GCN shutting?
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Doesn’t always work. The VPNs work better at that than they did 7 or 8 years agor0bh said:I don't think you should rely on using a VPN to access foreign broadcasters; BBC block VPN access to iPlayer, for example, and there's every chance that Rai, Sporza etc might start doing this too
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It shouldn’t be that hard to watch the sport you love.Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.3
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It's absurd given how much people have been paying... 500k+ users ... 20 million quid a yeargweeds said:It shouldn’t be that hard to watch the sport you love.
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
(Seriously... watch the South Park episode episode on the streaming wars. It's amazing GCN has lasted this long on its own...)
((To give a hint of how crazy it's got, first of all you'll have to make sure you have the streaming service that carries that episode of South Park as opposed to the one that has the...others))We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Can I get it from a hookie torrent site using a VPN to mask my location?1
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Where do you get 500k users from?mididoctors said:
It's absurd given how much people have been paying... 500k+ users ... 20 million quid a yeargweeds said:It shouldn’t be that hard to watch the sport you love.
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On a long turbo session yesterday evening watched KOM Hunters: Ventoux, and Tulsa tough, about the US criterium racing.
Both beautifully shot, and I felt this Ventoux program was way better (less gimmicky) than the previous one they did.
This kind of content will be sorely missed, along with the adventure style, trips across various countries etc, which I found really inspiring and interesting.Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
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On the subject of vpns, I had Surfshark recommended to me, last week.
A quick look at "the best" vpn reviews and Surfshark comes out as number 1 on most.
The Independent has a link via their article. Imo their mid priced on is the option to go for. It's £64 for 28 months, so £2-29 per month.
https://www.independent.co.uk/advisor/vpn/best-cheap-vpn"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.1 -
I flip between SurfShark and Nord each time the next renew comes up. Whichever is cheapest at the time. They are both similar enough to not be an issue as to which too pickblazing_saddles said:On the subject of vpns, I had Surfshark recommended to me, last week.
A quick look at "the best" vpn reviews and Surfshark comes out as number 1 on most.
The Independent has a link via their article. Imo their mid priced on is the option to go for. It's £64 for 28 months, so £2-29 per month.
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Opera browser has a VPN built in .. haven't tried . Suspect the bandwidth is going to be the issue plus I don't think you can choose your VPN spoof countryme-109 said:Can I get it from a hookie torrent site using a VPN to mask my location?
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Down loads on play store ....that's just android . Not all will have gcn+ but who has that app for anything else?stage_hunter said:
Where do you get 500k users from?mididoctors said:
It's absurd given how much people have been paying... 500k+ users ... 20 million quid a yeargweeds said:It shouldn’t be that hard to watch the sport you love.
If they had bumped the price to £50 a year by my reckoning they would be 9 million a year in profit if they were losing 1 million ...but they would rather as some one said above paraphrasing " data mine the fffk out of us all and then make us pay £80 a year for a slightly inferior cycle coverage package and access to stunning documentaries about alien 👽 pyramids ...hitlers hairdressers and ground breaking shows like hand grenade half hour"."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm1 -
There's no market stability for consumer use. Constant Product manipulation for increasing the bottom line is LITERALLY stress inducing for consumers " it's actually a form of abusive violence.
No one wants to talk about how consumer choice is a dystopian fabrication."If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm1 -
Plenty will have downloaded but not subscribed, or subscribed then unsubscribed.mididoctors said:
Down loads on play store ....that's just android . Not all will have gcn+ but who has that app for anything else?stage_hunter said:
Where do you get 500k users from?mididoctors said:
It's absurd given how much people have been paying... 500k+ users ... 20 million quid a yeargweeds said:It shouldn’t be that hard to watch the sport you love.
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6 million flavours of crisps in Sainsburys, but the bus only goes every two hours. We've been done.mididoctors said:There's no market stability for consumer use. Constant Product manipulation for increasing the bottom line is LITERALLY stress inducing for consumers " it's actually a form of abusive violence.
No one wants to talk about how consumer choice is a dystopian fabrication.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
I know I watch more cycling than average, but £7 is going to be the price of a pint next year (round here anyway). If it was a loss making service at the lower price, an increase can't be a surprise.
Watching the muscat race last year with local commentary convinced me that you do occasionally need it in a language you understand.0 -
£40 a year was an absolute bargain for the live content alone.
£6.99 a month is still pretty reasonable for just all the live racing. Heck of a lot better than what Sky charge for football, Grand Prix and other sports.
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I guess you can get it down to just 6 months if you want to … March to October and July can be paused for the TDF on ITV4.
Shame to not be able to watch stuff like CX on a whim but thems the breaks.2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner1 -
Still on the fence. If MotoGP was included at the £7 mark I'd of grabbed it months ago.
Still while £7 quid is a big increase (relatively speaking), it's not breaking the bank either.
Sigh. Decisions, decisions.0 -
Does anyone know if Discovery+ will be showing all the races GCN+ used to show as VOD's?
If possible I'd like to get everything including all the small races in the preseason as well as the CX & MTB races etc.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20232 -
Unless things have changed from last year. Yesm.r.m. said:Does anyone know if Discovery+ will be showing all the races GCN+ used to show as VOD's?
If possible I'd like to get everything including all the small races in the preseason as well as the CX & MTB races etc.
SWMBO had an offer for discovery+ that meant we we're running both from late '21 through to late '22. There was no difference in coverage of the live stuff with it all available OnDemand at race completion.3 -
Currently Discovery+ (sans TNT) comes "free" with Sky so that's my preferred option
I was fine with Eurosport via Sky in the period after I cancelled GCN+ and before D+ was an option so I will likely do the same again
If D+ (and therefore ES/GCN) is merged with TNT (and an inevitable increase in price) then that would probably price me out and I would rely on dodgy streams and the like
P.s. how many acronyms do you need for a cycling broadcaster?1 -
I have TNT Sports (with casting) on my phone contract so I had been considering cancelling GCN anyway, but I have not really had chance to see how the app works etc., and I was pretty happy with GCN+ and had already paid the annual sub. SO fairly timely really as I would have had to renew soon!
TNT Sports allows me to watch lots of obscure cricket as well which is always a plus
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Currently a GCN (annual) subscriber but to be honest only watch road racing for 6 months each year. As there are no annual plans will probably go with D+ TNT for 6 months which will cost £42 - not much different to GCN. Hopefully there will be some offers around in the new year.1
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I don't really understand the connections between BT/TNT, Eurosport, Discovery and GCN
I'm just kinda hoping that the cycling content continues on Eurosport which is part of my basic Sky subscription
I've no idea what Cyclo-cross content is going to be on or when. Dublin seems absent today. Which is odd.
I had an offer for Discovery plus which seemed to be the same as ES
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!1 -
Erm, watching Dublin WC just now. Eurosport sub.0
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That ain't what's listed for ES broadcasting on Skyorraloon said:Erm, watching Dublin WC just now. Eurosport sub.
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
ES sub is different to ES packages, as in you get more for your sub.tailwindhome said:
That ain't what's listed for ES broadcasting on Skyorraloon said:Erm, watching Dublin WC just now. Eurosport sub.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
Think of it as like having a red button for Eurosport.1
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I'm finding that I can't cast the GCN app to my Chromestick any longer, is it just me or has it been turned off already?0
