Eurosport - farewell
Discussion
It has been announced that Eurosport will cease broadcasting the UK on 28th Feb to be replaced by the subscription only TNT Sports.
https://escapecollective.com/tnt-blows-up-cycling-...
As a keen professional cycling fan this has a huge impact on me as Eurosport broadcast almost (if not all) professional races that run from Feb - Oct are can back up their claim of being 'home of cycling'.
The kicker? As a Sky subscriber, Eurosport is going from being free as part of the base package to an eye-watering £30.99 per month. Other routes to cycling via the various Warner owned apps and packages have also been cut off which means there is almost zero other ways to watch.
I'm well used to channels on Sky evolving and sports jumping between providers but this is the first time I've experienced such a brutal lack of access.
A massive f
k you to the consumer from Warner.
https://escapecollective.com/tnt-blows-up-cycling-...
As a keen professional cycling fan this has a huge impact on me as Eurosport broadcast almost (if not all) professional races that run from Feb - Oct are can back up their claim of being 'home of cycling'.
The kicker? As a Sky subscriber, Eurosport is going from being free as part of the base package to an eye-watering £30.99 per month. Other routes to cycling via the various Warner owned apps and packages have also been cut off which means there is almost zero other ways to watch.
I'm well used to channels on Sky evolving and sports jumping between providers but this is the first time I've experienced such a brutal lack of access.
A massive f
k you to the consumer from Warner.Edited by TheFungle on Wednesday 29th January 20:54
TheFungle said:
As a keen professional cycling fan this has a huge impact on me as Eurosport broadcast almost (if not all) professional races that run from Feb - Oct are can back up their claim of being 'home of cycling'.
Me too! Only place really where you could watch the classics as well really. Thought it was bad enough that ITV were stopping showing the Tour de France, but know there is nowhere!Looks like I’ll be having to find some illegal streams to view as well or whatever source I can find.
A sad year for UK cycle fans.
rustyuk said:
It's £6.99 a month for full access to all of the cycling coverage on Eurosport. This also gets you access to all of the on-demand coverage too.
The £30 month option includes football and the champion league matches.
Being cut off from Feb.The £30 month option includes football and the champion league matches.
Edited by rustyuk on Wednesday 29th January 23:21
I mostly want the mountain biking live. 40 quid for GCN was OK, £6.99 for the active months was just about OK, £31 can GTFO. I'll watch highlights on youtube or seek out some dodgy streams before I pay that.
This is the last year of free to air Tour de France coverage too - no ITV deal from 2026 onwards.
This is the last year of free to air Tour de France coverage too - no ITV deal from 2026 onwards.
GiantEnemyCrab said:
Skyedriver said:
Good luck with Discovery+.
It's almost amateurish. Slow to load, pause and you never know if it'll restart, RW or FF and it's a total lottery.
Yep, it is spectactularly wIt's almost amateurish. Slow to load, pause and you never know if it'll restart, RW or FF and it's a total lottery.
k from a user experience perspective.Took ages with numerous QR codes and logging into my Sky account and creating separate accounts for the app
It must have taken about 20 odd mins before I finally got it going.
The price rise in conjunction with Pogačar dominating to such an extent means quite a few people will unsubscribe when the increase kicks in.
I used Discovery+ last year during the olympics, the quality of the stream was atrocious and even the audio was super low bitrate (tried with my LG TV and also via laptop)
Was watching the cycling alternating between the live coverage when it was on BBC and then Discovery+ when it wasn't and in the end I couldn't deal with how poor quality the Discovery+ stream was, you couldn't read the numbers off the cycling jerseys whereas in the BBC feed they were clearly visible.
Reminded me of when Eurosport first started digital streaming a decade back, back then was more acceptable due to the technical constraints plus it was £44 for an annual sub and you got every sport included.
I used Discovery+ last year during the olympics, the quality of the stream was atrocious and even the audio was super low bitrate (tried with my LG TV and also via laptop)
Was watching the cycling alternating between the live coverage when it was on BBC and then Discovery+ when it wasn't and in the end I couldn't deal with how poor quality the Discovery+ stream was, you couldn't read the numbers off the cycling jerseys whereas in the BBC feed they were clearly visible.
Reminded me of when Eurosport first started digital streaming a decade back, back then was more acceptable due to the technical constraints plus it was £44 for an annual sub and you got every sport included.
I'll be binning my subscription too which is a shame because I've actually got on alright with Discovery +. I stream it on my PC, on the living room TV (Sony with Android TV app) and in the kitchen through a Google Chromecast TV dongle. All 3 work well - menus are a little slow but never seen any buffering and the like on any of them. Picture quality is pretty good unless you're some of the stty small races that look like the cameraman is using a mobile from 10 years ago.
I'm just gutted that they couldn't have waited until mid April. Spring classics months is the only thing I can see my resolve weakening on.
tty small races that look like the cameraman is using a mobile from 10 years ago.I'm just gutted that they couldn't have waited until mid April. Spring classics months is the only thing I can see my resolve weakening on.
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