JasonHook

We don't have satelite TV at home at the moment. There's no cable unfortunately.
Does anyone know if coverage of the WRC is available through SKY or onDigital?

Jason

Ian Cook

EurosportGB on Sky Digital shows it. Cant get a picture with ON Digital in our area apparently so I dont know if they have EuroGB or not.

Tim Bomford

Sky have British/Eurosport and the rallyings on this ONLY
Tim

JasonHook

Thanks very much guys...Sky it is then.

Jason

Moz

You don`t have to subscribe to sky as eurosport has all the wrc events.

JasonHook

Moz

Is Eurosport a Free channel or something?I've not really invested any time up to now in looking at Satelite TV.

Ian Cook

Allegedly ON covers 90% of the population, I would like to know how they work that out, none of the postcodes in my area Herts and Beds seem to have any coverage at all ???

Eurosport on Sky analogue is/was free to air but you dont get the free system on analogue, i dont know if its free to air on Digital.

Acker

British Eurosport is not free on Sky Digital.
It's only available in their Family Pack Package (£13).

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Acker

British Eurosport is available on both Sky and ON Digital.
Your choice boils down to what the ON Digital coverage is like in your area and how much you want to pay.
I tried ON Digital myself last year, because Eurosport wasn't available on Sky Digital at the time. The coverage was hopeless and the set went back, I then got Sky Digital and much prefer it 'cos I could get local (welsh) channels that I have been unable to achieve on terestrial TV since 1983 when I moved to this area.
Have a look at their web sites for info.

Moz

Well I don`t subscribe to sky but get Eurosport for nothing as it is unscrambled, I watched the monte carlo rally so I must be right.

sunilp

When is it on anyhow?

Acker

Moz, sound like you have analogue Sky, where Eurosport <B>is</B> available for free. If you do have Sky Digital then please let us know.

Sunilp, it's on every day of the WRC events, well the rally stage days anyway. They usually have a program at around about 10pm for between 15 and 30 minutes. These are then repeated a few times the next day. Approx. a day after the end of the rally they have a compilation program. This compilation program is usually then used by the BBC, with some BBC interviews and extra clips added.

Robin2

Hello...

Qwestion to all who watches the WRC coverage. Here in Canada, we can only watch it on Speedvision (american channel) but they only show it a few months later and they cut it to only half hour episode.

Does any of you tape the WRC coverage? If yes, how is is?

I would like to watch the full version of each WRC rally. If possible, I would like a copy (vhs) or I could download it via the internet (if someone has converted it in ASF format).

Let me know. You can email me at robin@ottawasubaru.com.

Thanks.

Robin
National Capital Subaru Club

Paul Frank

Paul

The only decent coverage in the UK is the BBC's coverage of the GB Rally.

You do mean that sarcastically don't you?

Paul

PaulL

Eurosport cuts each day of each WRC event down to half an hour too... and the hald hour included adverts in the middle and at the end - so in reality its more like 20 minutes - total pants!

The only decent coverage in the UK is the BBC's coverage of the GB Rally.

Paul

Neil Micklethwaite

The BBC also do

1. 1/2 Hour slot on Grandstand the weekend following the Rally

2. New Show ( Rally World or World Rally )on BBC2 at something like 14:10 on Tuesday / Wednesday following the Rally AND the Grandstand showing, which is a repeat of the Grandstand bit.

The BBC ( IMHO ) tends to spend too much time in the Studio during the Network Q and not enough in the Hills and Valleys.

Eurosport is mainly action with the odd scenic shot and is much better.

BOTH use ISC for the footage.

However it was revealed in Motoring News that the TV rights may be taken up by a new capital venture company ( APAX i.e. those that own 49% of Prodrive ) following discussions between the manufacturers and the FIA.

Whatever the coverage it is currently NOT enough.

PaulL

Paul,

>>You do mean that sarcastically don't you?

Actually No, But I did mean it Comparatively.
The BBC coverage is complete Crud, but IMHO it's the best of a bad lot!

Paul L