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Cycling fans report Warner Bros. Discovery to market regulator for “abuse of monopoly” and “price gouging” after moving cycling behind £30.99-a-month paywall, as Tory MP slams “terrible decision”

“Next month cycling coverage is going to become a prohibitively expensive luxury to a huge number of fans,” MP Ben Obese-Jecty said on Friday, as fans called for the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the move

Fri, Jan 31, 2025 13:33

TNT Sports to put cycling behind £30.99-a-month paywall, as Eurosport coverage to end and future of free-to-air Tour de France remains unclear

Viewers in UK and Ireland to see Eurosport content, including its extensive coverage of professional cycling, moved over to TNT Sports from end of February — and will have to pay significantly more to watch

Tue, Jan 28, 2025 00:01

“The Tour is the only race that matters. And that’s gone now”: Ned Boulting on the end of free-to-air Tour de France coverage in the UK and his “deep sense of loss”

“The Tour is going to go into a place where, in the UK media landscape, you normally find biathlon and hockey,” ITV’s lead cycling commentator told the road.cc Podcast

Fri, Nov 01, 2024 15:58

2024 Tour de France jersey winners Zac Williams/SWpix.com

No Tour de France on ITV from 2026 as Eurosport becomes exclusive UK broadcaster

It looks like free-to-air coverage of the world’s biggest cycling race will be no more after the 2025 editions of the Tour de France, as Warner Bros. Discovery announced exclusive coverage until “at least 2030”

Fri, Oct 25, 2024 09:46

Tour de France 2024 podium Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel (ASO/Billy Ceusters)

“Putting cycling behind a paywall isn’t how to grow the sport”: Fans react to “awful, disgraceful” news of ITV losing Tour de France broadcast rights, Does Pogačar lack morals for signing bumper new contract with UAE Team Emirates? + more on the live blog

Another dark, damp morning, but hey, just one more day till we can ride off into the (hopefully sunnier) weekend! In the meantime, Adwitiya’s your host for the day with all the latest cycling news and views

Fri, Oct 25, 2024 08:55

Emily Bridges: Documentary on transgender cyclist to be broadcast on ITV next week

'Race To Be Me' will tell the story of Bridges' unsuccessful battle to compete in the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Sat, Nov 26, 2022 17:20

Drink at Your Desk Live! with Ned Boulting is live on YouTube next Friday at 4.30pm

One of the most familiar voices in cycling will be joining us next Friday for the latest edition of Drink At Your Desk Live! Be sure to set a reminder and send in your questions

Fri, Sep 17, 2021 15:27

Helmet cam cyclist Dave Sherry says he reports 70 drivers a week

Appears on Good Morning Britain segment asking “should cyclists shop motorists?”

Fri, Jul 12, 2019 21:23

Martyn Ashton Down not Out, still from GMBN video

Martyn Ashton and Danny MacAskill on ITV’s Real Stories tonight

Riders to appear on ITV reality show about inspirational against the odds human interest stories

Thu, Jul 14, 2016 09:37

Tour de France Commentator Phil Liggett reveals the 2014 Tour de France route YouTube

ITV ditch Phil and Paul… so how’s the new line-up doing?

Liggett and Sherwen make way for Boulting and Millar

Wed, Jul 06, 2016 16:11