Streaming Cycling in UK - Discovery+ prices!

[Chislenko]

Must admit since Eurosport went I haven't a clue of any race results and have lost all interest in watching cycling.

It sort of echoes my indifference nowadays to football.

You quickly find other things to fill your time.

 

[Flite]

We only watched on ITV4 and GCN and garnered the other results from Cycling Weekly, BikeRadar and the internet.
Haven't a clue what is happening now.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

As I said, all about the money. No customers, cut the service. That's what they'll do about it.

Well yes - but they might keep the rights so no other channel takes them and might take some viewers

or sell them off piecemeal so you end up in a situation where you have to subscribe to 10 different "services" to watch all the races

 

[Pross]

Well yes - but they might keep the rights so no other channel takes them and might take some viewers

or sell them off piecemeal so you end up in a situation where you have to subscribe to 10 different "services" to watch all the races

I don’t think there is a market there to split the product. You’d have to package the GTs and Classics together and the rest is pretty much junk in terms of value so may as well offload it all together especially if the contract obliges you to provide a certain amount of coverage.

 

[stage hunter]

Well yes - but they might keep the rights so no other channel takes them and might take some viewers

or sell them off piecemeal so you end up in a situation where you have to subscribe to 10 different "services" to watch all the races

There are three main race organisers- RCS (giro) ASO (Tour & Vuelta) and Flanders Classics (as it says on the tin). They tend to package races as group. WBD have ASO & Flanders until 2030 I believe. They could sub lease them.

RCS contract is up according to this thread. I wonder if someone like GCN might have a go. That said, last time renewal was less than 3 weeks before Strade Bianche

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Does anyone know if Discovery + is covering the GP Marseilles this afternoon?
They have shown it live the last 3 years, but I can’t only find it on a new French channel.

 

[mididoctors]

Does anyone know if Discovery + is covering the GP Marseilles this afternoon?
They have shown it live the last 3 years, but I can’t only find it on a new French channel.

They had a bit early on Novo 19 the french fdj series ( coupe decFrance?) is all on Novo 19

 

[Blazing Saddles]

They had a bit early on Novo 19 the french fdj series ( coupe decFrance?) is all on Novo 19

So that’s potentially 15 races that Discovery+ has lost?

 

[mididoctors]

So that’s potentially 15 races that Discovery+ has lost?

I guess

. Has Eurosport and hbo listed no disco

 

[mididoctors]

Novo.19 feed was very good quality

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I guess

View attachment 799131 . Has Eurosport and hbo listed no disco

Tiz now has the full coverage, with commentary not in French, but with Matt Stephens.
So I guess there must be a Eurosport international feed someplace.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I popped into the cycling news forum and there’s quite a lot of grumbling on there too, about the lack of linear coverage. There was also this from commentator Brian Smith:

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...tour-de-france-moves-behind-paywall-in-the-uk

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I popped into the cycling news forum and there’s quite a lot of grumbling on there too, about the lack of linear coverage. There was also this from commentator Brian Smith:

https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...tour-de-france-moves-behind-paywall-in-the-uk

In a few years there will be people at the top wondering why young people are not starting cycling any more

and why the broadcasters have stopped showing much cycling from the Olympics due to low viewing fiigures

 

[Mike_P]

In a few years there will be people at the top wondering why young people are not starting cycling any more

and why the broadcasters have stopped showing much cycling from the Olympics due to low viewing fiigures

Latest viewing figures show YouTube is becoming the choice of many. Theres a fair bit of cycling on there if you look for it with highlights etc. by TNT Cycling and many races put up there own.

 

[ColinJ]

Latest viewing figures show YouTube is becoming the choice of many. Theres a fair bit of cycling on there if you look for it with highlights etc. by TNT Cycling and many races put up there own.

Well... (For example) 5 or 6 minutes of a 1 hour cyclo-cross race is better than nothing, but I still miss the rest of the action!