Commentary and coverage on HBO MAX (formerly TNT, Discovery, EuroSport etc)

[pmcg76]

The Giro has always been a Kirby-Free race on Eurosport/TNT. If he's not sharing the Tour with Hatch then that would definitely be a demotion but I won't get my hopes up just yet.

Oh, that would be fantastic if TNT could remain Kirby-free.

 

[Tim Cahill]

They’ve given poor old Kirby a mic with a wire that leads nowhere.

If you listen really closely and turn the volume up, when Hatch speaks you can hear a faint ghostly voice in the background yelling 'Clarke!' 'Uran!' 'Reichenbach!'.

 

[CPT. Z]

Oh, that would be fantastic if TNT could remain Kirby-free.

If I'm cruising down the road for a couple hours (so to speak) I'd rather have Kirby sitting in the co-pilot seat, casually riffing on this and that rather than Hatch filling every nook and cranny with random cycling odds and ends.

That said, I enjoy all the English language cycling coverage that's available today.. I count my blessings. And all that British slang that we get here in the states is so cool to my Connecticut yankee ears.

 

[Potomac]

.... And all that British slang that we get here in the states is so cool to my Connecticut yankee ears.

Does it sound posh, dude?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Hang in there Carlton, you'll be back till the Tour.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

If three people out of an audience of 20 are wearing he same t-shirt, something has gone wrong in promoting the thing.

And who on earth would buy a TNT cycling jersey, a thing I would not have imagined to exist until I saw one a couple of minutes ago.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

So what VPN and what sites are people using then ? I need to go this way

I tried Tiz cycling and Cycling Today which I presume are the same person/group and neither work for me no matter how I changee my settings or add to the whitelist of my ad blocker. Just get a mute view and lots of suspicious and inappropriate ads. How was this ever considered the answer to anything. Was going to donate if i ever got it working but no help and a 'dont bother us with your technical issues' attitude

SO VPN route for me ...but which are people using

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Blythe wearing a baseball hat backwards like he is an 11 year old in 1982...

 

[awavey]

If three people out of an audience of 20 are wearing he same t-shirt, something has gone wrong in promoting the thing.

And who on earth would buy a TNT cycling jersey, a thing I would not have imagined to exist until I saw one a couple of minutes ago.

I feel the context is missing here somewhat ??

They used to have a Eurosport one for a long while, remember old what's his name wearing it pre 2012 Olympics

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

"Old what's his name" being a presenter?

If they want to give me a free jersey for paying them £32 a month for what used to be £40 a year, I might wear it when I am riding the turbo trainer in my conservatory and no-one will see it: I can't imagine anyone actually paying to advertise TNT/HBO on their leisure or club rides.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Blythe wearing a baseball hat backwards like he is an 11 year old in 1982...

I once interviewed someone in a professional capacity with a backwards cap on having forgotten to take it off...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I once interviewed someone in a professional capacity with a backwards cap on having forgotten to take it off...

And if you did so as an 11 year old in 1982, I'm sure they would have understood.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It would appear that TNT have been using PCS results for their on-screen info without asking or giving credit: PCS have hidden some altered results in their coding to catch them out (see the pain in the backside it has resulted in over at the Giro CQ game)

 

[DJO]

So what VPN and what sites are people using then ? I need to go this way

I tried Tiz cycling and Cycling Today which I presume are the same person/group and neither work for me no matter how I changee my settings or add to the whitelist of my ad blocker. Just get a mute view and lots of suspicious and inappropriate ads. How was this ever considered the answer to anything. Was going to donate if i ever got it working but no help and a 'dont bother us with your technical issues' attitude

SO VPN route for me ...but which are people using

Try here. Scroll down to the cycling link. Today's stage is there.

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[Sciatic]

So what VPN and what sites are people using then ? I need to go this way

I tried Tiz cycling and Cycling Today which I presume are the same person/group and neither work for me no matter how I changee my settings or add to the whitelist of my ad blocker. Just get a mute view and lots of suspicious and inappropriate ads. How was this ever considered the answer to anything. Was going to donate if i ever got it working but no help and a 'dont bother us with your technical issues' attitude

SO VPN route for me ...but which are people using

Maybe you’re just asking about which VPN service to use. But as for the broadcast I try to use a stream from the home country broadcaster, so in the case of the Giro, I’m watching on RAI 2 network,

 

[benzwire]

So what VPN and what sites are people using then ? I need to go this way

I tried Tiz cycling and Cycling Today which I presume are the same person/group and neither work for me no matter how I changee my settings or add to the whitelist of my ad blocker. Just get a mute view and lots of suspicious and inappropriate ads. How was this ever considered the answer to anything. Was going to donate if i ever got it working but no help and a 'dont bother us with your technical issues' attitude

SO VPN route for me ...but which are people using

Nord VPN. Set your location to Australia and create an account with SBS (SBS On Demand). Coverage is great!

 

[yaco]

It would appear that TNT have been using PCS results for their on-screen info without asking or giving credit: PCS have hidden some altered results in their coding to catch them out (see the pain in the backside it has resulted in over at the Giro CQ game)

Any cycling telecast would use PCS and they don't mention it every time they use a stat. This would be overkill.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

And if you did so as an 11 year old in 1982, I'm sure they would have understood.

It was last year!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It was last year!

You were 11 last year? It seems Rick's not the only one who lied about their age when creating their accounts.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Any cycling telecast would use PCS and they don't mention it every time they use a stat. This would be overkill.

I suspect that if they were to have a small print on-screen acknowledgement, that would be acceptable. And would be enough for PCS stop introducing these trap streets, and then the results that they put on screen for us, their paying customers, would be accurate.

Rather, TNT show themselves to be amateurish by taking their suppliers for granted, and not factchecking what they put on screen. They have been caught out.

 

[yaco]

I suspect that if they were to have a small print on-screen acknowledgement, that would be acceptable. And would be enough for PCS stop introducing these trap streets, and then the results that they put on screen for us, their paying customers, would be accurate.

Rather, TNT show themselves to be amateurish by taking their suppliers for granted, and not factchecking what they put on screen. They have been caught out.

So any broadcaster could be in trouble with PCS ? That's my interpretation of your post.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So any broadcaster could be in trouble with PCS ? That's my interpretation of your post.

Any broadcaster using a resource without acknowledging it is a cheapskate, and any that copies and pastes without checking is lazy. I experience this in relation to TNT, but would not make the judgement exclusive to them. So yes: do you disagree?

 

[yaco]

Any broadcaster using a resource without acknowledging it is a cheapskate, and any that copies and pastes without checking is lazy. I experience this in relation to TNT, but would not make the judgement exclusive to them. So yes: do you disagree?

My experience is usually broadcasters mention PCS in their commentary, sometimes on more than one occasion. I doubt it is a significant issue.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

PCS obviously disagree with you, or they wouldn't do this.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/2058524349099823173

View: https://x.com/ProCyclingStats/status/2058524349099823173

 

[Potomac]

Blythe wearing a baseball hat backwards like he is an 11 year old in 1982...

How do you do, fellow kids?