Interesting. We also onlyhave 2 videos on the British Eurosport Player, but they are the LIVE coverage of the Pairs SP and the LIVE coverage of the Pairs FS.
Apart from that, the only things in the Winter Sports section are episodes of "Chasing History" and THREE (!) copies of the LIVE coverage of the Women's Final from the World Curling Championships
Oh, and I am so jealous that you still have the old interface for the Videos section. We have had the new interface for about a week now, and it is useless.
By the way, both of this morning's snooker matches finished within about 2 minutes of each other about 10 minutes ago.
Also, in case anybody did not notice, for the first time this week, there is no cycling on today. And as a result, Eurosport is able to show the morning figure skating competition LIVE for a change.
BES2 11:00 – 14:15 Short Dance LIVE
So, that should be just in time for the start of Group 4, if my calculations are correct.
See, it wasn't the snooker that was preventing Eurosport showing the figure skating. It was the cycling!
Because push bikes take priority over EVERYTHING else!
CaroLiza_fan
Well, I can report that on Swedish Eurosport the 5.00 program was - surprise, surprise! - pairs. I cannot personally vouch for the 8 o'clock one, but I am going to go out on a limb and make a stab in the dark that it might possibly... perhaps... perchance... also have been pairs. Just as a wild guess.
But, not counting that one, on Swedish Eurosport we had:
Pairs FP highlights: 4
Men's SP highlights: 0
Still, it could be worse. No, really, it could. There have been the times when Swedish Eurosport has SHOWN one program, and the SOUND, belonged to another. Now, I don't watch tennis, but I presume one can mute the ski jumping audio and still enjoy the tennis as shown - but in figure skating I sort of think the sound is crucial. In a way.
anyone know what the deal is with icenetwork? hoping they get the stream back up before the ladies begin.
anyone know what the deal is with icenetwork? hoping they get the stream back up before the ladies begin.
Anyone know how long they've been down? I woke up 2 hours ago and it appears they'd been down a couple hours already. Did the show any of the short dance before going down?
It looks like it *may* be back up...You can now click on "watch worlds live" and I have a blue screen with the logo...Only time will tell how long it will last...I'm very curious what actually took that long to fix? I'm ticked about it, but I'm moreso insanely interested what the problem was...
Short Dance Live labelled as Free Pairs Live on my sky! And I lost the count of how many repeats of Pairs competition already were aired - 7 -8? Someone at British Eurosport is either a mad fanatic of pair skating or just plain lunatic. My yesterday which could have been such a great day as my favourite, Kolyada, skated brilliantly in the short, was ruined ruined ruined thanks to Eurosport. Oh how I hate snooker!!! I took a day off work yesterday and in the end I only saw Javi & Patrick to skate and could not even record it for some reason. Whereas at work where I have much faster internet connection I could have probably sneakily watched some of the men! :dev2:
Eurosport 1 Deutschland | Eurosport 2 Deutschland |
07:30 – 10:30: Snooker Semi-Final 1 LIVE | 07:30 – 08:45: Short Dance Highlights |
10:30 – 11:30: WATTS | 08:45 – 13:00: Men’s FS LIVE |
11:30 – 11:55: World Superbikes Qualifying Highlights | 13:00 – 13:15: WATTS |
11:55 – 13:00: World Superbikes Race 1 LIVE | 13:15 – 14:00: World Superbikes Race 1 Highlights |
13:00 – 16:00: Snooker Semi-Final 2 LIVE | 14:00 – 15:30: Short Dance Highlights |
16:00 – 18:15: Free Dance LIVE | 15:30 – 16:15: World Superbikes Race 1 Highlights |
18:15 – 19:10: Men’s FS Highlights | 16:15 – 16:50: World Touring Cars Season Preview |
19:10 – 19:15: Eurosport News | 16:50 – 18:30: Snooker Highlights |
19:15 – 20:00: World Superbikes Race 1 Highlights | 18:30 – 19:20: World Superbikes Race 1 Highlights |
19:20 – 21:00: Free Dance Highlights |
British Eurosport 1 | British Eurosport 2 | Quest |
07:00 – 10:30: Snooker Semi-Final 1 LIVE | 07:00 – 07:15: British Supersport – Brands Hatch 2012 | 07:00 – 11:00: Snooker Semi-Final 1 LIVE |
10:30 – 11:30: Cycling – Tour of Flanders 2016 | 07:15 – 07:45: European Rally Championship Highlights | 11:00 – 12:00: Wheeler Dealers |
11:30 – 12:30: Snooker Semi-Final 1 Highlights | 07:45 – 09:15: World Superbikes Highlights (Thai round from 3 weeks ago) | 12:00 – 12:30: How It’s Made |
12:30 – 16:00: Snooker Semi-Final 2 LIVE | 09:15– 14:00: World Superbikes Qualifying, World Supersport Qualifying, and World Superbikes Race 1 LIVE | 12:30 – 15:30: Snooker Semi-Final 2 LIVE |
16:00 – 18:15: Free Dance LIVE | 14:00 – 14:45: Speedway Highlights | 15:30 – 16:00: How It’s Made |
18:15 – 20:10: Men’s FS Highlights | 14:45 – 15:45: World Superbikes Race 1 Highlights | 16:00 – 17:00: Railroad Alaska |
15:45 – 18:00: British Superbikes LIVE | 17:00 – 18:00: Mighty Trains | |
18:00 – 20:00: Snooker Highlights | 18:00 – 19:00: Wheeler Dealers | |
19:00 – 20:00: Salvage Hunters |
With BBC red button I don't know what to think- I managed to add the only channel available on the list which sounded hopeful - BBC RB1. But it does not seem to follow the schedule on the website most of the time it is showing Glastonbury festival. However when I turned it on last night (without any hope just out of sheer stubbornness), there were Pairs Free Live to my surprise and delight. I am clinging to a hope that I will be able to watch Men Free tomorrow morning but I am not too hopeful. Why after paying €39 monthly (on the top of €160 annually for TV licence!!!) I have to be subjected to this ordeal I really do not know...
Caroliza I think we should send a complaint or something from the GS as well as individually to Eurosport website, via facebook, twitter etc but talk about it again when Worlds are over.
Guys, just to let you know that the snooker Semi-Final is currently level at 4-4. And today it is the first to 6 frames, rather than the first to 5 that we had earlier in the week.
Consequently, it looks like Eurosport 1 will not be joining the Free Dance until after the resurfacing (they were due to join it now). And how long it will be after it is anybody's guess.
(I'm watching the British Superbikes now, incidentally).
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
CaroLiza_fan
You know what I was saying yesterday about the people running British Eurosport not having a clue...
Well, there is cycling on today, so it gets priority on Eurosport 1. Consequently, the first session of the snooker final, the World Superbikes, and the British Superbikes are all being shown on Eurosport 2.
The final of the snooker is best of 19 frames: 9 in the first session, and a possible 10 in the second session.
The first session of the snooker was due to be on from 07:00 to 10:00, while the combined coverage of the motorbike racing is on from 10:00 to 18:00. And then this is followed by highlights of the second session.
The 8th frame of the snooker finished at 09:35.
Whereas Eurosport International sticks to the World Feed for the World Superbikes, which starts at 10:10, British Eurosport always have a studio discussion before, between and after races.
So, with the superbike coverage starting 25 minutes later, the wise people at British Eurosport decided to end the snooker coverage at 09:35, rather than risk another frame being longer than 25 minutes.
British Eurosport viewers were advised to turn over to Quest, while Eurosport International viewers were told to stay where they were.
To fill in the time, British Eurosport showed highlights of a British Superbike race from… 2011!!!
Better than that – the 9th frame of the snooker DID finish before 10:00! So, they could have stayed on!
So, if British Eurosport were willing to cut away from the snooker today to make sure the superbikes started on time, it makes you wonder why they couldn’t have done the same yesterday for the Men’s FS. :think:
And for those of you who still believe that it is the snooker that always takes priority on British Eurosport, well, be prepared for a shock:
British Eurosport are NOT showing LIVE coverage the second session of the snooker final!!!
So, they insist on showing all of the tournament up to now LIVE on British Eurosport, even though it is being simulcast on Quest, and then don’t show the part that decides the champion.
???!!!
Incidentally, the second session of the snooker IS being shown LIVE on Eurosport International (the British Superbikes are put onto the Eurosport Player on the continent)
The scheduling decisions on British Eurosport just do not make sense.
When the decision was made to broadcast the whole of the snooker tournament LIVE on Quest, then priority on British Eurosport should have been given to other LIVE events. Such as the figure skating World Championships.
They have given priority to other LIVE events today, so why couldn’t they have done it the rest of the week?!
I tell you. They haven’t a clue what they’re doing!
CaroLiza_fan
I often wonder who is making these decisions. Doesn't bode well for the Olympics that will only be shown on Eurosport in Germany from next year. I hope they will at least have parallel live streams for different sports, but somehow I doubt it.