Paris - Nice highlights.

[cycleruk]

As above ITV4 7.00 PM all week.

[Jezrant]

Was looking forward to watching Strade Bianche and was then mightily annoyed to find that Discovery+ was now suddenly wanting £30.99 a month

[mjr]

Was looking forward to watching Strade Bianche and was then mightily annoyed to find that Discovery+ was now suddenly wanting £30.99 a month

Where have you been? It was debated in Parliament last week!

[Jezrant]

Was looking forward to watching Strade Bianche and was then mightily annoyed to find that Discovery+ was now suddenly wanting £30.99 a month

Where have you been? It was debated in Parliament last week!

Wot, how did I miss that?!

[mjr]

Was looking forward to watching Strade Bianche and was then mightily annoyed to find that Discovery+ was now suddenly wanting £30.99 a month

Where have you been? It was debated in Parliament last week!

Wot, how did I miss that?!

Guess you don't read or watch any cycle sport news. Warner Bros stiffing cycle racing fans has been all over that news for weeks.

[Jezrant]

You've guessed right. I haven't really followed cycle sport news in years. Liked watching some of the Spring Classics on Eurosport/Discovery+, the mountain stages of the TdF and the Giro, etc. Also liked watching some of the Alpine Skiing. But I won't be paying £31 a month to continue (nor the half price offer for 7 months). Will miss it but not the end of the world. And less time sat on my bum has to be a Good Thing.

[rjb]

You can usually catch a short highlights on U Tube of the days events.

[Pendodave]

Full(ish) stage replays and live coverage is on sbs (Australian tv).
Requires vpn, but a minor inconvenience.
Not Tirenno-A though.

[Jezrant]

Full(ish) stage replays and live coverage is on sbs (Australian tv).
Requires vpn, but a minor inconvenience.
Not Tirenno-A though.

I’d seen that on another forum yesterday and tried to get it to work using my better half’s vpn without much luck. must be doing something wrong. will try again later this week. btw, is this completely legal?

[Pendodave]

I’d seen that on another forum yesterday and tried to get it to work using my better half’s vpn without much luck. must be doing something wrong. will try again later this week. btw, is this completely legal?

There is an offence of "pretending to be in Australia "?

Incidentally, re YouTube, for a number of races the Belgian station "sporza" has 30 minute highlights rather than the 5 minutes tnt shows. Also a chance to work on your Flemish...

[mjr]

I’d seen that on another forum yesterday and tried to get it to work using my better half’s vpn without much luck. must be doing something wrong. will try again later this week. btw, is this completely legal?

Not legal, but it's probably a civil offence (like riding your bike on a footpath through the countryside) rather than a criminal one (like riding your bike on a roadside pavement), at least under English law. So you're probably most at risk of them cutting off your account, getting you booted off your VPN (as using a VPN to fraudulently access other services is often against VPN terms of use too, except for some of the shady ones who advertise it), and keeping any subscription fees you paid, including making a penalty or termination charge if their terms allow it. There is a tiny risk that they could come after you for big licensing fees but I don't recall that happening for private home viewers.

However, I don't know Australian law and they might lock you up and/or refuse you entry to the country for ripping off SBS by breaching their "Australian audience" terms of use, for all I know.

[mjr]

I’d seen that on another forum yesterday and tried to get it to work using my better half’s vpn without much luck. must be doing something wrong. will try again later this week. btw, is this completely legal?

There is an offence of "pretending to be in Australia "?

Not directly, but using VPNs or similar redirection to make yourself appear somewhere else is quite popular with the sort of people who attack websites and servers (who typically make themselves appear to be in lots and lots of other places all at once), so it is quite easy to commit some offences when you're doing it.

[mattheus]

This topic (price increase by Discocery+/Eurosport/woteva) has been discussed everywhere, non-stop for about a month.
So of course, we really need another topic about it ...
... and I am highly amused that you guys have chosen A THREAD ABOUT A BIKE RACE THAT IS ON FREE-To_AIR TV TO ALL !!!!

[mattheus]

I’d seen that on another forum yesterday and tried to get it to work using my better half’s vpn without much luck. must be doing something wrong. will try again later this week. btw, is this completely legal?

There is an offence of "pretending to be in Australia "?

It should only be an offence to talk like an Australian. IMO.

[Jezrant]

I’d seen that on another forum yesterday and tried to get it to work using my better half’s vpn without much luck. must be doing something wrong. will try again later this week. btw, is this completely legal?

Not legal, but it's probably a civil offence (like riding your bike on a footpath through the countryside) rather than a criminal one (like riding your bike on a roadside pavement), at least under English law. So you're probably most at risk of them cutting off your account, getting you booted off your VPN (as using a VPN to fraudulently access other services is often against VPN terms of use too, except for some of the shady ones who advertise it), and keeping any subscription fees you paid, including making a penalty or termination charge if their terms allow it. There is a tiny risk that they could come after you for big licensing fees but I don't recall that happening for private home viewers.

However, I don't know Australian law and they might lock you up and/or refuse you entry to the country for ripping off SBS by breaching their "Australian audience" terms of use, for all I know.

That’s interesting. My wife’s vpn is Proton, which advertises watching tv anywhere. They’re not exactly a shady outfit.
Apologies for the thread drift. Not like there’s been a lot of discussion about Paris-Nice however.