Streaming Cycling in UK - Discovery+ prices!

[katiewlx]

From the end of march sky tv customers can get disney , netflix and hbo plus for £6 (?) a month
from what i have read tnt sports will move to hbo max at that time for the normal sub of £31 still so if your a sky tv customer hopefully you might get cycling back.
I currently have a basic package plus disney as a separate sub so im actually saving £10 a month and gaining the extra services .

nono Discovery+ the streaming service attached to TNT sports, is moving to the HBO Max streaming service. TNT sports is staying exactly where it is and carrying on doing the exact same things (btw Discovery & HBO are both owned by Warner anyway...or should we say Paramount now).

anyway additionaly Sky customers are getting access to the HBO Max "streaming service", I put it in airquotes because its not clear still yet whether an HBO Max channel might still pop up on Skys satellite service to replace Sky Atlantic (where most HBO shows get shown anyway) for their drama content, or if its purely a streaming service, its complicated because Sky are moving more towards a permanent streaming service themselves with Sky glass and so on, but they are nowhere near the kind of adoption levels yet to force that kind of change and might well offer some kind of channel on satellite to keep everyone happy in the interim.

regardless all that changes in a couple of weeks is instead of the commentators going and you can now carry on watching this on Discovery+, theyll be saying and you can carry on watching this on HBO Max.

 

[ColinJ]

SBS is working really well for me.

I have a 300 Mb/s full fibre local broadband connection, but obviously I am not actually getting that connection speed from Australia. I just checked the speed though and am surprised that I am still getting close to 200 Mb/s from NordVPN - that is pretty impressive!

The significance of the high-speed connection is that I get full picture quality and no noticeable picture buffering, which means I can repeatedly tap the +10 seconds icon** to quickly step through the coverage to find interesting action or commentary; effectively I create my own highlights. I took only about one third of the time to watch today's Paris-Nice stage. Unfortunately, (for obvious reasons) the icon doesn't work during the commercial breaks!


** +/- 10 seconds icons appear if you click on the video

 

[cyberknight]

nono Discovery+ the streaming service attached to TNT sports, is moving to the HBO Max streaming service. TNT sports is staying exactly where it is and carrying on doing the exact same things (btw Discovery & HBO are both owned by Warner anyway...or should we say Paramount now).

anyway additionaly Sky customers are getting access to the HBO Max "streaming service", I put it in airquotes because its not clear still yet whether an HBO Max channel might still pop up on Skys satellite service to replace Sky Atlantic (where most HBO shows get shown anyway) for their drama content, or if its purely a streaming service, its complicated because Sky are moving more towards a permanent streaming service themselves with Sky glass and so on, but they are nowhere near the kind of adoption levels yet to force that kind of change and might well offer some kind of channel on satellite to keep everyone happy in the interim.

regardless all that changes in a couple of weeks is instead of the commentators going and you can now carry on watching this on Discovery+, theyll be saying and you can carry on watching this on HBO Max.

if you read further down i had already been informed by @TakeTheHighRoad about it .

 

[katiewlx]

if you read further down i had already been informed by @TakeTheHighRoad about it .

my mistake, but its worthy repeat as I still see so many people saying it, and even the cycling press still repeating the same thing, that its been sold to HBO Max, and this is a brand new provider, and getting terribly excised about the whole thing and ads and subscriptions, and its just like no its really just WBD shuffling brands around for reasons best known to themselves, Im not saying its a smart move for marketing reasons alone as it does confuse the consumer, it just it fits with their whole entertainment brand step they want to be taking next.

 

[mjr]

[...] no its really just WBD shuffling brands around for reasons best known to themselves, Im not saying its a smart move for marketing reasons alone as it does confuse the consumer, it just it fits with their whole entertainment brand step they want to be taking next.

I think the plan was originally for the HBO entertainment channels and the discovery factual channels to be sold to different buyers, but that has got lost in the negotiations with different potential buyers and backers of any continuing company. I'm sure it doesn't hurt if they can charge some people more.

 

[Dan Lotus]

Continuing to be impressed with the SBS commentary - admittedly I'm not listening most of the time with rapt attention, as I'm often suffering on the turbo at the same time, but what I have heard contains a distinct lack of:
Shoutiness, terrible puns, harping on about olive oil and or roundabouts, mis reading riders intentions in the race completely, slightly racist comments, identifying riders who are not even in the race.

There is a bit of Aussie preference/focus as to riders within the peloton, but that's fine by me, and I'd take that anytime over the list of other dislikes I have personally.

Been watching Paris Nice so far, will save Tirreno for a future week I think.

 

[TakeTheHighRoad]

Continuing to be impressed with the SBS commentary - admittedly I'm not listening most of the time with rapt attention, as I'm often suffering on the turbo at the same time, but what I have heard contains a distinct lack of:
Shoutiness, terrible puns, harping on about olive oil and or roundabouts, mis reading riders intentions in the race completely, slightly racist comments, identifying riders who are not even in the race.

There is a bit of Aussie preference/focus as to riders within the peloton, but that's fine by me, and I'd take that anytime over the list of other dislikes I have personally.

Been watching Paris Nice so far, will save Tirreno for a future week I think.

Paris Nice is the pure Aussie comms

Tirrenno is the world feed which features Matt Stephens alongside Mr Roundabouts

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Paris Nice is the pure Aussie comms

LOL
It’s Eurosport’s Hannah Walker.
I like the fact that she’s not afraid to leave dead air, very much like Flemish commentators.
Far preferable to Kirby’s spout anything to avoid any second of silence.

 

[wakemalcolm]

There is a bit of Aussie preference/focus as to riders within the peloton, but that's fine by me.

CK spent most of his days saying he fancied Simon Clarke anyhow, sometimes regardless of whether he was riding, so I wouldn't chalk that up as a complaint.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Continuing to be impressed with the SBS commentary - admittedly I'm not listening most of the time with rapt attention, as I'm often suffering on the turbo at the same time, but what I have heard contains a distinct lack of:
Shoutiness, terrible puns, harping on about olive oil and or roundabouts, mis reading riders intentions in the race completely, slightly racist comments, identifying riders who are not even in the race.

There is a bit of Aussie preference/focus as to riders within the peloton, but that's fine by me, and I'd take that anytime over the list of other dislikes I have personally.

Been watching Paris Nice so far, will save Tirreno for a future week I think.

I haven’t watched SBS for long, but aside from having Aussie commentary for Strade Bianche, it’s only been the Eurosport trio of Kirby, Stephens and Walker for T-A and P-N on my streams.

 

[Dan Lotus]

I haven’t watched SBS for long, but aside from having Aussie commentary for Strade Bianche, it’s only been the Eurosport trio of Kirby, Stephens and Walker for T-A and P-N on my streams.

That's interesting, I've been watching the PN full stages, and they are, I'm virtually certain, two aussies, one anchor, and one ex pro - Mitch Docker possibly, as I hear the name Mitch mentioned I think.
Wonder how or why you are hearing Walker.

@TakeTheHighRoad has kindly just dropped the ck bombshell about Tirreno
Guess I can watch it with the sound down.

Originally I quite likes Stephens, but it felt to me like he started to model himself on the anchor role rather than just an enthusiastic and knowledegable ex pro talking about a sport he loves.
Jez Cox initially showed promise, but he seems to have gone the same way as well.
I half wonder if their employer suggest they go in a certain direction.

 

[TakeTheHighRoad]

LOL
It’s Eurosport’s Hannah Walker.
I like the fact that she’s not afraid to leave dead air, very much like Flemish commentators.
Far preferable to Kirby’s spout anything to avoid any second of silence.

I've not been paying very close attention the last couple of days but it was definitely Matt Keenan with Caleb Ewan and 1 other on Sunday, and I'm pretty sure I heard Aussie voices when Ayuso crashed out on Wednesday

 

[mjr]

Originally I quite likes Stephens, but it felt to me like he started to model himself on the anchor role rather than just an enthusiastic and knowledegable ex pro talking about a sport he loves.
Jez Cox initially showed promise, but he seems to have gone the same way as well.
I half wonder if their employer suggest they go in a certain direction.

Possibly Stephens is rebelling against the "Chat Stephens" nickname, but I suspect that network wants to have another anchor to choose from and keep the other ones worried/cheaper.

At least they're not yet often making them do solo commentaries. I still remember that Vuelta with Matt Keenan solo, where you could pretty much hear his brain frantically fishing around for things to say.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

That's interesting, I've been watching the PN full stages, and they are, I'm virtually certain, two aussies, one anchor, and one ex pro - Mitch Docker possibly, as I hear the name Mitch mentioned I think.
Wonder how or why you are hearing Walker.

@TakeTheHighRoad has kindly just dropped the ck bombshell about Tirreno
Guess I can watch it with the sound down.

Originally I quite likes Stephens, but it felt to me like he started to model himself on the anchor role rather than just an enthusiastic and knowledegable ex pro talking about a sport he loves.
Jez Cox initially showed promise, but he seems to have gone the same way as well.
I half wonder if their employer suggest they go in a certain direction.

I have been watching the SBS live, full stage coverage as it’s been completely ad free.

From 15kms to go, Kirby was completely over his top, yesterday. Fortunately, by then I had the much quieter option of Quigley without a 5 minute ad break ruining the coverage.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I have Aussie commentary today.