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For residents of Canada, here's the CBC broadcast schedule: http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/figureskating/broadcast/ :agree:
I assume you're in the UK then? It is possible without "paying through the nose", but depends on where you live and what other services you happen to use.Sadly, it's become a case of paying through the nose for sporting channels that you'll only watch for those events you really want to see or doing without completely.
Right now, Eurosport (1) already has the following on the schedule for Wednesday 26/3:
07:30 Men's SP (live, 300 minutes!)
12:30 Pairs SP (not live, 120 mins)
Sure hope this is a good sign and they are gonna air a lot of live Worlds!
Anyway, the TV package includes British Eurosport 1 & 2, both in HD, which provide excellent coverage of the big ISU competitions these days.
Unfortunately, the fact that Eurosport buys the broadcast rights for the major competitions... means that a) the BBC doesn't broadcast them for all to see for free, and b) internet streaming of them by services like Ice Network get geoblocked in the UK (I.N. could otherwise be a fairly cost-effective solution).
Other than that, there's always Youtube...! Not exactly reliable, not always good quality, and maybe not in a language you understand. But it's better than nothing. And sometimes you can find footage that the likes of Eurosport "skipped" in favour of ******* snooker or whatever. Thank you, youtube posters!
Oh? Where did you find this information?Those two things are not related. Both BBC and Eurosport have the rights.
Universal WILL be covering Worlds. I sent them several emails and finally got an answer. But if you go to their website it still isn't listed. They did say they would be covering from the 19th through the 26th?
Because if there's no live snooker or tennis overrunning into the skating... that's their backup to annoy us with instead.Why does British Eurosport usually show 15 minutes of sporting bloopers (WATTS) when the skating is listed and already in progress?
Because if there's no live snooker or tennis overrunning into the skating... that's their backup to annoy us with instead.
Because I swear there's some $%^& in charge of scheduling at Eurosport who is a fan of snooker (and possibly tennis too), who also hates skating. And when grudgingly forced to show any, tries to disrupt it as much as possible. I'm sure this person also goes out of their way to wiggle the audio feed cables every now and then, to make the music/commentary crackle and break up every now and then, during the skating.
I have dark fantasies about winning a giant amount of money on the European lottery or something, and using it to buy the exclusive broadcast rights for Snooker. Thus denying those rights to Eurosport. I would consider passing on the rights to Eurosport or another broadcaster if they provided absolute guarantees to a) not broadcast snooker live, ever (highlights only) and b) adhere rigidly to their published snooker schedules and never allow it to overrun. Otherwise I would simply bury all broadcasting...
Furthermore, oh the men in white coats are here... never mind...
Actually I was wrong,, I just started watching today, a gymnastics special that aired on the 12th . So I can rewatch anything I miss for I think 2 weeks. I would rather pay and watch when I want than try to find other online feeds to watch in the middle of the night. I'm in the US btw.
Actually I was wrong,, I just started watching today, a gymnastics special that aired on the 12th . So I can rewatch anything I miss for I think 2 weeks. I would rather pay and watch when I want than try to find other online feeds to watch in the middle of the night. I'm in the US btw.