ok i have to concur , a few years back when they were just starting out i had to threaten them in order to get a refund for service they failed miserably to deliver , .........i would never deal with them again
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Alpe d'Huez said:As I have mentioned before, I work in broadcasting, and this topic comes up weekly and is constantly debated. How and what to stream. How and what to release. What to post to our site. What to piggyback on something like Brighcove or Vimeo. What to try to stop that's posted elsewhere, etc. Then there is constant changing in the sales department, what they can sell, how to sell it.
But this issue is bigger than a local CBS affiliate. Or the CBS "mothership" as we call it. And the fact is what's happening before our eyes is this:
So this lumbering giant of broadcasting is trying to move, they know this, and saw what happened to the RIAA, and know it will fairly soon be where everything on your TV or Computer is available, up to you. But it's a very painful adaption.
None of this of course excuses CyclingTV. I had no idea of some of these stories. These guys give webcasting a bad name.
As an aside, NeuLion purchased the rights to USL Soccer in North America from TBS/Play On. In 2008 they charged something like $30 for an season pass to watch all matches on line. In 2009, they charged...$0. It was free. All you had to do was register, and sit through some ads. This isn't the future, this is the present.
For a glimpse into the not too distant future, I'm hoping the Amgen ToC will improve again in 2010. Their webcast of last year's even was excellent (sans some stage 1 glitches). Good quality, steady stream, plenty of extras.
Ninety5rpm said:Wow. Not one satisfied customer of cycling.tv. Not even one.
Thanks for the warning!
well, I am happy. I appreciate that the business model means they need to get a big return on the customer, who has mostly been conditioned to expect such sport media, free. Ofcourse cable has been popular in the last decade after taking a while to follow the US long lead.scribe said:Reminds me of the sentencing hearing for Bernie Madoff, when not a single person showed up to testify to his character for reduced sentence. Not even his family.....
mannch said:I am paid up until mid 2010 but cannot access my account to watch any cyclocross - they have ignored emails requesting help with this and so feel that I have completely wasted my subscription. Do not bother with them.
Race Radio said:they are a scam
overgeared said:i first found them a loooong time ago via a link on itsmillartime.com (remember that?!) and thought they were onto a great thing. but times have changed and it's hard to see how they can survive given all of the cycling footage you can find for free via cyclingfans.com
TeamSkyFans said:agreed, pretty much what we said in our review.
Although i find both steephill and procyclinglive a million times better than cyclingfans. Their interface is awful and they do leave putting links up till the last minute.
Barrus said:About your review could you perhaps change E3 Prisj to E3 Prijs, every time you mention the race you use Prisj which is not even a Dutch word