GCN+ Gone

[Mike_P]

Are the elusive DMax highlights actually highlights unlike the last X metres that Eurosport pass off as highlights?

 

[albion]

Are the elusive DMax highlights actually highlights unlike the last X metres that Eurosport pass off as highlights?

46 minutes in total. The missing episode, for me, omitted the ads. Better quality than channel 39, obviously.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Worth noting that Dmax is available free on the Discovery app. And slightly surprisingly it is also free on catchup, including the missing episode/s via the Dmax show list.

What's dmax?

 

[albion]

What's dmax?

Channel 39. Now worth 12 Quest.

 

[cyberknight]

Are the elusive DMax highlights actually highlights unlike the last X metres that Eurosport pass off as highlights?

yes thats annoying , i was trying to watch romandie but gave up

 

[matticus]

Worth noting that Dmax is available free on the Discovery app. And slightly surprisingly it is also free on catchup, including the missing episode/s via the Dmax show list.

Do you mean on their website? (I don't have an App.)
When I clicked on GiroStage1 highlights - on the DMax website - it asked for login details, but I didn't bother testing if that was free. (I already knew the Stage1 result at the time!). And then they returned to the Freeview service for Sunday's stage and Monday ...

 

[mjr]

Are the elusive DMax highlights actually highlights unlike the last X metres that Eurosport pass off as highlights?

Yes, it's a real show, not only a replay of the last few km with some fast forward symbols covering jumps. The cuts to and from added breaks are often awful and there's no added features like ITV's, though.

 

[Mike_P]

Yes, it's a real show, not only a replay of the last few km with some fast forward symbols covering jumps. The cuts to and from added breaks are often awful and there's no added features like ITV's, though.

Agree. The Q has to be why having made a half desent highlights package why can it only be found on low res DMax.

 

[cyberknight]

gcn brand sold back to founder according to cycling weekly

 

[Dogtrousers]

gcn brand sold back to founder according to cycling weekly

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/founders-buys-back-gcn-from-warner-bros

Quite what it means in real terms I have no idea

 

[matticus]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/founders-buys-back-gcn-from-warner-bros

Quite what it means in real terms I have no idea

Yeah, hard to say. Maybe Rishi will gain a few seats? early June will be warmer in future? Putin signs a peace deal? 🤷‍♀️

 

[BrumJim]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/founders-buys-back-gcn-from-warner-bros

Quite what it means in real terms I have no idea

Not the first time this has happened. On the face of it, it looks like a bad deal for Warner Bros. They bought the company for £70m, and then sold it for ~ £4m. Assuming that they aren't idiots (not a given - see ITV and Friends Reunited), they have bought a lot of customers for their Discovery + channel for the difference between bought and sold.

In terms of companies bought by bigger companies and then selling back to the original owners, Howies was a classic case. Wanted to expand, bought by Timberland, who was then bought by VF (not LVHM), who had no interest in Howies, who bought the company back and have continued to make a success of it. Hoping the same will happen in GCN, and that they will enter the cycling race broadcast arena again.

 

[albion]

Not sure where you are getting your figures. Report seems to say they wrote it down by $66 million hinting at a value of $4 million.

 

[BrumJim]

Not sure where you are getting your figures. Report seems to say they wrote it down by $66 million hinting at a value of $4 million.

Sorry - missed the "by" bit. Corrected.