World Rally Championship not on freeview this year :(

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,665
edited February 2011 in The Crudcatcher
Just been trying to find out when the hell the rally coverage is on this year, and it turns out it's only on ESPN, which means you need Sky, and a sky sports subscription.
OH, fuccing great :roll:

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  • Dan Dare
    Dan Dare Posts: 367
    I'm sure you'll find coverage on myp2p.eu or other sources. It is annoying that it's gone to Sky though.
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    To be fair though hasn't WRC kinda died on it's arse past few years? Various manufacturers pulling out and interest in the sport on the wane. I remember it being far more popular 10 years ago.

    Shame really because I always felt it was far more intense than F1 (bombing along dirt roads not much wider than the car you're in is cooler than the procession we've had in F1 past few years)
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Brand new start this year though, effectively. More manufacturers, entirely new car classification, driver/team shakeups.
    Was really looking forward to it.
    I'm not going to pay a fucking ransom to ESPN/Sky for it though.
  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    I have ESPN thankfully (who also show it here) so I may take a look. Here the equivilent of £20 a month gets you a shitload of channels and no extra charge for ESPN or Fox Sports (HBO, Sony, Fox and AXN are also included)....top banana
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,955
    Ar$e! :( WRC is so much more interesting than F1 as well - why can't they put that on pay channels instead? (No way am I getting a Sky subscription, I have a job so don't have enough time to get my moneys worth).
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  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    Montevideoguy wrote:
    Various manufacturers pulling out

    i'll pull out of you in 10 or 20 minutes.
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Will Dave be doing the sunday highlights program still or not?
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    redvee wrote:
    Will Dave be doing the sunday highlights program still or not?
    special needs, huh? Well, unfortunately I can't think of a shorter word than NO that will answer your question.
    Go and ask your nurse to go through my first post with you very slowly, and explain any bits you find tricky. It may take several weeks, but I'm sure you'll get there in the end, bless.
  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    redvee wrote:
    Will Dave be doing the sunday highlights program still or not?
    special needs, huh? Well, unfortunately I can't think of a shorter word than NO that will answer your question.
    Go and ask your nurse to go through my first post with you very slowly, and explain any bits you find tricky. It may take several weeks, but I'm sure you'll get there in the end, bless.


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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    I thought adding "bless" at the end made it all ok.
  • IcarusGreen
    IcarusGreen Posts: 1,486
    I'm gutted I can't watch WRC this year. I was scouting Dave and eurosport to see when it was on. Proper gutted. :(
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Just found out, if you have Sky already, it's on Motors TV. Don't know what their coverage will be like though.
  • Dan Dare
    Dan Dare Posts: 367
    Keep an eye on this page for links to sites (or channels on Sopcast) showing the rally.
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  • W00DENT0P
    W00DENT0P Posts: 211
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Just found out, if you have Sky already, it's on Motors TV. Don't know what their coverage will be like though.

    Very poor, watched it last night and wasn't too impressed, pretty much all of the footage is from the onboard cameras.
  • Clank
    Clank Posts: 2,323
    Well, I'd like to thank North One for royally slapping most rally fans in the UK. :roll:

    After all thier 5h1t last year about wanting to get the WRC back on more 'mainstream' channels. Motors TV. Mainstream.

    Riiiiiiight.

    Can't be bigger paying chanels as Motors isn't renowned for being big payers (a lot of their content they don't even pay for). Go figure.

    On a positive note, if you can watch the WRC, you can watch the British Cross Country Championship - a modern and British spin on Group B and baja.

    Downer is, I can watch neither.
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  • ricardo_smooth
    ricardo_smooth Posts: 1,281
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Just been trying to find out when the hell the rally coverage is on this year, and it turns out it's only on ESPN, which means you need Sky, and a sky sports subscription.
    OH, fuccing great :roll:

    False..... it's on motors TV so you don't need sky sports. ESPN is a separate subscrition anyway, yes you need Sky for that.
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    true, you dont need sky, you can watch it on virgin too.

    either way it isnt on free view
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Wow, the motors tv coverage is proper Daz. Awful.

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