Tri-till-you-die Posted March 8 Share Here I am, back again. GCN+ was so affordable and enjoyed the on-demand option. I am currently using YouTube to view highlights of races. Sucks that Multichoice have the monopoly regarding sporting events in this country. Has anyone utilised I-TV? I think that's what its called.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_lurker Posted March 8 Share Have a look at the thread posted in the previous reply. Tri-till-you-die 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie NL Posted March 8 Share If you praat die taal lekker ... Sporza via VPN (pick server in Belgium). The Belgians really know their road riding Tri-till-you-die, Ant in the NL and Frosty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 8 Share 31 minutes ago, Ozzie NL said: If you praat die taal lekker For those that don’t speak the language deliciously, just looking at the picha is good enough. Een foto meer dan duizend woorden. BigDL and Ant in the NL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthem24 Posted March 8 Share At least Cape Epic is streamed live on YouTube, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bub Marley Posted March 8 Share 4 hours ago, Anthem24 said: At least Cape Epic is streamed live on YouTube, Yeah, nothing better than listening to Gerald de Kock for 5 hours. michaelbiker, love2fly and Tri-till-you-die 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthem24 Posted March 8 Share 1 minute ago, Bub Marley said: Yeah, nothing better than listening to Gerald de Kock for 5 hours. Yes, it's an experience "like no other" as he says a few times per hour! Vastly better than the narrator of this year's Cape Epic Route video though, which I watched last night. Would help to use a mtbiker, since he mentioned Time Trails instead of Trials and mispronounced many other words in the attempt to read the overly evocative script. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1vbPEJsPHY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashy0829 Posted March 9 Share Found a YouTube channel with English commentary https://youtube.com/@tuumshow?si=4scdgU1n64vf1hAo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVERDRIVE Posted March 10 Share Reviving this comment: "Watching the I hate DSTV and I'm never paying again crowd coming right back" BigDL and Shebeen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted March 11 Share 8 hours ago, OVERDRIVE said: Reviving this comment: "Watching the I hate DSTV and I'm never paying again crowd coming right back" 8 years without dstv and I can honestly say i will not go back ever. You are paying to use probably 10 of the 200 channels and you are still stuck watching adverts. No thank you. LBKloppers, ChrisF, BigDL and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 11 Share 1 hour ago, dave303e said: 8 years without dstv and I can honestly say i will not go back ever. You are paying to use probably 10 of the 200 channels and you are still stuck watching adverts. No thank you. don't forget the repeats. Nickyr, LBKloppers and BigDL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted March 11 Share On 3/8/2024 at 3:32 PM, Bub Marley said: Yeah, nothing better than listening to Gerald de Kock for 5 hours. I'll bat for Gerald. He is really knowledgeable and versatile. SABC would send him to the olympics probably with their budget just a 2* hotel and $50 allowance and he would do everything from 10m diving, pigeon shooting and everything inbetween. He does the homework and can easily hold interest in obscure stuff. some weird YT algorithms go me onto these uploads the other day, and look who was there. He's a total pro, and been doing this for yonks. So what if you don't like his delivery, doing the ACE commentary must be a bloody tough gig (no chateaus to talk crap about). Happy to be corrected again in the very near future, but my memory from ACE stream is that he holds it together with the non media pros going offscript and weird. plus he's a mtb rider too. BigDL, Rowl, danievj and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted March 11 Share https://businesstech.co.za/news/media/758775/why-a-r200-billion-french-media-giant-wants-to-buy-multichoice-and-dstv/ Down the road, if successful this surely has implications for south african (ab)users of the DSTV network and sports channels. The way I see it, the sports is propping up the rest of DSTV. a small proportion of people buy premium for the other content, and the local football bouquet is value pegged to put satellite dishes on every township shack. They are monopolistic in their control of the local tv rights, as they only have SABC/ETV as real competitors so it has been shooting fish in a barrel. They indirectly fund most of the professional sportspeople in the country (ie. to take a random example, manie libbok is paid by the stormers and the springboks, both of whom get the majority of their revenue from TV rights coming to SA rugby and WP professional rugby arm). If the sports arm of DSTV tanks in a big way due to outside market forces (amazon/netflix going sportshopping), so does this rugby revenue. It would appear that vivendi are buying multichoice mainly for the african market penetration, and the focus on the SA business arm might waiver. I doubt this means more cycling for us in the future. Whoever has been buying all the rights of basically every UCI event will battle to justify the spend. BigDL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted March 12 Share 22 hours ago, Shebeen said: https://businesstech.co.za/news/media/758775/why-a-r200-billion-french-media-giant-wants-to-buy-multichoice-and-dstv/ Down the road, if successful this surely has implications for south african (ab)users of the DSTV network and sports channels. The way I see it, the sports is propping up the rest of DSTV. a small proportion of people buy premium for the other content, and the local football bouquet is value pegged to put satellite dishes on every township shack. They are monopolistic in their control of the local tv rights, as they only have SABC/ETV as real competitors so it has been shooting fish in a barrel. They indirectly fund most of the professional sportspeople in the country (ie. to take a random example, manie libbok is paid by the stormers and the springboks, both of whom get the majority of their revenue from TV rights coming to SA rugby and WP professional rugby arm). If the sports arm of DSTV tanks in a big way due to outside market forces (amazon/netflix going sportshopping), so does this rugby revenue. It would appear that vivendi are buying multichoice mainly for the african market penetration, and the focus on the SA business arm might waiver. I doubt this means more cycling for us in the future. Whoever has been buying all the rights of basically every UCI event will battle to justify the spend. Movies and series have been so splintered by the now nearly 200 streaming services that it is becoming a talking point that customers are now WORSE off than the old cable days. People are starting to hop streaming providers on a very regular basis - hop to A, binge watch select content ... hop to B, rinse repeat .... Sport is following the exact same path !! Going to be a few "bad years" before a new model emerge .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted March 12 Share 4 minutes ago, ChrisF said: Movies and series have been so splintered by the now nearly 200 streaming services that it is becoming a talking point that customers are now WORSE off than the old cable days. People are starting to hop streaming providers on a very regular basis - hop to A, binge watch select content ... hop to B, rinse repeat .... Sport is following the exact same path !! Going to be a few "bad years" before a new model emerge .... when pirate bay becomes easier, then that's what will get used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepeekaitjie Posted March 12 Share 21 minutes ago, Shebeen said: when pirate bay becomes easier, then that's what will get used if it is not on pirate bay it doesn't exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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