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Eurosport to broadcast 2013 4CC

GF2445

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YES!I think the last time they showed 4CC was 2008.:clap:

I thought something like this would be impossible as the overall coverage of the grand prix series last year and Europeans last week were quite poor compared to years past.
 

CaroLiza_fan

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I have just gone through the Europsort schedules and, unlike the Europeans, there is not much variation in the coverage of the 4 Continents depending on which version of Eurosport you are watching.

The LIVE coverage is exactly the same on all Eurosport variations.

Eurosport France only has one extra programme compared to International and Deutschland – another showing of the highlights of the Ladies Short on Sunday night.

In fact, the only real difference is that British Eurosport are trying to fill up gaps in their schedule by showing a lot of highlights programmes of the skating.

So, if they stick to what they plan, this could be the most comprehensive skating coverage Eurosport has given us in years! :biggrin:

CaroLiza_fan


Eurosport International (All times CET)

Friday 8th February 2013
ESP2 07:00 – 09:00 Pairs Short Programme LIVE
ESP2 09:00 – 10:30 Short Dance
ESP2 14:30 – 15:30 Men Short Programme

Saturday 9th February 2013
ESP2 10:00 – 14:00 Men Free Programme LIVE
ESP2 14:00 – 15:30 Ladies Short Programme

Sunday 10th February 2013
ESP2 08:00 – 11:30 Ladies Free Programme LIVE
ESP2 11:30 – 12:15 Pairs Free Programme
ESP2 12:15 – 14:45 Free Dance LIVE

Monday 11th February 2013
ESP2 07:00 – 09:30 Gala LIVE


Eurosport Deutschland – Same as Eurosport International


Eurosport France (All times CET)

Friday 8th February 2013
ESP2 07:00 – 09:00 Pairs Short LIVE
ESP2 09:00 – 10:30 Short Dance
ESP2 14:30 – 15:30 Men Short

Saturday 9th February 2013
ESP2 10:00 – 14:00 Men Free LIVE
ESP2 14:00 – 15:30 Ladies Short

Sunday 10th February 2013
ESP2 08:00 – 11:30 Ladies Free LIVE
ESP2 11:30 – 12:15 Pairs Free
ESP2 12:15 – 14:45 Free Dance LIVE
ESP2 23:00 – 00:15 Ladies Free

Monday 11th February 2013
ESP2 07:00 – 09:30 Gala LIVE


British Eurosport (All times GMT)

Friday 8th February 2013
BES2 06:00 – 08:00 Short Pairs LIVE
BES2 08:00 – 09:30 Short Dance
BES2 13:30 – 14:30 Men's Short
BES2 16:00 – 17:00 Short Pairs
BES2 17:00 – 18:00 Short Dance
BES2 20:00 – 21:00 Short Dance

Saturday 9th February 2013
BES2 09:00 – 13:00 Men’s Free LIVE
BES2 13:00 – 14:30 Women’s Short
BES2 16:00 – 17:00 Men's Free
BES2 17:00 – 18:00 Women's Short
BES2 19:30 – 20:30 Men's Free
BES2 20:30 – 21:30 Women's Short

Sunday 10th February 2013
BES2 07:00 – 10:30 Women's Free LIVE
BES2 10:30 – 11:15 Free Pairs
BES2 11:15 – 13:45 Free Dance LIVE
BES2 15:30 – 17:00 Women's Free
BES2 17:00 – 18:00 XXXX
BES2 18:00 – 18:45 Free Pairs
BES1 22:15 – 23:15 XXXX

Monday 11th February 2013
BES2 06:00 – 08:30 Gala LIVE
 

mikiandorocks

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Portuguese Eurosport 2
08-02-2013
07h00 - Pairs short Live
08h45 - Dance short
10h30 - Men short Live

09-02-2013
9h00 - Men Free Live
13h00 - Ladies Short

10-02-2013
07h00 Ladies Free Live
10h30 Pairs free
11h15 Dance Free Live

11-02-2013
06h00 - Gala Live
 

CaroLiza_fan

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except for portugese eurosport , why are the showing only 1 hour of men sp?

Because I took the schedules from Eurosport's website 10 days ago and, Eurosport being Eurosport, they have changed their schedules since then! But, we can celebrate instead of complain because, instead of showing highlights as originally planned, they are now showing the Men's SP live!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

So, mikiandorocks' times for the Men's Short on Eurosport Portugal tomorrow are the same for the other versions too:


Eurosport International, Deutschland and France (All times CET)

Friday 8th February 2013
ESP2 11:30 – 14:00 Men Short Programme LIVE


British Eurosport (All times GMT)

Friday 8th February 2013
BES2 10:30 – 13:00 Men Short LIVE


Just shows that it is not always a good thing to be quick off the ball!

CaroLiza_fan
 

GF2445

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Because I took the schedules from Eurosport's website 10 days ago and, Eurosport being Eurosport, they have changed their schedules since then! But, we can celebrate instead of complain because, instead of showing highlights as originally planned, they are now showing the Men's SP live!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

So, mikiandorocks' times for the Men's Short on Eurosport Portugal tomorrow are the same for the other versions too:


Eurosport International, Deutschland and France (All times CET)

Friday 8th February 2013
ESP2 11:30 – 14:00 Men Short Programme LIVE


British Eurosport (All times GMT)

Friday 8th February 2013
BES2 10:30 – 13:00 Men Short LIVE


Just shows that it is not always a good thing to be quick off the ball!

CaroLiza_fan


http://tv.eurosport.com/tvschedule.shtml

Its still the same
 

CaroLiza_fan

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What I have always suspected is now official:

Eurosport’s advertised schedules should be taken with a pinch of salt!!!

What was shown this morning bore no resemblance to what the Eurosport websites said last night, or what the on-screen TV listings are currently saying!

This is what they showed:

ESP2 07:00 – 08:10 GMT: Pairs Short LIVE
ESP2 08:10 – 09:30 GMT: Short Dance Full Replay (only warm-ups removed)
ESP2 09:30 – 13:00 GMT: Men’s Short LIVE

According to the advertised schedules, the line-up was supposed to be:

ESP2 07:00 – 08:45 GMT: Pairs Short LIVE
ESP2 08:45 – 10:30 GMT: Short Dance Highlights
ESP2 10:30 – 13:00 GMT: Men’s Short LIVE

Firstly, why were they allowing 1hr45m for a Pairs SP that only had 8 entries?! OK, so there was 1 last-minute withdrawal, reducing it to 7 competitors. But that would only have removed 5 minutes from the competition’s total length!

Similarly, why were they allowing 1hr45m for highlights of a Short Dance that only had 13 entries?! Like, the live competition was barely 1hr45m, and Eurosport were always going to be taking out the resurfacing

And finally, why was the coverage of the Men’s Short due to start a full hour after the competition was due to start?

This all started me wondering – was there a last-minute change in the competition schedule?

Whatever happened, my advice for the rest of the championships is this: get up early and put on a foreign stream before the competition is due to start. At the same time, put Eurosport 2 on somewhere (be it on the TV or in another window), and keep one eye on it for the coverage to start. And once it does start, DON’T LEAVE IT UNTIL THE COVERAGE IS OVER!!!

I had good luck with this Britsh Eurosport feed

Incidentally, I will no longer be posting links to live streams. I had been using the same website for live steams of Eurosport for over a year. During the Europeans, I posted links to the website in my reminders before every competition. And, the following week, the website closed down!

Admittedly, the website is back up under a different name. But, I don’t want to risk it being removed again.

CaroLiza_fan
 
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I would suggest writing to Eurosport to thank them for showing every single Men, Pairs and Ice Dance SP/SD performance. :)

I also suggested to them to broadcast everything live on the Eurosport Player.

I am sure many fans would buy the subscription if they did.
 

CaroLiza_fan

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I would suggest writing to Eurosport to thank them for showing every single Men, Pairs and Ice Dance SP/SD performance. :)

I also suggested to them to broadcast everything live on the Eurosport Player.

I am sure many fans would buy the subscription if they did.

Eurosport get a lot of criticism from us skating fans because everything else they show seems to take priority over skating. But, they do deserve our compliments over today's coverage. :biggrin:

It was a really pleasant change to have Eurosport broadcasting all three of today's short programmes in full. Especially after their original plan was to only show highlights of the Men's SP (see my original comment in this thread).

However, I think making today's coverage so brilliant was to make up for the disappointment we are going to have over the Ladies SP tomorrow. (We will just be getting an hour of highlights after the Men's FS)

And I liked your idea about broadcasting the skating in full on the Eurosport Player. Like, Eurosport can do extra coverage on the Player for other sports, so why not figure skating? So if we let them know just how much we enjoyed their coverage of the 4CC, they might get the hint and realise that there is a bigger demand for skating coverage than they thought. :biggrin:

Just remember, one of Eurosport's figure skating commentators (Simon Reed) is actually head of commentary at Eurosport. So, he does have some influence. If there is enough evidence that there is demand for more figure skating coverage, I am sure he would put forward a good argument to his bosses for showing more figure skating. Whether they would heed it or not is another matter, though...

But, rather than showing extra stuff on an online-only platform, I still reckon that the best solution all round in the long-run would be for Eurosport to become a 3-channel network. That way, it would help a lot of sports that Eurosport covers but that are not getting the amount of coverage their fans deserve (or desire).

CaroLiza_fan
 
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CaroLiza_fan

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The e-mail address for British Eurosport is [email protected]. Not sure about Eurosport International.

Not sure if they use it any more, but the British Eurosport commentators used to say on air that you could e-mail them directly. I couldn't remember the address was ".com" or ".co.uk", but I did a search on Google for both extensions, and the page Google said had the answer was on this very forum! :jaw:

Don't know which email you tried, buy last season they received emails at [email protected]

What about that for a coincidence! A post from the 2009 season coming in handy 3 years later!

By the way, I posted a comment on this thread a few seconds before Ziggy posted the e-mail address last night. So, if anybody missed it, it can be read here

CaroLiza_fan
 
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