Didn't someone die in the most recent Dakar?
Anyway, yes, I definitely see your point. And for my interests, it's even more
specific to the region. I know DirecTV and DishNet both have "European sports"
channels that might show one or two soccer games a week, but at that point
you'd already be paying the base fee plus a whole bunch of other stuff, along
with a 1-year contract or something like that. Plus, for more esoteric
channels, you need a "SuperDish" in some cases, which is another unjustifiable
expense.
sigh...
- Marcel


> 
> It really is a shame that there isn't a "more free" way to get TV from
> other parts of the world.
> 
> Case in point: I'm sure noone has heard of it, but the Dakar rally is a
> favourite of mine to watch. Until this year Speed Channel carried it,
> and they basically just took the British feed, which was perfect.
> 
> This past year however, Speed channel didn't pick up the rally, instead
> Outdoor Life Network did. Instead of broadcasting the British feed they
> tried to do it themselves. The result? A DISASTER. They took an 18 day
> rally and turned it into 6 1 hour episodes, broadcast WEEKS after the
> rally was OVER??!?. A complete joke. On top of that the hosts were
> TERRIBLE and obviously had NO idea what even a rally was...
> 
> Fortunately for me, I was in Europe for the first week of the rally, so
> I got to watch the British feed, which was even better this year then
> the last. Every night they had 1.5hours of show, plus two 15 minute LIVE
> updates (from the middle of the Sahara over sat phones) each day.
> 
> For the second half of the Rally I was back in North America, happily
> downloading the British feed over the internet.
> 
> When the OLN "version" aired I didn't even bother watching it all, it
> was that bad.
> 
> I've researched ways of getting Eurosport over in Canada, even willing
> to pay for it (although it's completely free in Europe), but I've had no
> luck.
> 
> Sorry for the rant, but I thought it might bring another perspective to
> the discussion. TTYL
> 
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