Summer Olympic Games 2020 Broadcasters

[dodge 1,040]

Watching the cycling here on Eurosport (UK) (in the background for now) and they just had a pretty long ad "watch every unmissable moment at the Olympics only on Discovery Plus"

 

Didn't see the small print but I think it's bad news for those of you with the Eurosport player in the UK

[hckošice 16,570]

I just found in our medias that In SVK it will be Eurosport 1 & 2 (Czech versions and commentary) and everything else in their platform : Eurosport Player.

 

and obviously the main events in our public TV, RTVS 2 (aiming for Slovak athletes and the most important sports, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Athletics)

 

In the article I also found this:

 

Olympijské hry v Tokiu 2020 bude možné sledovať na Discovery + v Dánsku, Fínsku, Taliansku, Holandsku, Nórsku, Švédsku, Španielsku a Veľkej Británii. Na všetkých ostatných európskych trhoch s výnimkou Ruska budú Letné olympijské hry Tokio 2020 k dispozícii na Eurosporte.

 

Translation:

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be available at Discovery + in Denmark, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain and the United Kingdom. In all other European markets except Russia, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics will be available on Eurosport.

[heywoodu 16,431]

2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Hang on, mate, do you have shares in Eurosport Player?  

No, but I do have a large Eurosport Player flag above my bed  

[heywoodu 16,431]

27 minutes ago, hckošice said:

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be available at Discovery + in Denmark, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Oh shit

[hckošice 16,570]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh shit

https://www.omediach.com/tv/21150-letne-olympijske-hry-budu-pre-eurosport-komentovat-sportove-hviezdy-z-celej-europy

[Grassmarket 4,245]

Seems so.  Sigh. Another few quid to pay.  Luckily D+ is on both Amazon & Roku, so easy to access.

 

https://press.discoveryplus.com/uncategorized/discovery-unveils-new-formats-and-showcases-new-anthem-for-tokyo-2020-as-olympic-excitement-grows/

[heywoodu 16,431]

23 minutes ago, hckošice said:

https://www.omediach.com/tv/21150-letne-olympijske-hry-budu-pre-eurosport-komentovat-sportove-hviezdy-z-celej-europy

Looks as though here we'll have both Eurosport Player, which will remain until at least early 2022, and Discovery+. Not sure whether one or the other will have more streams, but it does appear that the Player will still remain an option at least for Tokyo.

 

I might get a month subscription for Discovery+ (I mean, I'll get two fewer bottles of guaraná this month and the money is back) just to try it out and get used to it in case I do have to suddenly switch  

[OlympicIRL 6,298]

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

I just found in our medias that In SVK it will be Eurosport 1 & 2 (Czech versions and commentary) and everything else in their platform : Eurosport Player.

 

and obviously the main events in our public TV, RTVS 2 (aiming for Slovak athletes and the most important sports, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Athletics)

 

In the article I also found this:

 

Olympijské hry v Tokiu 2020 bude možné sledovať na Discovery + v Dánsku, Fínsku, Taliansku, Holandsku, Nórsku, Švédsku, Španielsku a Veľkej Británii. Na všetkých ostatných európskych trhoch s výnimkou Ruska budú Letné olympijské hry Tokio 2020 k dispozícii na Eurosporte.

 

Translation:

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be available at Discovery + in Denmark, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain and the United Kingdom. In all other European markets except Russia, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics will be available on Eurosport.

I wonder are they including Ireland in the United Kingdom?  

[hckošice 16,570]

Just now, OlympicIRL said:

I wonder are they including Ireland in the United Kingdom?  

You feel yourself being part of UK ?

[OlympicIRL 6,298]

2 minutes ago, hckošice said:

You feel yourself being part of UK ?

I didn’t see Ireland mentioned but I thought for us is was going to be on Discovery+. I still don’t have certainty on whether it will be on the Eurosport player or Discovery in Ireland. I’ll probably end up subscribing to Discovery just to be sure