TV coverage for 2020-2021?

[Tony S]

Last year and maybe the year before too, the races in Austria were available online with Snow Pass, without commentators, but they were not shown on television, except the delayed broadcast of Kitzbuehel, or anyway that’s the only one I remember. It should be possible to watch every race on ORF with a VPN.

True.

NBC seems to have decided that they're not interested in my money. Everything stopped working last spring - cycle and snow pass. Emailed support a bunch of times and ... Crickets. I salvaged the bike race season via FloSports, but they don't have skiing, apparently.

 

[Teppaz]

eh, there were no austrian races last year (except Kitz, on a 1-day delay), so ... idk why this year would be different

Actually the NBC Snow Pass has had all the races including the Austrian ones — I've subscribed for the past two years. It's the Olympic Channel that doesn't have the Austrian races. I'm not sure why there's this discrepancy since they're both NBC products. Maybe because the Snow Pass doesn't have any commentary.

 

[S.H.]

Actually the NBC Snow Pass has had all the races including the Austrian ones — I've subscribed for the past two years. It's the Olympic Channel that doesn't have the Austrian races. I'm not sure why there's this discrepancy since they're both NBC products. Maybe because the Snow Pass doesn't have any commentary.

my bad. I haven't shelled out more for the snow pass before, and I'm not going to start now. NBC/Comcast gets enough of my money already.

streaming vs. broadcast maybe?

either way, i'll just use a VPN to get a euro feed for the austrian races

 

[4ster]

Solden Women

 

[Tony S]

Actually the NBC Snow Pass has had all the races including the Austrian ones — I've subscribed for the past two years.

HAS HAD. Agree. But what about this year? Google "NBC Snow Pass" and every single hit is for the 2019-20 season. Very happy to be proved wrong! Has anyone actually used the Snow Pass to view 2020 Sölden replays, for example?

 

[Tony S]

If you get this working, can you post or IM specific instructions? I know @Rudi Riet does this for cycling but I have not been able to make it work on my Android despite lots of trying. I do have a vpn.

I take from the deafening crickets that your average third grader could figure this out and that my question is not worthy of a response. Yes, I have Googled the topic. Is this one of those things that we're not allowed to discuss?

Some of the blockers that I'm finding:

1. You seem to have to pay for a Eurosport subscription. Most sources seem to imply that this is not the case.
2. If I try to pay - say for just one month - my payment is rejected regardless of whether I'm on the vpn or not. England, France, whatever. I have frequently bought products from Europe before with no issues.
3. Even if I clear all caches and data for Google Play and restart my phone, I can't install any of the Eurosport players or apps. "Not available in your country." Again this is regardless of location of vpn host.

What am I missing? Feel free to PM. Thanks in advance.

 

[BrianB]

I dont think Snow Pass 20-21 is available yet, nor have I seen anything onwhether they plan to offer it again. I haven seen anything like a renewal notice in my email. Seriously doubt they will include Sölden replays this time though.

I have no experience with Eurosport, but maybe they can tell that your payment is coming from outside Europe and block it for that reason? Just guessing - maybe the other purchases were not geo-restricted?

 

[Tony S]

Solden Women

Thanks!

This one appears, at any rate, to be minus the Russian commentary.

 

[Tony S]

Only the first run.

 

[Gnorris2]

I take from the deafening crickets that your average third grader could figure this out and that my question is not worthy of a response. Yes, I have Googled the topic. Is this one of those things that we're not allowed to discuss?

Some of the blockers that I'm finding:

1. You seem to have to pay for a Eurosport subscription. Most sources seem to imply that this is not the case.
2. If I try to pay - say for just one month - my payment is rejected regardless of whether I'm on the vpn or not. England, France, whatever. I have frequently bought products from Europe before with no issues.
3. Even if I clear all caches and data for Google Play and restart my phone, I can't install any of the Eurosport players or apps. "Not available in your country." Again this is regardless of location of vpn host.

What am I missing? Feel free to PM. Thanks in advance.

I bugged NBC and they finally told me that there will be a snow pass this year available before Levi. Not clear if that includes the other important Austrian races. Not clear how much will be on NBC Sports Olympic channel with actual commentary (Steve Schlanger / Steve Porrino). The NBC gold Snow Pass stream is sans any commentary unless you can make out the PA in German, French, or Italian.

we’ll see what happens ...

 

[Gnorris2]

And I had the same problem with Eurosport; even with VPN, the paywall wants a payment from a source in the same country. I can’t figure out how to VPN my bank ....

 

[Teppaz]

HAS HAD. Agree. But what about this year? Google "NBC Snow Pass" and every single hit is for the 2019-20 season. Very happy to be proved wrong! Has anyone actually used the Snow Pass to view 2020 Sölden replays, for example?

Exactly, that's why I was asking about this year. It's the first time the Snow Pass has taken so long to go on sale. Now it seems that it'll be ready for Levi, but I guess we're still not sure about whether the Austrian races will be included.

 

[Teppaz]

I just got an email alerting me that NBC’s ski coverage is now going to be part of Peacock Premium, which is $4.99/month. Looks like the Snow Pass is gone.

 

[4ster]

I just got an email alerting me that NBC’s ski coverage is now going to be part of Peacock Premium, which is $4.99/month. Looks like the Snow Pass is gone.

if that is the case and they cover all the races as snowpass did, that is a way better deal at $20 for four months.
I won’t even bother changing my DISH package to include the Olympic channel as I have in the past.
Of course that will all be contingent on whether there is a full race season. The parallel event scheduled for Lech Austria has already been postponed.

 

[Tony S]

if that is the case and they cover all the races as snowpass did

Eeyore bets that it will only have the small handful of races that are covered on NBC broadcast TV in the U.S.

 

[4ster]

NBC's Peacock Premium will live stream World Cup races

Peacock Premium will live stream World Cup competitions in Winter Olympic sports this season, starting in two weeks. Events that previously streamed on NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass” are moving to Peacock Premium, part of NBC Universal’s new streaming service available here. That includes Alpine...

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Watch Live Sports Online | Peacock

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www.peacocktv.com

 

[cantunamunch]

^Click the link just for the pic of Alaphillipe suffering in yellow.

 

[Tony S]

NBC's Peacock Premium will live stream World Cup races

Peacock Premium will live stream World Cup competitions in Winter Olympic sports this season, starting in two weeks. Events that previously streamed on NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass” are moving to Peacock Premium, part of NBC Universal’s new streaming service available here. That includes Alpine...

skiracing.com

Watch Live Sports Online | Peacock

Peacock has the most LIVE sports of any streamer. Watch Premier League, WWE, Golf, Rugby, NFL, MLB, and more.

www.peacocktv.com

Well that sounds promising!

 

[oldfashoned]

This service seems to be included with Xfinity. Nice, I just switched to Xfinity a few months ago.

 

[Ron]

Just heard back from NBC ... they say that the NBC Sports Gold Ski Pass will be available after Oct 15. Had to wait while they checked when I called. Let’s hope they’re correct ... not much time till the Solden GS oct 17-18!

I just got an email alerting me that NBC’s ski coverage is now going to be part of Peacock Premium, which is $4.99/month. Looks like the Snow Pass is gone.

Well that sounds promising!

This service seems to be included with Xfinity. Nice, I just switched to Xfinity a few months ago.

For those who haven't used Peacock yet, its a very antiquated platform, its not in 4K HDR and has a LOT of commercials. I would gladly pay for a clean, HDR feed and no commercials.