HELP, itv is KILLING Eurosport!

andyp wrote:Not if you don’t

andyp wrote:

Not if you don’t want a satellite set it isn’t. Why on earth would I want a satellite dish on my house?

It doesn’t have to be on the house – it can go hide in the garden or on the garage roof if you prefer – and it opens up a continent of broadcasting to you. Much better than Eurosport Player, which is fairly expensive and apparently has been withdrawn from Google’s App Store at the moment.

big mick wrote:

Rouleur90 wrote:

It’s the like of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen that make ITV’s coverage a labour. Sean Kelly and David Harmon are superior commentators in all aspects. People should fork out that little extra for far higher quality programme. ITV is a FTA channel and it shows it with lacklustre pundits. :/

I agree

I think you’re both crazy. Gary Imlach, Ned Boulting and Matt Rendell are living gods… and Rob Hayles is fast approaching that status. Eurosport’s Kirby, Kelly and Quigley bug the hell out of me. Even Harmon has his dark patches, but I wonder if he’s just being dragged down by the company.

OK, ITV’s commentators (Sherwen and Keenan especially) are a bit repetitive and blooper-prone, but the pundits more than make up for it.

It’s interesting to note how
It’s interesting to note how much the pro riders hate all cycling commentary. I’ve seen a few tweeting their disdain for the giro coverage. The Secret Pro mentioned that he thought Harmon and Backstedt were too biased.

I’m not enjoying the Giro commentary much. Kelly is just so dull, Quigley irritating and seems to miss a lot of what’s going on. Not entirely sure what the answer is though. Eurosport’s got pretty tiny budgets, so it’s not like they can spice things up by putting people in cars to mix it up a bit with the peloton or anything.
I’d love to see a bit more honesty and outspokenness though. With Kelly you’re obviously not going to be able to talk about doping, same with fucking Phil and Paul on ITV.
It’s really stupid that the only ex doper that gets talked about as an ex doper is Millar, and that’s because he talks about it as much as possible. The exploits of Valverde, Contador, Basso etc etc all go off without comment. Scarponi, for example, cranking out that stunning ITT performance the other day – only on twitter did I see comment that he’s not looked that good since he tested positive. I’m not suggesting that you have to assume every rider’s doping, but performances ought to be put in the context of what’s come before.

andyp wrote:And £2.50 a month

andyp wrote:

And £2.50 a month (ish) for Eurosport is nothing to pay for masses of cycling. No need for any of this satellite/cable nonsense.

I think it’s £3/month now (minimum 12 months – £6/month otherwise) and what’s nonsense is that that’s only if you already spend hundreds keeping up with one of their blessed “supported” operating systems like Microsoft Windows or MacOS X. Want to watch it on an older device that you’ve not yet paid to upgrade, or even a current device that doesn’t support silly silverlight? Eurosport goes all “computer says no” on you.

It’s cheaper, easier and nicer to spend £50 on a satellite set and watch the free-to-air Eurosport Deutsch on your TV (while listening to the BBC radio commentary if you do not understand German).

stumps wrote:Just out of

stumps wrote:

Just out of interest where is David Harmon ???????

During the Tour of Turkey he said he’d be off till TdF from then on.

Time off for moving house IIRC.

Learn Italian and listen to
Learn Italian and listen to RAI commentary – fantastic insight 😉

Why does Sean Kelly keep
Why does Sean Kelly keep saying ‘Pela-tone’ is he plugging some kind of printer cartridges?

Yeah that Quigley guy is
Yeah that Quigley guy is doing my box in big time, I’ve taken to muting it and doing my own comms

Well I guess because
😀 Well I guess because commentary is an art it can be grouped with subjectivism. However I prefer Paul and Phil, their commentary adds flavour and spice. I was with eurosport before and they are so dead and boring, if a rider makes an attack they don’t respond with enthusiasm, they don’t give you a run down on their credentials, they don’t give one a brief history of the locals – buildings, type of farming, etc.

On the other hand with Paul and Phil, these gives comment on everything, they explain the importance of taking on liquids and its benefits, they tell us why its important not to panic when you have a wheel change etc. And I especially like how they give a brief history of important buildings, main agricultural produce of the areas, even a history of the particular road – You can appreciate that ITV do a lot of home work on the route before the actual race day. So the viewer is constantly informed universally.