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TV coverage
Looks like OLN is not covering FIS world cup any more this year. Anyone
know what network in the US is? Also does anyone know if OLN is planning to cover FIS next year? If not I'm dumping them. Seems like they've dumped nearly everything related to alpine skiing. -- To reply by email remove "_nospam" |
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:09:36 -0500, Mary Malmros
wrote: Chuck wrote: Looks like OLN is not covering FIS world cup any more this year. Anyone know what network in the US is? Unfortunately, nobody has any coverage post-Olympics, according to the SR tv page (http://www.skiracing.com/tv_guide/). Also does anyone know if OLN is planning to cover FIS next year? If not I'm dumping them. Seems like they've dumped nearly everything related to alpine skiing. Yeah, they had that "ten weeks to torino" thing, which I'll confess I didn't watch. I can understand their giving 2006 a miss, possibly, if there were contractual weirdnesses and so on (giving them the benefit of the doubt here). If they don't pull their head out by next season, though, I'll dump them. Right after the Tour de France, that is ;-) I'd be tempted to do the same, but my fiancee is seriously into the bull-riding. ( It actually IS pretty kewl....) bw |
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With LA retired now, OLN will drop all bicycle racing after the 06 TdF.
That's my predition anyway. -- Marty |
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Marty wrote:
With LA retired now, OLN will drop all bicycle racing after the 06 TdF. That's my predition anyway. And then...they will Just Plain Suck! My ideal sports station would show World Cup ski racing, Grand Slam tennis, and the Tour de France. And World Cup soccer (hey, I wonder who's gonna pick that up in the USA?). I'd also like Patriots and Yankees games, but that's asking too much, I know. |
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"Mary Malmros" wrote in message
... Marty wrote: With LA retired now, OLN will drop all bicycle racing after the 06 TdF. That's my predition anyway. And then...they will Just Plain Suck! My ideal sports station would show World Cup ski racing, Grand Slam tennis, and the Tour de France. And World Cup soccer (hey, I wonder who's gonna pick that up in the USA?). I'd also like Patriots and Yankees games, but that's asking too much, I know. I actually upgraded from basic cable to extended basic just to get OLN (about 4 years ago). Time to go back to basic cable. -- Marty |
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In article ,
Mary Malmros writes: And then...they will Just Plain Suck! They already suck because they are not part of the basic package on Dish. But other than that they rule. They picked up motocross racing which is a lot more exciting to watch than skiing (and I like skiing...) bruno. |
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Marty wrote:
"Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... Marty wrote: With LA retired now, OLN will drop all bicycle racing after the 06 TdF. That's my predition anyway. And then...they will Just Plain Suck! My ideal sports station would show World Cup ski racing, Grand Slam tennis, and the Tour de France. And World Cup soccer (hey, I wonder who's gonna pick that up in the USA?). I'd also like Patriots and Yankees games, but that's asking too much, I know. I actually upgraded from basic cable to extended basic just to get OLN (about 4 years ago). Time to go back to basic cable. -- Marty At least you are able to get OLN. We can only get it if we upgrade to the digital cable package. Lots more expensive than "regular" cable. And we don't have any premium channels, just expanded basic (or whatever they call it). Our old cable company was pretty bad. The new one that bought them out a while ago only adds new channels to the digital package and not the "regular" cable" Janet |
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Marty wrote:
"Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... Marty wrote: With LA retired now, OLN will drop all bicycle racing after the 06 TdF. That's my predition anyway. Any chance he'll de-retire? Given what I've read about him, it sounds more like an addiction than anything else. And didn't he and Sheryl just split? Gotta read more celeb stuff... And then...they will Just Plain Suck! My ideal sports station would show World Cup ski racing, Grand Slam tennis, and the Tour de France. And World Cup soccer (hey, I wonder who's gonna pick that up in the USA?). I'd also like Patriots and Yankees games, but that's asking too much, I know. I actually upgraded from basic cable to extended basic just to get OLN (about 4 years ago). Time to go back to basic cable. Better is cablemodem only. -- Cheers, Bev ------------------------------------------------------ "Don't bother looking for that key. There is no Esc." -- M. Tabnik |
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"The Real Bev" wrote in message
... Better is cablemodem only. I've got to think that it won't be long before Olympic events are on in their entirety through some sort of subscription. There is hardware called "Sling Box" that you attach to a tv in a home that allows you to access that tv's signal on your computer over the internet. Last I looked at Best Buy it was $250 and one for Europe was supposed to be coming online 1Q 2006 (it should be out !). If it is as advertised I'll be hooking one up in the UK or Ned. and be getting their feeds for the next Olympics. Maybe one of our Canadian friends could hook one up for his rsa friends? |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
Marty wrote: With LA retired now, OLN will drop all bicycle racing after the 06 TdF. That's my predition anyway. And then...they will Just Plain Suck! My ideal sports station would show World Cup ski racing, Grand Slam tennis, and the Tour de France. And World Cup soccer (hey, I wonder who's gonna pick that up in the USA?). I'd also like Patriots and Yankees games, but that's asking too much, I know. Thought you guys had some regional sports network in NE that covered NE skiing along with Pats. |
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