Comments on: Gent-Wevelgem http://cyclingfans.net/satellite/2009/gent-wevelgem-2 Pro-cycling satellite race coverage Fri, 18 May 2012 07:14:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: MJ Ray http://cyclingfans.net/satellite/2009/gent-wevelgem-2#comment-2856 MJ Ray Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:13:58 +0000 http://cyclingfans.net/satellite/2009/gent-wevelgem-2#comment-2856 I hope you managed to see the end of the race! Like you, I'm disappointed by the terrible state of online video. cyclingfans.com do a great service in posting stream links, but few of the subscription services are useful on a TV screen yet. Before subscribing, I email service providers to check that they work with my internet-TV receiver, or to complain if not. If they say they work, then don't, I'd reclaim the money for being "not fit for purpose" but you have to get them to state that it will work. Online listings are also terribly fragmented. We try to pull them together (Dave F and Bernie S have been repeatedly fantastic), but it's all a bit of a mess. When things like xmltv have appeared, which could help to unify and automate it all, some TV companies have slapped them down. It's a rather frustrating situation! Now, they're just going under the red flag in the Basque County, so I'm going to watch that instead... I hope you managed to see the end of the race! Like you, I’m disappointed by the terrible state of online video. cyclingfans.com do a great service in posting stream links, but few of the subscription services are useful on a TV screen yet.

Before subscribing, I email service providers to check that they work with my internet-TV receiver, or to complain if not. If they say they work, then don’t, I’d reclaim the money for being “not fit for purpose” but you have to get them to state that it will work.

Online listings are also terribly fragmented. We try to pull them together (Dave F and Bernie S have been repeatedly fantastic), but it’s all a bit of a mess. When things like xmltv have appeared, which could help to unify and automate it all, some TV companies have slapped them down. It’s a rather frustrating situation!

Now, they’re just going under the red flag in the Basque County, so I’m going to watch that instead…

]]> By: linda hodgkinson http://cyclingfans.net/satellite/2009/gent-wevelgem-2#comment-2853 linda hodgkinson Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:41:58 +0000 http://cyclingfans.net/satellite/2009/gent-wevelgem-2#comment-2853 Many thanks for your perfect direction to this sat, broadcast. I had [as usual] tried to subscribe to cyclingNews. 30 dollars later [they don't refund BTW] I suffered the same problem as the last two years - their wretched software will not work with a very high powered UNIX driven APPLE. THEY NEVER REFUND, nor even resort to e-mail. My fault i GUESS ... fortunately I would never have trawled Rai sport Many thanks for your perfect direction to this sat, broadcast. I had [as usual] tried
to subscribe to cyclingNews. 30 dollars later [they don’t refund BTW] I suffered the
same problem as the last two years - their wretched software will not work with a
very high powered UNIX driven APPLE.
THEY NEVER REFUND, nor even resort to e-mail.

My fault i GUESS … fortunately I would never have trawled Rai sport

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