Mimmo Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 13 hours ago, Gringo said: Live Polish speedway MIGHT be on Freesports at 5 p.m. on Friday 3rd July. According to the C64 TV Guide Lublin v Rybnik is on at 5.00pm tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, Mimmo said: According to the C64 TV Guide Lublin v Rybnik is on at 5.00pm tonight. Or even tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Mimmo said: According to the C64 TV Guide Lublin v Rybnik is on at 5.00pm tonight. "Google". Freesports schedule. R.L backchat then Pool tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Gringo said: "Google". Freesports schedule. R.L backchat then Pool tonight. Thanks Gringo, yes you're right, even though when you go through the programmer on the TV itself, it says today!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 10:55 AM, Shale Shaker said: Does anyone know why FreeSports has suddenly disappeared from the Freesat listings? Channel is no longer on Freesat, dispute over money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 Listed on BT Eurosport 2 is SEC Euro championship at 4:00pm tomorrow Sat 4th July from Torun. Is this meeting still on???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) This often happens. It may be just temporary. Freesports will still be there, just not visible in the programme guide and should still be available on the "Add channels" feature, if anyone has the tuning details. Re today's schedule the speedway IS starting now. The programmer that Mimmo uses seems not to have been updated. Schedules on the minor sports channels like Premier/Freesports and Eurosport are notoriously flexible and TV/online schedules and programme guides often struggle to keep up. Edited July 3, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: Listed on BT Eurosport 2 is SEC Euro championship at 4:00pm tomorrow Sat 4th July from Torun. Is this meeting still on???? Yes- every meeting on Tv is listed and updated on the OP here Edited July 3, 2020 by racers and royals 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccolo Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 6/28/2020 at 10:35 AM, Bavarian said: The problem ist that Goddard has to do the commentary all alone. He should get a co-commentor, best some rider or ex-rider (like with Pearson & Tatum). This would make it much easier for him and more entertaining for the viewers. Premier Sports won't pay for a second commentator, it's a mega-cheap production for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Piccolo said: Premier Sports won't pay for a second commentator, it's a mega-cheap production for them. Everything about Premier Sports/Freesports is 'on the cheap'. There's only so much income you can get from charging £9.99 a month for the main channels and nothing for Freesports. You get what you pay for. I'm delighted they could be bothered to pay out for the Polish contract. They only picked up Italian and Spanish football when Eleven Sports UK operation failed. In turn they've had to give up much of their ice hockey coverage to BT because they couldn't afford it. Ultimately it is ALL about money. I worked for a channel where the subscription was voluntary! In other words they couldn't afford to pay Sky for their encryption technology. We used to carry ads asking viewers to send money in. I think you can see why it went bust.... As for getting what you pay for - the viewers got me... I occasionally got a co-commentator, but usually only if the producer saw a likely victim in the pits and talked them into doing it. Thankfully I didn't have to talk for twenty minutes while nothing was going on like Dave has to. Edited July 3, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttons Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 We will have Sudden Sam's commentary to look forward to tomorrow on Eurosport. !!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 www.maniak.tv/mk.1 now showing Gorzow v Czestochowa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, geoff58 said: no dispute you just have to re-tune and reset the channels !! It may be back now - I haven't had time to check but it was most definitely pulled from Freesat on Tuesday June 30th due to a dispute over the Freesat epg charge. This is well documented in media sites and forums. This explains. https://rxtvinfo.com/freesports-departs-freesat Edited July 3, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) Unfortunately I can't access Freesat right now but none of my media sources show it returning. Are you sure you aren't talking about Freeviw rather than Freesat geoff58? They are two completely different services. Edited July 3, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Live Polish speedway is, rather bizarrely, on Box Nation tomorrow, which is a Boxing channel that you can get if you have BT Sport. 3.30 is Wroclaw v Zielona Gora 6.10 is Grudziadz v Leszno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 49 minutes ago, Grachan said: Live Polish speedway is, rather bizarrely, on Box Nation tomorrow, which is a Boxing channel that you can get if you have BT Sport. 3.30 is Wroclaw v Zielona Gora 6.10 is Grudziadz v Leszno It`s not really that bizarre as Premier Sport is now involved with the channel and have not space to show the Polish Speedway on Premier/Freesports tomorrow. Somewhat similar to what Eurosport did when they showed GP Speedway on Quest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, racers and royals said: It`s not really that bizarre as Premier Sport is now involved with the channel and have not space to show the Polish Speedway on Premier/Freesports tomorrow. Somewhat similar to what Eurosport did when they showed GP Speedway on Quest. Precisely. At present Sky are showing football on their Pick channel in order to make the games that they are showing for free available on Freeview. There are very few truly independent channels. Most are owned by groups so if the main sports channels are full there are always factual, entertainment or even other sports channels normally dedicated to other sports that can be 'borrowed' within the group. Most aspects of TV can be explained, even if the explanation isn't always what you want to hear. There's too much money at stake for random decision-making. Some of these groups are very powerful multinationals. Not Premier though which was probably better known in its previous existence as Setanta Sports. Edited July 4, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, RobMcCaffery said: Precisely. At present Sky are showing football on their {Pick channel in order to make the games that they are showing for free available on Freeview. There are very few truly independent channels. Most are owned by groups so if the main sports channels are full there are always factual, entertainment or even other sports channels normally dedicated to other sports that can be 'borrowed' within the group. I know( think) that BT own 50 % of Box Nation and the other 50% could be boxing channel media, so not sure where Premier come in unless they now own 50% ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 minute ago, racers and royals said: I know( think) that BT own 50 % of Box Nation and the other 50% could be boxing channel media, so not sure where Premier come in unless they now own 50% ? It's a marketing deal where Box Nation is included in Premier Sports packages on various TV platforms and on the online Premier Sports Player. Thus, with one notable exception anyone with the full Premier Sports package will have access to Box Nation. Therefore it can be used for "overflow". The exception is Virgin Media where it is still an 'extra'. Not all operating relationships are based on ownership. For example the Murdochs ran Sky for years without ever having anything more than a minority financial stake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 minute ago, RobMcCaffery said: It's a marketing deal where Box Nation is included in Premier Sports packages on various TV platforms and on the online Premier Sports Player. Thus, with one notable exception anyone with the full Premier Sports package will have access to Box Nation. Therefore it can be used for "overflow". The exception is Virgin Media where it is still an 'extra'. Not all operating relationships are based on ownership. For example the Murdochs ran Sky for years without ever having anything more than a minority financial stake. Thanks- it seems Premier are not exactly being helpful in steering their subscribers towards the coverage tomorrow. I am assuming it`s just the normal Premier showing- however they are it appears starting coverage 5 mins before normal( Adverts will be on in Poland !!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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