titan_90 said:Too bad I can't get your feeds to work in Linux![]()
Have they converted to that Silverlight crap?
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titan_90 said:Too bad I can't get your feeds to work in Linux![]()
BroDeal said:Have they converted to that Silverlight crap?
Saw that last night - Ive got Fox and it is the best thing ive ever done.........I get it for all the sports (and some cartoons LOLdse1969 said:For those in Aus, the Giro is live on Foxtel from 10pm most nights I think. Eurosport UK is now part of the Foxtel 'Sports' package - it is a must. I think SBS are also going to be putting the Tour of Cal on live which means TV in the office in the morning!
I can as this isnt the first time.... SBS were due to show the 07 Paris - Roubaix till two weeks before it start and decided in their wisdom to show highlights the next week.rata de sentina said:I cannot believe that this would be the case. IMO most Australians whether casual or otherwise would rather see one of their own vying for victory rather than LA in some other obscure race. Casual US fans maybe but not Oz. It's probably just a shortsighted decision by someone without much of a clue or something budgetary involving a package as someone else pointed out. Probably didn't want to fork out additionally for the Giro although curiously they are showing highlights.
bummerauscyclefan94 said:I don't have foxtel so I have to rely on sbs.
thebunk said:Does anyone know if they will be covering it for free this year, and if so, what the difference is with the "premium"? Can't tell at all from their site.
Potomac said:I'm very disappointed Universal Sports doesn't seem to be free this year. I don't quite understand the decision, since anybody that wants it badly enough will find a live link on the internet somewhere.
The worst case is a foreign language video link with sound muted, and the Eurosport English audio. However, this is still better than paying for it.
I find it hard to believe they think they will make more from PPV rather than providing a free internet broadcast and selling commercials during the show.
Even harder to believe that somebody would $14.99 for something that is free just a few clicks away.
And since it is live during US working hours, a lot people are just going watch the replays on their TV's when they get home from work.
I wish somebody from Universal Sports would come on here and explain it all.
Potomac said:I'm very disappointed Universal Sports doesn't seem to be free this year. I don't quite understand the decision, since anybody that wants it badly enough will find a live link on the internet somewhere.
The worst case is a foreign language video link with sound muted, and the Eurosport English audio. However, this is still better than paying for it.
I find it hard to believe they think they will make more from PPV rather than providing a free internet broadcast and selling commercials during the show.
Even harder to believe that somebody would $14.99 for something that is free just a few clicks away.
And since it is live during US working hours, a lot people are just going watch the replays on their TV's when they get home from work.
I wish somebody from Universal Sports would come on here and explain it all.
US Patent Exploding Cyclist said:I bit the bullet and paid the $14.99. Of course it would've been great if it was free again but I really don't mind paying $0.72 per stage. If you look at it that way, you get two to three hours of commercial free coverage of every stage for less than $1.00 US. Personally I think it's a bargain.
Also, in response to the bolded portion; not everyone has Universal Sports broadcast by their cable/satelite provider, so not everyone can watch the Giro on TV. At least I know I can't as I have DirecTV.
Potomac said:I'm very disappointed Universal Sports doesn't seem to be free this year. I don't quite understand the decision, since anybody that wants it badly enough will find a live link on the internet somewhere.
The worst case is a foreign language video link with sound muted, and the Eurosport English audio. However, this is still better than paying for it.
I find it hard to believe they think they will make more from PPV rather than providing a free internet broadcast and selling commercials during the show.
Even harder to believe that somebody would $14.99 for something that is free just a few clicks away.
And since it is live during US working hours, a lot people are just going watch the replays on their TV's when they get home from work.
I wish somebody from Universal Sports would come on here and explain it all.
theswordsman said:For some people it was a minor glitch, but for people like me, well, I deleted their bookmark and have no reason to ever go back there. I'm also the kind of guy who's grateful for things when I'm down on my luck, so if they had let me watch the Giro free as I was led to believe, I would have been loyal to them when I got back on my feet. They make a lot of really poor decisions, their website only works on one type of browser on any given day (Silverlight won't load from there on IE8, and I'm pretty sure I already had Silverlight anyway. Videos never load in IE, and even though they corrected it after complaints during the Vuelta by hiding the winner near the On Demand button, they still screw it up now. They should get much better at what they do before charging for it. Luckily, I still have a great race feed to watch every day.
theswordsman said:Do you have a link that works (in America) for Eurosport UK audio? I used to listen to them for all the races, but the link rarely works this season. Cheers
Potomac said:Well today I found out the ESUK audio links aren't working.
Potomac said:Well today I found out the ESUK audio links aren't working.
nickel999 said:Yes, I am not getting audio since the Giro began out of Eurosport audio player on Yahoo here in on the east coast, USA
is this now the curse of geo-restricted?