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We don't have cable TV, so DH went to load an app for it on the IPad, so we can play through our Apple TV. Apparently Universal Sports doesn't want our $, since they won't allow you to download it, unless you have a cable provider that carries their station.
We downloaded an app that's in Portuguese :eek:.
Bom dia, the only 2 words of Portuguese I know. At least we can see it, which is the most important thing.
Immersion is the best way to learn language!
Hope it is a great race.
We watch Eurosport via an internet feed. How we connect varies every stage, but we find a feed via either cyclingfans.com or steephill.tv.
For the major races, we can get the British feed; for the minor races, we have had to watch in various languages. But, that just adds to the fun.
Note: we watch via a PC that that we can wipe out. The feed streams have been clean, but the ad streams, like all ad streams, periodically contain things I don't want on my machine. Unlike normal browsing it is hard to block them without blocking the signal.
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Originally Posted by Crankin
What 's the name of the app? I was so upset about universal.
ETA: The Spanish public TV station, RTVE, is posting full stages --- their live feed is not accessible from the US, but the replays (commercials and all) are available. Today's stage was just posted:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/v...ista-a-espana/
Let me know if you need translation of any term!
Etapa = stage
Contra-reloj = time trial
No, the Spanish I can handle.
Sorry, I meant the offer for anyone watching the RTVE feed. Watching or listening to the Spanish broadcasts, I've learned some cycling jargon I never knew before since I started biking in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Right now, I am watching yesterday's stage. I thought it was neat how they interviewed Fabio Baldato (the BMC directeur sportif). Questions in Spanish, replies in Italian, the most natural thing!
Anyone still watching? On Monday is the "queen stage" and this weekend is all climbing. The link I offered earlier to RTVE works well. It has been a fun race to watch.