cycling then videos and it is chaos – no headers, not split by event and where it says ‘Highlights’ on a video it doesn’t say what stage. Gone back to Eurosport Player for now, noting they don’t even have a Giro section, does this mean the switch off is imminent?

Also I use Eurosport Player app on a number of devices, I’ll be really peeved if they get turned off – this a move to Discovery+ and I am worrying about nothing?

Am I just being amazingly stupid?

I subscribed to GCN+ at something called https://racepass.globalcyclingnetwork.com/ for £20 back in March.

Now I find that it won’t let me watch the TdF. Was I just being unreasonable to expect that for my subscription?

depends on where you are I suppose, geo restrictions will apply.
Its fine here in GammonBritiania

I’m in Cambridgeshire, still part of the UK. Linux desktop and Android both not working.

Is anyone having any luck with the new Samsung TV app? I’ve only managed to watch something on it once – most of the time when I choose something to play I just get the red loading spinner and it never starts.

depends on where you are I suppose, geo restrictions will apply.
Its fine here in GammonBritiania

That actually surprises me somewhat…I thought ITV would have the rights for the UK

I’m in Cambridgeshire

In which case it should be working. Send a tweet to @gcntweet. They were very good sorting out teething problems when they started out.

My android phone threw a wobbly earlier today with it, but a restart sorted out out.

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I’m in Cambridgeshire, still part of the UK. Linux desktop and Android both not working.

ISP having one of those wobbles than makes sites think you’re in another country? If so a modem reboot usually sorts that

Or just turn ITV4 on?

I’m in Cambridgeshire, still part of the UK. Linux desktop and Android both not working.

Got a VPN messing with your location settings?

Also in Blighty and it’s giving me access to TDF gubbins, tend to watch via a firestick.

Gcn app is less bug ridden than Eurosport but it’s a low bar. Still isn’t hard to find issues. The android tv app only accepts the ok button input from my Sony remote. But if I use the remote app on my phone I can select other feeds than the default. Generally just cast it from phone though which is better. I just don’t get how such poor app quality can make it out to the general consumer.

Yesterday my live feed had the French 3 way commentary. No idea how that happened but I enjoyed it. Sure one of the guys called team Ineos les Grenadine.

Can’t beat Imlach and boardman though. Highlights repeated on itv hd later on for those on standard def freeview.