2017 USA TV Schedule

[GraftPunk]

Looks like its going to be flipping pixelated youtube to the flat screen as usual. Ugh.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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Looks like its going to be flipping pixelated youtube to the flat screen as usual. Ugh.

This Giro fiasco has forced me to venture into unknown territory - I've never live streamed before, and I just purchased my very first HDMI cable so I can stream some godforsaken illegal live feed onto my flat screen. (Am able to stream the Tour of the Alps so far... the feed is good, the Alps are lovely, who's the rider with the porn stache?) In about 35 minutes some youtube channel is supposed to start streaming La Fleche Wallonne, the suspense is just killing me!

Anyhoo, I don't mind slightly pixelated or even no sound, the most upsetting thing would be streams just cutting out or reloading constantly. That would be so frustrating it wouldn't even be worth watching, imo.

 

[Carols]

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Looks like its going to be flipping pixelated youtube to the flat screen as usual. Ugh.

This Giro fiasco has forced me to venture into unknown territory - I've never live streamed before, and I just purchased my very first HDMI cable so I can stream some godforsaken illegal live feed onto my flat screen. (Am able to stream the Tour of the Alps so far... the feed is good, the Alps are lovely, who's the rider with the porn stache?) In about 35 minutes some youtube channel is supposed to start streaming La Fleche Wallonne, the suspense is just killing me!

Anyhoo, I don't mind slightly pixelated or even no sound, the most upsetting thing would be streams just cutting out or reloading constantly. That would be so frustrating it wouldn't even be worth watching, imo.

Sometimes I just get so frustrated by these crappy streams.

Geez I'd Pay for a workable solution, but there isn't anywhere to buy it in this country. My friend is still struggling with a vpn and Europlayer, so I'm not going there until he gets it worked out, it keeps dropping...... I can get that without paying for it!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Well, that youtube channel that was supposed to feed La Fleche Wallone got zapped by ASO, had to find another feed, this one is Dutch. Which is fine, I don't mind as long as it isn't taken off air entirely.

I gather this is normal when you're streaming questionable feeds?

 

[Carols]

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Well, that youtube channel that was supposed to feed La Fleche Wallone got zapped by ASO, had to find another feed, this one is Dutch. Which is fine, I don't mind as long as it isn't taken off air entirely.

I gather this is normal when you're streaming questionable feeds?

Yep it happens all the time, especially with ASO races. They are very strict.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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Yep it happens all the time, especially with ASO races. They are very strict.

Well Carol, looks like we're in for some good times during the Giro. I'll look at it as a kind of a treasure hunt, we'll have to keep each other posted as to which feed is actually still working.

 

[jaylew]

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Well, that youtube channel that was supposed to feed La Fleche Wallone got zapped by ASO, had to find another feed, this one is Dutch. Which is fine, I don't mind as long as it isn't taken off air entirely.

The Tiz stream is in English and has been working for me.

 

[Carols]

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Well, that youtube channel that was supposed to feed La Fleche Wallone got zapped by ASO, had to find another feed, this one is Dutch. Which is fine, I don't mind as long as it isn't taken off air entirely.

The Tiz stream is in English and has been working for me.

http://sportsmediaworld.blogspot.com/p/eurosports-2_18.html
This one has been behaving wonderfully for me . I hope that didn't jinx it!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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The Tiz stream is in English and has been working for me.

I've got one in Dutch and one in Italian, the Italian one seems to be a bit better.

Crap, I have to get ready for work now, don't think the boys will be able to finish this before I have to leave the house. Or, will they? (This is what I love about the GTs, the suspense on whether they can finish the stage before I have to leave for work.)

 

[Carols]

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Yep it happens all the time, especially with ASO races. They are very strict.

Well Carol, looks like we're in for some good times during the Giro. I'll look at it as a kind of a treasure hunt, we'll have to keep each other posted as to which feed is actually still working.

At least the Giro is RCS, maybe we'll have better luck .

I've had the Giro live on TV and streaming via beIN for the last few years, but they dropped cycling this year .

 

[shalgo]

Well, NBC Sports Gold may not carry that many races, but they are showing FW right now.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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http://sportsmediaworld.blogspot.com/p/eurosports-2_18.html
This one has been behaving wonderfully for me . I hope that didn't jinx it!

I'm trying this one as well (thanks for the link!), now I've got the race in three different languages.

Watch, they'll all cut out at the same time! :lol:

PS - Here's the Italian one, it's been behaving the best for me so far. https://www.firstonetv.eu/Live/Italy/Rai-Sport-1-27

 

[Carols]

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Well, NBC Sports Gold may not carry that many races, but they are showing FW right now.

Yeah and I pay for the TV channel and refuse to pay twice to get streaming also!!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Yay, I was able to watch the race till the finish! (Due to heavy pixelation I couldn't tell who won other than that it was a Movistar rider. But that's a'ight, I can just read up on that.)

This was a triple thrill for me - the thrill of the race itself, not knowing whether the feed will cut out, and not knowing whether they'll finish before I have to go to work. It all worked out okay today.

Thanks for your help, guys, if it's anything like this the Giro should be a blast! (Well, for me anyway. :razz: )

 

[Two Wheels Good]

I want to share this with my fellow Giro lovers. This is what I received from fuboTV regarding the Giro -

I am happy to let you know that live coverage of Giro D'Italia through our channel fubo Cycling included in our new Cycling Plus Add-on of $8.99/mo! Once this added is properly added onto your fuboTV account, you can start watching this new exciting fuboTV Cycling channel. You can learn more about making changes to your subscription here. Broadcast of the content on fubo Cycling is available with commentary and you can certainly set this content to DVR and watch it later at your convenience.

Unfortunately, we do not support Smart TVs at this time. If you'd like to watch fuboTV on your TV, we recommend using Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or the new Apple TV. We have apps on each of these devices and the experience should be seamless there.

Please let us know if you have any more questions. We are happy to help! -

Their regular package is $35.00 per month plus the Cycling add-on brings it to about $45.00. Apparently you can cancel anytime. I’ve no info on what other races they’ll cover. I get everything fubo offers with my Frontier package but I’ll probably go for it since it’s the 100th anniversary and it’s my favorite race. Apparently fubo also aired Tirreno Adriatico.

I’m really disappointed in beIN’s decision to nix coverage this year . How I miss Universal Sports.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Got a beautiful live Dutch feed of the Tour de Romandie earlier today, unfortunately being they were riding uphill I knew they would never be able to finish the stage before I had to leave for work. (But that's a'ight, I can always read up on who had won.) But at least it was a nice feed, hopefully the Giro will be something close to it.

Think you had mentioned this earlier Carol, I take it RCS is much less stringent with questionable feeds than ASO ?

 

[Nacho]

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I gather this is normal when you're streaming questionable feeds?

This caught my eye, so I thought I'd ask this question that I've been wanting to for awhile: How can you tell if a link/stream you are using is "questionable", or even "illegal"? I sure don't want to do anything illegal.

I'm new to this streaming stuff, and I just picked a stream off of Steephill (http://www.steephill.tv/). It is on the page for the Tour de Romandie, and is at the bottom of the page, a link for Eurosport:

http://www.sdwnet.org/channels/British-Eurosport-2.html

In the "Comments / Restriction" box it notes: "English; Europe; Eurosport2 ". I thought it would be crappy, me being in the USA and it being a British Eurosport feed, but it worked better than I expected. So, is that "questionable" or "illegal" to watch?

 

[tobydawq]

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I gather this is normal when you're streaming questionable feeds?

This caught my eye, so I thought I'd ask this question that I've been wanting to for awhile: How can you tell if a link/stream you are using is "questionable", or even "illegal"? I sure don't want to do anything illegal.

I'm new to this streaming stuff, and I just picked a stream off of Steephill (http://www.steephill.tv/). It is on the page for the Tour de Romandie, and is at the bottom of the page, a link for Eurosport:

http://www.sdwnet.org/channels/British-Eurosport-2.html

In the "Comments / Restriction" box it notes: "English; Europe; Eurosport2 ". I thought it would be crappy, me being in the USA and it being a British Eurosport feed, but it worked better than I expected. So, is that "questionable" or "illegal" to watch?

Yes. Generally, if you find it free on the net, it is illegal. Except maybe if it's from l'Équipe - I heard that they intentionally stream for free on the net, so that is probably legal - I'm not sure, though.

 

[Nacho]

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I gather this is normal when you're streaming questionable feeds?

This caught my eye, so I thought I'd ask this question that I've been wanting to for awhile: How can you tell if a link/stream you are using is "questionable", or even "illegal"? I sure don't want to do anything illegal.

I'm new to this streaming stuff, and I just picked a stream off of Steephill (http://www.steephill.tv/). It is on the page for the Tour de Romandie, and is at the bottom of the page, a link for Eurosport:

http://www.sdwnet.org/channels/British-Eurosport-2.html

In the "Comments / Restriction" box it notes: "English; Europe; Eurosport2 ". I thought it would be crappy, me being in the USA and it being a British Eurosport feed, but it worked better than I expected. So, is that "questionable" or "illegal" to watch?

Yes. Generally, if you find it free on the net, it is illegal. Except maybe if it's from l'Équipe - I heard that they intentionally stream for free on the net, so that is probably legal - I'm not sure, though.

Aah. Makes sense though, as they can't be giving away free stuff just for our benefit.

 

[Carols]

I want to share this with my fellow Giro lovers. This is what I received from fuboTV regarding the Giro -

I am happy to let you know that live coverage of Giro D'Italia through our channel fubo Cycling included in our new Cycling Plus Add-on of $8.99/mo! Once this added is properly added onto your fuboTV account, you can start watching this new exciting fuboTV Cycling channel. You can learn more about making changes to your subscription here. Broadcast of the content on fubo Cycling is available with commentary and you can certainly set this content to DVR and watch it later at your convenience.

Unfortunately, we do not support Smart TVs at this time. If you'd like to watch fuboTV on your TV, we recommend using Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or the new Apple TV. We have apps on each of these devices and the experience should be seamless there.

Please let us know if you have any more questions. We are happy to help! -

Their regular package is $35.00 per month plus the Cycling add-on brings it to about $45.00. Apparently you can cancel anytime. I’ve no info on what other races they’ll cover. I get everything fubo offers with my Frontier package but I’ll probably go for it since it’s the 100th anniversary and it’s my favorite race. Apparently fubo also aired Tirreno Adriatico.

I’m really disappointed in beIN’s decision to nix coverage this year . How I miss Universal Sports.

Thanks so much for this info! I have written to them!!! Now that I've found the phone # I can call also.

All I want is the Cycling Channel, I already have 250 channels and have no intention of giving up DISH and my dvr that I can make dvds from!

 

[Carols]

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I gather this is normal when you're streaming questionable feeds?

This caught my eye, so I thought I'd ask this question that I've been wanting to for awhile: How can you tell if a link/stream you are using is "questionable", or even "illegal"? I sure don't want to do anything illegal.

I'm new to this streaming stuff, and I just picked a stream off of Steephill (http://www.steephill.tv/). It is on the page for the Tour de Romandie, and is at the bottom of the page, a link for Eurosport:

http://www.sdwnet.org/channels/British-Eurosport-2.html

In the "Comments / Restriction" box it notes: "English; Europe; Eurosport2 ". I thought it would be crappy, me being in the USA and it being a British Eurosport feed, but it worked better than I expected. So, is that "questionable" or "illegal" to watch?

Yes. Generally, if you find it free on the net, it is illegal. Except maybe if it's from l'Équipe - I heard that they intentionally stream for free on the net, so that is probably legal - I'm not sure, though.

When the UCI streams that is legal. I've never seen a l'Equipe stream. Everything else is streaming copyrighted, pay to view material, so you can figure out the legality.

 

[Carols]

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Got a beautiful live Dutch feed of the Tour de Romandie earlier today, unfortunately being they were riding uphill I knew they would never be able to finish the stage before I had to leave for work. (But that's a'ight, I can always read up on who had won.) But at least it was a nice feed, hopefully the Giro will be something close to it.

Think you had mentioned this earlier Carol, I take it RCS is much less stringent with questionable feeds than ASO ?

This is the first year I've had to stream RCS races due to beIN dropping them. But I haven't encountered any removals due to copyright so far. RAI the official channel used to stream free and legal but now only in Italy .

 

[tobydawq]

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I gather this is normal when you're streaming questionable feeds?

This caught my eye, so I thought I'd ask this question that I've been wanting to for awhile: How can you tell if a link/stream you are using is "questionable", or even "illegal"? I sure don't want to do anything illegal.

I'm new to this streaming stuff, and I just picked a stream off of Steephill (http://www.steephill.tv/). It is on the page for the Tour de Romandie, and is at the bottom of the page, a link for Eurosport:

http://www.sdwnet.org/channels/British-Eurosport-2.html

In the "Comments / Restriction" box it notes: "English; Europe; Eurosport2 ". I thought it would be crappy, me being in the USA and it being a British Eurosport feed, but it worked better than I expected. So, is that "questionable" or "illegal" to watch?

Yes. Generally, if you find it free on the net, it is illegal. Except maybe if it's from l'Équipe - I heard that they intentionally stream for free on the net, so that is probably legal - I'm not sure, though.

When the UCI streams that is legal. I've never seen a l'Equipe stream. Everything else is streaming copyrighted, pay to view material, so you can figure out the legality.

Yes, of course, I forgot about them doing that. It's almost always geo-blocked here in Denmark (because practically every big race is shown on the television).

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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I sure don't want to do anything illegal.

I'd prefer to stay on the legal side as well, but man, I'm desperate for the Giro.

Romandie I can do without, but I CANNOT do without the Giro!

 

[Carols]

I want to share this with my fellow Giro lovers. This is what I received from fuboTV regarding the Giro -

I am happy to let you know that live coverage of Giro D'Italia through our channel fubo Cycling included in our new Cycling Plus Add-on of $8.99/mo! Once this added is properly added onto your fuboTV account, you can start watching this new exciting fuboTV Cycling channel. You can learn more about making changes to your subscription here. Broadcast of the content on fubo Cycling is available with commentary and you can certainly set this content to DVR and watch it later at your convenience.

Unfortunately, we do not support Smart TVs at this time. If you'd like to watch fuboTV on your TV, we recommend using Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or the new Apple TV. We have apps on each of these devices and the experience should be seamless there.

Please let us know if you have any more questions. We are happy to help! -

Their regular package is $35.00 per month plus the Cycling add-on brings it to about $45.00. Apparently you can cancel anytime. I’ve no info on what other races they’ll cover. I get everything fubo offers with my Frontier package but I’ll probably go for it since it’s the 100th anniversary and it’s my favorite race. Apparently fubo also aired Tirreno Adriatico.

I’m really disappointed in beIN’s decision to nix coverage this year . How I miss Universal Sports.

Thanks so much for this info! I have written to them!!! Now that I've found the phone # I can call also.

All I want is the Cycling Channel, I already have 250 channels and have no intention of giving up DISH and my dvr that I can make dvds from!

Okay so here is the deal. You must buy their Premium Package at $34.99+Fubo Cycling at $8.99 per month. There is currently no option just to get the cycling channel. So figure $45 just to get the Giro live, streaming only. Their Cloud DVR isn't functional for the cycling channel yet.

I will probably avoid all social media and just wait for the stages to be downloaded and watch them later via Tizcycling. It doesn't drop and fail when it's archived instead of live. As long as I don't know what happened it'll be like watching it live .