Closure of Eurosport channels 28/02/25

[MarkGoldsmith]

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@theredhouse55555 wrote:

Fair point. But why not [At the very least] have a T.N.T. Sports 5.Also who will have the N.B.A. Basketball T.V. rights in the U.K. and Ireland for next season please?

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Likely a cost thing. They could have easily kept one or both of the Eurosport channels and just rebranded them TNT Sports 5 and 6. Closing the Eurosport channels will save WBD considerable money as they will be broadcasting 2 less channels. 

[Sandybee]

Also everyone should bear in mind the somewhat shaky finanical position of WBD - they emerged from the M&A reshaping of the media landscape (of the 2010s) with by far teh highest leverage (debtload) of any of the US media giants, and also with the weakest streaming product pretty much.

They are under alot of stock market pressure to (a) pay down chunks of debt, and (b) get their streaming numbers up , so no surpirse that they will be leaning into building up Max (Disco+).       If WBD make little progress in the next 1-2 years, the stock market / invetsors will force a sale / breakup, in which ase who know where their sports right end up.  So cost focus will be paramount for WBD, as you suggest.

[Timelord2018]

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@theredhouse55555 wrote:

Fair point. But why not [At the very least] have a T.N.T. Sports 5.Also who will have the N.B.A. Basketball T.V. rights in the U.K. and Ireland for next season please?

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Sky Sports will distribute all NBC Universal games for next 11 years,

https://www.nbcuniversal.com/article/nba-and-wnba-return-nbcuniversal-11-year-agreement-regular-seas...

Prime also have package of NBA & WNBA games in the UK for next 11 years

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/prime-video-nba-wnba-streaming-deal

[TimmyBGood]

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@Sandybee wrote:

 and also with the weakest streaming product pretty much.

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CNN+ lasted very nearly nearly a whole month...

[Panmat]

If I were to subscribe to discovery plus/tnt sports does anyone know if it has VOD\ catch-up of the cycling,  which is the case now with the original discovery plus sports package. Or is it just live content?

[FastEddie1]

Us original BT Sport subscribers shouldn't get our favourite sports shunted off the linear 4 TNT Sport channels to make way for the Eurosport ones.

I'm all for putting the stuff Eurosport covered onto the red button and Discovery +.

[SKY1992bf]

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@FastEddie1 wrote:

Us original BT Sport subscribers shouldn't get our favourite sports shunted off the linear 4 TNT Sport channels to make way for the Eurosport ones.

I'm all for putting the stuff Eurosport covered onto the red button and Discovery +.

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@FastEddie1  what makes you think that will be the case 

and let's face it most of the live sports TNT currently shows is either evenings or weekends with the exception of cricket 

the Eurosport live content is all mostly in daytime and can easily fill the channels during week days and move to red button/app at nights/weekends when appropriate 

[FastEddie1]

So fine, put the ES stuff on TNT linear channels on weekdays and stick it on the red button at the busy times like weekends.

(But I bet they wont and the events with higher viewing figures will come on and niche sports pushed onto the RB)

[rscott]

It's quite possible that they'll use the Discovery+ app to provide access to a lot of the content, rather than red button services. 

[theredhouse55555]

This is all very well but on my L.G. T.V. Discovery + barly loads. So in a year*s time SKY Q might be an option or MAX if it is on Amazon Prime Video.

[Chodley]

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@theredhouse55555 wrote:

This is all very well but on my L.G. T.V. Discovery + barly loads. So in a year*s time SKY Q might be an option or MAX if it is on Amazon Prime Video.

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If the TV app is garbage just get a firestick or similar dongle

to be honest the D+ app on sky q runs like treacle too.

Big nostalgia twang for the low cost down to earth Eurosport of olden tymes. I look foward to the doubtless considerable UHD investments this will bring to cycling coverage.

[theredhouse55555]

Yes. I have to agree. I am so old I remember the days of Screensport. Good old fashioned Satellite broadcasting. Question if I may if the Discovery app is slow on SKY Q would SKY help or is a firestick the only option? Thanks.

[Chodley]

I think it's just bad software. I have the quickest (v3) box too.

worth trying the firestick. Can always send it back

and at least all your Internet ads for the foreseeable future will be based on what you watch on it 😁

[best+of+the+best]

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@theredhouse55555 wrote:

Yes. I have to agree. I am so old I remember the days of Screensport. Good old fashioned Satellite broadcasting. Question if I may if the Discovery app is slow on SKY Q would SKY help or is a firestick the only option? Thanks.

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Interesting @theredhouse55555 they didn't play nicely either

You mean the same Screensport that filed a complaint against Eurosport for them to be closed down May 1991 then two years later Screensport merged with Eurosport.

[theredhouse55555]

The very same. In the early days Screensport were not so agressive in a legal sense.