Heads Up - you NEED Discovery+ to watch the Olympic Eventing

[RachelFerd]

British Eventing have helpfully put this on their website about how to watch the eventing.

They are being very clear in advance, you aren't going to be watching any live dressage or cross country in any kind of guaranteed consistency on BBC.

https://www.britisheventing.com/news/how-to-watch-the-eventing-in-toyko-2020

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

And for anyone with Sky Q wanting to take advantage of the 12 month free trial of Discovery+, it took me a good 10mins, with instructions, for me to set it up so dont leave it to the last minute.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Already got the app just in time to watch the stressage on TV.
Was free via Sky as we renewed our contract with them within the last 6 months, we now have discovery+ free for a year.

 

[TPO]

Glad I held off on the 3 day free trial!

 

[RachelFerd]

I've paid my £29.99 - but for that, i'm watching every minute of probably around 48+ hrs of dedicated coverage - less than £1/hour. And it is all available to replay really quickly afterwards. Sure, I'd prefer to get it for free on the BBC, but that isn't an option.

 

[teapot]

I've paid my £29.99 - but for that, i'm watching every minute of probably around 48+ hrs of dedicated coverage - less than £1/hour. And it is all available to replay really quickly afterwards. Sure, I'd prefer to get it for free on the BBC, but that isn't an option.

Why so much? Only £4.99 for the month!

 

[millitiger]

Yep, I’ve paid £4.99 for the month and will cancel once the SJ is finished.
It’s a bargain for the amount of coverage.
Also I may be a minority, however I don’t blame the BBC for not showing the equestrian- their allocation of hours they are allowed to show of the entire Games is tiny and they can’t waste hours of airtime on such a fringe sport (as much as we love it!)

 

[Laafet]

I am on Vodafone so got 6 months free of Discovery + on the Rewards bit. I would have paid for one month if I hadn't had that option. Too poor for Sky!

 

[milliepops]

I figured that would be the case after the dressage coverage was so different to what everyone expected. I coughed up for the month.

 

[splashgirl45]

Yep, I’ve paid £4.99 for the month and will cancel once the SJ is finished.
It’s a bargain for the amount of coverage.
Also I may be a minority, however I don’t blame the BBC for not showing the equestrian- their allocation of hours they are allowed to show of the entire Games is tiny and they can’t waste hours of airtime on such a fringe sport (as much as we love it!)

exactly, i dont blame them for not showing it, what i do blame them for not being honest and advertising that they were showing it from 9,25 till the end, which they didnt!! which has mislead lots of people. as i dont trust the BBC to do anything right these days i took out discovery in plenty of time so i have seen everything i wanted to..

 

[Meredith]

Having asked OH to set up Discovery Plus we have found there is some equestrian coverage on Eurosport.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Having asked OH to set up Discovery Plus we have found there is some equestrian coverage on Eurosport.

Eurosport 2 currently listing as showing 3 hours tomorrow 'live' of dressage from 10.30

 

[teapot]

Eurosport 2 currently listing as showing 3 hours tomorrow 'live' of dressage from 10.30

Discovery/Eurosport are the same thing - Eurosport 2 chops and changes with adverts (and you only get access if you pay the £7.99); the uninterrupted channels for the individual sports are the better bets.

 

[ihatework]

Does discovery+ have commentary?
I watched some of the dressage on Eurosport and there was no commentary

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Discovery/Eurosport are the same thing - Eurosport 2 chops and changes with adverts (and you only get access if you pay the £7.99); the uninterrupted channels for the individual sports are the better bets.

I agree, but I can record Eurosport and join it 30 mins late, then whizz through ads ?

 

[teapot]

Does discovery+ have commentary?
I watched some of the dressage on Eurosport and there was no commentary

Yes it does now. They had issues on Saturday

 

[milliepops]

Does discovery+ have commentary?
I watched some of the dressage on Eurosport and there was no commentary

yeah... get ready for some peculiar comments if you watch any more dressage

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

yeah... get ready for some peculiar comments if you watch any more dressage

I hope Lucinda isn't doing it again...... I admire her riding, coaching, but commentating on pure dressage is def not in her tool kit!

 

[RachelFerd]

Why so much? Only £4.99 for the month!

Because I have full year of access ?‍

 

[conniegirl]

Yep, I’ve paid £4.99 for the month and will cancel once the SJ is finished.
It’s a bargain for the amount of coverage.
Also I may be a minority, however I don’t blame the BBC for not showing the equestrian- their allocation of hours they are allowed to show of the entire Games is tiny and they can’t waste hours of airtime on such a fringe sport (as much as we love it!)

Yet they can show hours of coverage of non uk teams playing softball or archery or weight lifting

 

[teapot]

Because I have full year of access ?‍

Ah fair enough - I didn't consider long term re-watching

 

[Meredith]

Discovery/Eurosport are the same thing - Eurosport 2 chops and changes with adverts (and you only get access if you pay the £7.99); the uninterrupted channels for the individual sports are the better bets.

We have Sky already and Eurosport is in the package.
Discovery Plus is free for a year from registering
In our case that is today.

 

[criso]

Eurosport 2 currently listing as showing 3 hours tomorrow 'live' of dressage from 10.30

I'll check that out tomorrow. I get Eurosport as part of my virgin package, they've added extra channels so there are 9 showing Olympic events but haven't seen any equestrian so far. Nothing on their catch up either.

 

[criso]

Interestingly I've just scrolled through the eurosport channels and they seem to have scheduled hour after hour of live eventing dressage but only one hour of highlights of cross country.

 

[Nicnac]

Ignore - found the answer!

 

[Lexi_]

Yep, I’ve paid £4.99 for the month and will cancel once the SJ is finished.
It’s a bargain for the amount of coverage.
Also I may be a minority, however I don’t blame the BBC for not showing the equestrian- their allocation of hours they are allowed to show of the entire Games is tiny and they can’t waste hours of airtime on such a fringe sport (as much as we love it!)

Totally agree with you. I think they’ve been pretty fair in the way they’ve managed to get a balance of coverage across the main sports. The only things I’ve seen given solid air time on BBC are the triathlons and the hockey matches, and they’ve largely been on at times when they haven’t clashed with anything significant. They’re never gonna please everyone when they can only show two sports at once!

I think the media generally could have been a bit more helpful in advance about the situation with tv coverage this Olympics though. I saw no advertising from Discovery Plus beforehand and everyone seems to be going through the cycle of grumbling about how rubbish the amount of BBC coverage is before someone explains to them how it’s working this year.

 

[Wishfilly]

exactly, i dont blame them for not showing it, what i do blame them for not being honest and advertising that they were showing it from 9,25 till the end, which they didnt!! which has mislead lots of people. as i dont trust the BBC to do anything right these days i took out discovery in plenty of time so i have seen everything i wanted to..

Yes, I agree with this- if they had explained clearly what they were covering, then it would be ok, but to say right up until the event was about to start that they would cover it, and then switch is not on, really.

Does discovery+ have commentary?
I watched some of the dressage on Eurosport and there was no commentary

After the first day, there have been comentators.

 

[Wishfilly]

Interestingly I've just scrolled through the eurosport channels and they seem to have scheduled hour after hour of live eventing dressage but only one hour of highlights of cross country.

I can see the cross country scheduled on discovery +, but it's called cross country, not eventing for some reason?

 

[Kat]

The same two commentators will be doing all of the English language commentary of all three equestrian sports. It is Lucinda Green and John Kyle for everything

 

[PSD]

Just a side note, it’s for people with sky Q that get the 12 months free. Not normal sky like me ?