Some clarity on the MTB TV situation post Red Bull

[Headshot]

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/podcast-chris-ball-talks-discovery-eso-and-the-future-of-world-cup-racing.html#cid3480796

 

I have done a quick check on GCN+ which seems to be our option. According to the app its available to us in SA at around R720 p/a or R125 pm. Does anyone else here subscribe already? I seem to recall some issues around its availability? If it is available its not that expensive and maybe worth taking a month to see if coverage is any good, just not sure how it will integrate with my android box. 

Comments and advice plz. 

[Spookie]

I’ve got it, signed up for the annual subscription as it seemed to be enough of a discount to easily justify it. Have had no issues so far except in the recent vuelta a San juan which wasn’t a GCN issue, was a general all round coverage issue.
 

Some of the races are geo-restricted though, so just check out beforehand that the ones you want to watch are being shown in SA, or you might also need to use a VPN 👍 the nice thing is that you don’t have to watch it live, if you’re at work etc you can come home and watch it at a later stage from the start, I wouldn’t always necessarily remember to record it on DSTV

[Spookie]

Unfortunately not sure on the android box thing though, I just have the GCN+ app loaded on my Samsung smart TV and it plays from there, similar to Netflix etc

[michaelbiker]

Been using it since it came out. As others have said, if you enable a UK VPN you can watch everything otherwise certain stuff is geo-restricted. 

The app has improved a lot since the beginning and there is now an Apple TV version which is a bit easier to live then Airplay. I really like that there are no ads and the long highlights are also great if you miss a stage but want a bit more than just a 5 minute highlights package. 

If it is available on Apple TV it’s most likely available on an Android box too. Generally I’ve been really happy with it. 

[tinmug]

It is available on Apple TV. 

[Frosty]

You can read about our GCN+ experience here

 

[ChrisF]

4 hours ago, Spookie said:

I’ve got it, signed up for the annual subscription as it seemed to be enough of a discount to easily justify it. Have had no issues so far except in the recent vuelta a San juan which wasn’t a GCN issue, was a general all round coverage issue.
 

Some of the races are geo-restricted though, so just check out beforehand that the ones you want to watch are being shown in SA, or you might also need to use a VPN 👍 the nice thing is that you don’t have to watch it live, if you’re at work etc you can come home and watch it at a later stage from the start, I wouldn’t always necessarily remember to record it on DSTV

 

Would you need a VPN if watching it later ?

[Frosty]

Some highlights aren’t available without a VPN. 

[Spookie]

On 2/3/2023 at 6:58 PM, ChrisF said:

 

Would you need a VPN if watching it later ?

Yeah so you only have access to the replays of races that you would have been able to watch live as far as I’m aware… was a bit bummed the cx world champs wasn’t streamed for SA, but luckily someone posted a link on another forum!

[NotSoBigBen]

I guess that's the end of my watching WC MTB after all these years sadly 🤔

But it is what it is as the cool kids say