Eurosport on Freeview....

You asked for it...

quote
"
Dear Sir/Madam,

Fantastic news for all sports fans!

British Eurosport is now available as part of Top Up TV's standard
£7.99 package bringing you live coverage of world class sporting
coverage all year round.
"

Should reduce a few peoples monthly bill from Skys £26 or something a
month to £8 a month.

And to half the connection fee :-
"
So don't delay - call us today on 08700 543210 quoting 'RESP' and we'll
connect you for half price, switching you on to some great
entertainment.
"

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, frag amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

So that's what the "new topupTV channel" is I found when I scanned the
other day. There's E4+1 now as well.

 

Except that it is limited hours (2pm to 11pm) so no live coverage of
the MotoGP 125 and 250 races nor of most of the practise and
qualifying sessions.

 

I subscribe to the whole lot with Sky, I really don't know why. I never
watch the movies and only use it for Discovery, Sky One and Eurosport. I
must sort it when I get back.

I wonder if you can SORN Sky?

 

I've done it - after the first year I had Sky, I cancelled because I was
sick of all the repeats on the channels I liked to watch (history,
discovery, etc). A couple of years later, I connected back up with them
and cancelled after 6 months for the same reason.

They didn't like it, but I told them to think of it this way - if they
ever wanted me to be a customer in the future, it'd be by my rules, not
theirs.

 

This is obviously a meaning of "free" that I've never encountered before.

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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Dr Ivan D. Reid amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Noooo...

Freeview is just that; free.

Top up TV is the bit you pay for like Discovery, Eurosport etc.

'Ere, look:

www.topuptv.com

And this is the free bit:

www.freeview.co.uk

 

They don't seem to recognize my postcode, bastards. It'll be about 50USD
a month for DishNetwork so I can watch MotoGP here.

 

Whoosh!

Your heading wasn't "Eurosport on Top Up TV" was it?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, muddycat amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

<Emailed>

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Colin Irvine amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Yep. I think I have been.

Nope.

 

So it's not freeview then -- check Subject: line!

Does it still work if you don't have a TV set?

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WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Dr Ivan D. Reid amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Since when has the subject line got anything to do with the content?

Only if you wear a tin hat and you live somewhere in the future.

 

You can still get Eurosport on the 'old' sky dishes at the moment which
don't cost anything

 

Colin Irvine scribbled:

Eurosport is on Freeview, it is part of the TUTV package available on
Freeview.

OK?

 

Dr Ivan D. Reid scribbled:

*BZZZZT*

It's not free to view, but it is on Freeview.

Gah, 'eez gone senile!

 

I know that. However, Freeview is not free view if you want to watch
Eurosport. I thought that was worth the little dig Ivan had.

 

Not OK. Eurosport is part of the TUTV package on DTT [1]. Freeview
is also on DTT. TUTV is not part of Freeview. Therefore Eurosport is
not part of Freeview. QED.

To summarise, not all DTT channels belong to Freeview.

[1] Digital Terrestial Television

 

That's because there is too much BS being posted.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, gomez

Do they do TIUTATV as well?

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