Tells us what cycling is coming up on TV....

[Mike_P]

So, that's it.

The only cycling ITV will have next year with be the Tour of Britain again as they have also lost the rights to Paris/Nice.

All very sad indeed

And far better to watch on YouTube anyway; Lloyds Tour of Britain channel this year. Same feed / commentators but no adverts

 

[mjr]

And far better to watch on YouTube anyway; Lloyds Tour of Britain channel this year. Same feed / commentators but no adverts

but you get tracked every second, so depends how you define 'better'.

 

[Alex321]

but you get tracked every second, so depends how you define 'better'.

No more so than with any other platform.

 

[Mike_P]

but you get tracked every second, so depends how you define 'better'.

Oh dear, so having watched ToB it might automatically offer other cycling "programme".

 

[mjr]

No more so than with any other platform.

Convential TVs don't track when you're watching broadcasts.

Oh dear, so having watched ToB it might automatically offer other cycling "programme".

Advertise cycling junk products, let a future motoring-supremacist government know you're a filthy deviant, sell a more complete profile to data brokers, or whatever...

 

[OldShep]

but you get tracked every second, so depends how you define 'better'.

Duck Player?

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Convential TVs don't track when you're watching broadcasts.


Advertise cycling junk products, let a future motoring-supremacist government know you're a filthy deviant, sell a more complete profile to data brokers, or whatever...

Conventional tv, be it either ITV4 or TNT, have 5 minute ad breaks, every 10-15 minutes.
If you prefer that to being tracked for adverts, while not having to actually watch adverts, then
you are fortunate.
However, I suspect you to be one of a small minority.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Conventional tv, be it either ITV4 or TNT, have 5 minute ad breaks, every 10-15 minutes.
If you prefer that to being tracked for adverts, while not having to actually watch adverts, then
you are fortunate.
However, I suspect you to be one of a small minority.

Funny thing
there used to be a VHS player that could be set to detect and fast forward over ads on recordings

It disappeared after a short time being very popular

wonder why!!

 

[misforturob]

Hate to break it to you @mjr but at some point in the not too distant future broadcast TV will be turned off and the only way to watch it will be over the Internet, with all the "tracking" that you dislike

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Hate to break it to you @mjr but at some point in the not too distant future broadcast TV will be turned off and the only way to watch it will be over the Internet, with all the "tracking" that you dislike

Which is what VPNs and ad blockers are for

of course they have other uses
but that is the one they advertise

 

[mjr]

Conventional tv, be it either ITV4 or TNT, have 5 minute ad breaks, every 10-15 minutes.
If you prefer that to being tracked for adverts, while not having to actually watch adverts, then
you are fortunate.
However, I suspect you to be one of a small minority.

Not all channels have adverts, but on the ones that do, I have a modern receiver that lets me buffer a bit at the start, then skip over ads I'm not interested in. And I get to decide what I'm interested in, not the Googlers and similar.

Hate to break it to you @mjr but at some point in the not too distant future broadcast TV will be turned off and the only way to watch it will be over the Internet, with all the "tracking" that you dislike

Yeah, I know it's coming, thanks to fools accepting it, but I will point out how foolish it is, similar to how I told this site that GCN was a stepping stone to most top-division cycling being put behind a paywall, as has now happened.

I hope some broadcasters (especially public service ones) may think it's worth being able to present themselves as "ethical" and "non-tracking" so keep on with anonymous broadcasting, but the BBC's recent attempts to force more apps on us suggests that might not be enough for them. If streaming becomes unavoidable, I will be using anti-tracking countermeasures where I can and not watching much TV where I can't, but I feel sorry for those who aren't able/willing to do those. If you think social media has turned poisonous, then imagine how bad it could get when all media is using those methods.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

I have an old Sony HDD on which you can skip as breaks.
MJR may be able to Skip over ads breaks with his modern receiver. You can with a Sky box.
It’s not the point though: Ad breaks mean gaps in cycling coverage. Not only is it distracting, you don’t always get replays of important or critical action.

 

[mjr]

Skip over ads breaks [...] It’s not the point though: Ad breaks mean gaps in cycling coverage. Not only is it distracting, you don’t always get replays of important or critical action.

That's why cycling coverage should be done by good production companies like v2v (who made the itv4 shows) or France Television who do nearly always show replays of important action. Instead, TNT have a financial incentive to miss things out, to encourage people to pay more for unbroken coverage when they offer it (until they take it away and then reintroduce it as an option for a higher price). This probably also means they don't need to hire the best directors and editors, which should be cheaper.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I have an old Sony HDD on which you can skip as breaks.
MJR may be able to Skip over ads breaks with his modern receiver. You can with a Sky box.
It’s not the point though: Ad breaks mean gaps in cycling coverage. Not only is it distracting, you don’t always get replays of important or critical action.

I have seen this on the old Eurosport when used to watch it

the ads would come but it was clear that the commentators didn;t know because they were working for GCN or whoever

so it would just stop at the end of a sentence (or not) and then cut back after a few ads
and sometimes they would just be talking about "how did THAT happen" and you had zero clues about what had gone on for a while

rather pathetic overall

 

[Alex321]

I have seen this on the old Eurosport when used to watch it

the ads would come but it was clear that the commentators didn;t know because they were working for GCN or whoever

so it would just stop at the end of a sentence (or not) and then cut back after a few ads
and sometimes they would just be talking about "how did THAT happen" and you had zero clues about what had gone on for a while

rather pathetic overall

My experience was that they did know, they usually made a comment when the ad break was going to start for those on Eurosport, and then said welcome back to them at the end of the ad break.