Cycling on TV

[jogler]

Today 1430hrs
British Eurosport
Liege-Bastogne-Liege

[Karla]

They showed Paris-Roubaix yesterday as well.  Unfortunately, my new Freesat from Sky package doesn't include Eurosport.

[jogler]

^^^^
yes,saw that race too

[jogler]

& now they are previewing this years TdF with a review of last years race

[jogler]

Today,1445hrs,British Eurosport;Giro d'Italia

[mattc]

This is the only reason I would pay for Eurosport => it's not worth the hassle of switching from vanilla Freeview.

[Anyway, half your races will be postponed due to tennis coverage ]

[jogler]

Our tellyt is on the blink & if it goes tots-up I shall consider not replacing it.It is however the sport,& a limited amount at that,that makes me hesitate to divorce my tv

[mattc]

I assume this is a result of media empire politics:

the Telegraph and Cycling Weekly both list Eurosport coverage, but NOT the ITV4 programmes!

Not very helpful, chaps ... >:

[teethgrinder]

As a non TV owner, I'm hoping that now Sky have a team in the TDF, it will be shown on big screens in Wetherspoons around the country.
If not, I'll have to stick with i-player.

[groucho]

ITV 4 TdF highlights 7:00 - 8:00pm = 8 mins of cycling/racing/background with 5 mins of adverts!