Streaming Cycling in UK - Discovery+ prices!

[Cathryn]

Riffing from Dogtrousers helpful post you could cancel during the Mens Tdef as its on ITV4 and do:
23.04 La Flèche Wallonne 1.UWT
27.04 Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1.UWT
29.04 - 04.05 Tour de Romandie 2.UWT
01.05 Eschborn-Frankfurt 1.UWT
09.05 - 01.06 Giro d'Italia 2.UWT
08.06 - 15.06 Critérium du Dauphiné 2.UWT
15.06 - 22.06 Tour de Suisse 2.UWT
22.06 Copenhagen Sprint
WWT:

23.04	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	1.WWT
27.04	Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes	1.WWT
04.05 - 10.05	Vuelta España Femenina by Carrefour.es	2.WWT
16.05 - 18.05	Itzulia Women	2.WWT
22.05 - 25.05	Vuelta a Burgos Feminas	2.WWT
05.06 - 08.06	Tour of Britain Women	2.WWT
12.06 - 15.06	Tour de Suisse Women	2.WWT
21.06	Copenhagen Sprint	1.WWT

Unsubscribe, then resubscribe for the mens Vuelta:
17.08 ADAC Cyclassics 1.UWT
20.08 - 24.08 Renewi Tour 2.UWT
23.08 - 14.09 La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2.UWT
31.08 Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 1.UWT
12.09 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 1.UWT
14.09 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 1.UWT
WWT:

15.08 - 17.08	Tour de Romandie Féminin	2.WWT
19.08 - 24.08	Tour of Scandinavia	2.WWT
30.08	Classic Lorient Agglomération - CERATIZIT	1.WWT

But you would miss the womens Giro! I presume tdef women is on itv?

Does that work for some? Or is it about getting the cut price 3 months?

But you would miss the womens Giro! I presume tdef women is on itv?

Cancelled my Disco+ this morning and immediately got the 50% offer.

Cancelled my Disco+ this morning and immediately got the 50% offer.

What’s the offer? What did I miss?

 

[Dogtrousers]

What’s the offer? What did I miss?

There's a £15.49/month for 7 months offer that WB flash up to some people when they cancel. In the hope of hooking them and they forget to cancel/find they want to keep it. But not, it seems, everyone gets offered

It's been mentioned a few times above... Eg

Normally I cancel D+ from Sept - Jan. Our D+ std pass was active as we'd been watching Aus Open tennis, so have cancelled, but taken out the £15.49 for 7mths TNT sports deal. £6.99 for tennis (AO & Fr O etc) and all cycling was a good deal. I won't be paying £30.99 - even with the bonus of having England cricket included, but for the next 7 months at least the £16 has 'added value' for me. In early September, I'm out. May be tempted to stump up one off £31 for July 26 - TdF.

Not everyone gets it....

So I’ve cancelled my D+ subscription. I got an email telling me that it was reverting to the Basic subscription, but I didn’t get the half price offer.

 

[Domus]

When I cancelled I gave the "I only watch cycling" reason. Maybe that was the trigger to the offer

 

[Paulus]

Cancelled my Disco+ this morning and immediately got the 50% offer.

I cancelled a couple of weeks back, no such offer for me. I wouldn't have accepted anyway.

 

[fossyant]

I've had basic access to Discovery Plus with my BT Halo 2. Just checked and I've re-activated it through my account, and I have access to cycling at no extra cost - OK BT isn't cheap. Just checked it and I can get the UAE Tour live ! I haven't signed up to TNT, but I suspect it may migrate to TNT at the end of the month, therefore needs additional subs. I'll keep an eye on it.

Edit, I seem to have access to the Premiership ?

 

[ColinJ]

I haven't signed up to TNT, but I suspect it may migrate to TNT at the end of the month, therefore needs additional subs. I'll keep an eye on it.

It will do... I can still watch Eurosport for another 3 days but that will be it.

I don't start watching cycling normally until March so instead I decided to overload the Discovery+ servers by binge-watching Gold Divers and Aussie Gold Hunters while I still can!

 

[fossyant]

It will do... I can still watch Eurosport for another 3 days but that will be it.

I don't start watching cycling normally until March so instead I decided to overload the Discovery+ servers by binge-watching Gold Divers and Aussie Gold Hunters while I still can!

Weird thing is it's saying I'm on TNT. Hmmm - Not watched Discovery for ages as it usually says I need premium to get access to most cycling, it's not currently. BT are merging with EE though ?

 

[Mike_P]

Weird thing is it's saying I'm on TNT. Hmmm - Not watched Discovery for ages as it usually says I need premium to get access to most cycling, it's not currently. BT are merging with EE though ?

All sport has moved to TNT, but no option to select which sports you want.

 

[geocycle]

I’ve been watching TNT through my BT TV subscription. I’ve completely lost track of who owns who but so far I have TNT and a Discovery plus subscription presumably through the BT.

 

[fossyant]

I’ve been watching TNT through my BT TV subscription. I’ve completely lost track of who owns who but so far I have TNT and a Discovery plus subscription presumably through the BT.

We'll see what happens on the 28th then ! I just thought I had a basic Discovery+, always was until just tried it today. I suspect it will go next week.

 

[ColinJ]

Just confirming that TNT will keep the whole year's coverage avaliable on catch-up?

If so, I intend to subscribe to TNT for May and June, which will give me about 80 1-day races and stages for £62.

TdF highlights on ITV this year, and then take out a 3rd month for the Vuelta if it isn't available on Quest.

It's still a big hike from Eurosport, but not much more than 12 x £6.99 on Discovery.

I will try to avoid as many spoilers as possible but inevitably I will hear some race results before catching up.

 

[mjr]

Thu 10pm on Quest (Freeview and Freesat but not Freely) sees the first episode of the Ultimate Cycling Show, Warner Bros's aforementioned apology show for hiking the subscription prices.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I will try to avoid as many spoilers as possible but inevitably I will hear some race results before catching up.

You may have to chill out and relax a bit about watching events where you know the result in advance. Otherwise you'll be avoiding huge chunks of the season in a very weird way. Or maybe get yourself a Men in Black neuralyzer to wipe your memory before watching.

Personally I always seek out sporting results asap even if I'm planning on viewing later. I'm weird like that.

 

[ColinJ]

Or maybe get yourself a Men in Black neuralyzer to wipe your memory before watching.

Increasing decrepitude is helping with that!

 

[Vlad the Impala]

Some info for anyone contemplating subscription sharing. I've coughed up for TNT via Sky (£29/mth, one month rolling contract. As well as cycling, it's my optimal route to World & British Superbikes and MotoGP). My existing "basic" D+ was upgraded when I signed up to TNT, & now gets all the TNT sports. D+ claims it is usable by up to "4 devices simultaneously", but EE advises that only 2 different streams can be watched at any one time. I've shared my log in with my brother in law. We can both happily watch different sports streams on D+ at the same time, IP addresses at different ends of the country. In summary, at present, a shared account between 2 friends would seem to be workable without any constraints, so about £15 each per month. As long as it's only a month contract, if this changes in the future (like Netflix recently clamped down on account sharing), there's not a lot of risk.