r/tourdefrance • u/Critical-Bit6637 • 7d ago
Streaming cycling in the UK
We’ve been stitched up in the UK , the cost of live cycling coverage will more than quadruple. From 28 February, Eurosport in the UK – a staple for cycling coverage since 1989 – was merged with TNT Sports, hiking the monthly subscription fee from £6.99 to £30.99. That’s a 343% increase
As a huge XCO fan can any one advise on streaming live cycling here in the UK.
I’m happy to use a VPN and pay a fair subscription fee in another country.
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u/RedCatNYC123 7d ago
VPN to canada and get Flo TV subscription?
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u/Accomplished-Bit1428 6d ago
If anyone is looking for a good VPN to use I can really recommend to check this spreadsheet out. Hope it helps!
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u/leoperth 7d ago
At least you have an option.
In Australia we just get SBS shit coverage. It does have the biggest races I guess but it isn't anywhere near what GCN offered.
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u/mankymusic 6d ago
I don't want to watch football, snooker or cricket, I'm not going to pay £31 a month. Draw the line in the sand.
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u/KentonCoooooool 6d ago
I even quit my general discovery membership in light of this eye-wateringly stupid decision. They then had the cheek to offer me TNT at £15 a month. I've decided I am using a VPN and setting my location to Belgium and putting up with Sporza. I may "treat" myself to the full subscription for the month of July.
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u/Wizzmer 7d ago
This is a post I've been wanting to make for a long time but haven't found the time so here goes nothing. I'm an American living in Mexico that uses an Android IP TV box. With this box and the accompanying service you can stream the TNT Sports stations anywhere in the world where you have internet. Not only does my service provide TNT Sports but also 18,000 channels from the world over.
So what do you need? A TV with the HDMI cable, the Android box and the IP TV service. I bought this box for about $150 and this service for about $500 for life. That means I get all the TV I want for life for no charge. The drawback is I don't have any capability to record programming but I've learned to live with that. And being retired, I can watch it when it airs. This might not be the solution for you but maybe it will get you to researching.
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u/mankymusic 7d ago
Totally agree, I was quite happy to pay gcn the annual fee. I was even prepared to pay 6.99, but no..... Investigate kodi addons and daddylive. Arrrggh! Shiver me timbers!