Yes i thought i was hearing things but it was Declan & JHB, maybe a warm up for TdF, no recipes were shared in the bit i caught though 😄
Yes i thought i was hearing things but it was Declan & JHB, maybe a warm up for TdF, no recipes were shared in the bit i caught though 😄
Romain , don't be too straight and serious.
Show us your irreverent side, a few naughty rider interviews, spill the beans, tell a few dodgy jokes.
Show us your irreverent side, a few naughty rider interviews, spill the beans, tell a few dodgy jokes.
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At least he should be able to follow the strongest riders that way,
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Little bit worried looking at the listings for the TNT/Discovery+ Tour offering.
Seems to have main coverage only on TNT Sports 1 (therefore with ads), and the multiscreen version (I know it has its fans, I'm not one of them) as the only variant on TNT Sports (without a following number: the Discovery+ subscription, ad-free version). Let's hope that is just an issue on the listings.
Seems to have main coverage only on TNT Sports 1 (therefore with ads), and the multiscreen version (I know it has its fans, I'm not one of them) as the only variant on TNT Sports (without a following number: the Discovery+ subscription, ad-free version). Let's hope that is just an issue on the listings.
I really hope this is just the listings or I'm cancelling my subscription and I'll just watch on ITV (soon to be RIP).
I have noticed in the past that in the "upcoming" section, they don't always put both adverts and non adverts as options. But on the day, there are always both.
I've just seen the Tour Presentation using the non-advert stream. I'd be astonished if they don't give us both options and would be a breach of contract if they don't.
I've just seen the Tour Presentation using the non-advert stream. I'd be astonished if they don't give us both options and would be a breach of contract if they don't.
They're not so bad, but they're aimed at retired folks because they don't seem to think anyone else watches the Tour. So it's a string of charity ads (starving donkeys, starving children, children with cleft lip and palate, abused animals etc) and ads for life insurance, funeral plans and cruises. The bonus is that they never put ads into the exciting bits of stages. I like ITV tbh, I only have Discovery+ because I watch lots of other races too.
Well you appear to be right, all I'm seeing as available is multi screen or single screen with adverts.
What the hell is this multi-screen madness?
Edit: Nevermind, finally connected to the single screen coverage.
Edit: Nevermind, finally connected to the single screen coverage.
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I've phoned them, and the poor guy I was trying not to get angry at (not his fault that the company he works for have so little respect for customers) says that there have been a number of calls about it today. Of course, all he can do is pass on feedback, but maybe they will find that they have so much ill feeling that they will rethink.
But if they do, I guess this'll be the last time they relent on it.
no add free version then for the tour? made my decision even easier to watch on ITV this year considering its the last time. soak up some gary imlach goodness into my skin.
its not that they think, they know, they have the data and the advertisers use the data and yep the predominant audience is retired folks, if you carry on watching till the darts later, youll see the clear shift in ad types happen
presumably the multi grid view is taking up the stream space for the ad free version ? tbh Im not seeing the appeal of watching Darth Vader stand on a pavement as an option during the tour.
Nope, in the giro there was 3 streams. It's a deliberate decision
He is the lead presenter not a commentator. Think Orla for TNT.
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Sometimes they have kept commentary going through the ad breaks, sometimes it has just been ambient sound.
And once it was Robbie McEwan asking "So are we just staying quiet now?"
Every time they went for ad breaks in the past, right up to the Dauphiné, they have said "You can avoid adverts by subscribing to Discovery+." Surely that now amounts to false advertising.
And once it was Robbie McEwan asking "So are we just staying quiet now?"
Every time they went for ad breaks in the past, right up to the Dauphiné, they have said "You can avoid adverts by subscribing to Discovery+." Surely that now amounts to false advertising.
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Michael Matthews, they've drafted him in since he can't ride the tour this year due to a blood clot
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