![British Biking Fans Say Goodbye to Eurosport as Racing Rights Shift to Costlier TNT Sports Package]( "British Biking Fans Say Goodbye to Eurosport as Racing Rights Shift to Costlier TNT Sports Package")
Warner Bros. Discovery has introduced that Eurosport shall be built-in into its TNT Sports activities community in the United Kingdom and Eire from February 28, 2025, which means that per month subscription costs to look at WorldTour biking will shoot up from £6.99 to £30.99.
Because the folding of GCN+ on the finish of 2023, skilled biking has been aired in the United Kingdom by the use of Eurosport on tv and Discovery+ on-line, with a £6.99 per month subscription rate providing get right of entry to to the previous.
The top of February will see Eurosport combine with TNT Sports activities as all sports activities broadcast at the wearing community – together with biking, tennis, snooker, and motorsports – shifting throughout. TNT Sports activities already publicizes quite a few sports activities, together with Premier League and Ecu soccer, rugby, boxing, UFC, basketball, MotoGP, and cricket.
A restricted collection of biking will nonetheless be to be had at the community’s free-to-air channel Quest with highlights of the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España to be had along with a weekly biking display.
“Combining Eurosport and TNT Sports content in the UK and Ireland will enable us to offer a single, premium viewing experience for sports fans,” mentioned Scott Younger, Staff SVP of Content material, Manufacturing & Industry Operations of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports activities Europe.
“This move in the UK and Ireland will also continue to best deliver value for our leagues and federation partners, as we continue our 35 years plus commitment to investment and championing of sport on our screens, which remains a fundamental part of the success of grassroots through to elite.
“TNT Sports activities can even proceed to convey extra content material to lovers on Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air channel Quest. In 2025, this may come with broadcasting each MotoGP Dash race, including to present reside Bennetts British Superbikes protection, a brand-new weekly biking display protecting all key moments of the season, proceed highlights of the Giro d’Italia and Los angeles Vuelta a Espana, plus premiere a spread of recent sports activities documentaries.”
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TNT Sports’ cycling offering in 2025 is set to include all three men’s and women’s Grand Tours, the UCI World Championships, all Monuments and one-day WorldTour Classics, the UCI Mountain Bike World Series, complete cyclocross and track seasons, plus 70+ additional men’s and women’s road races.
The network’s new weekly cycling show, named ‘The Ultimate Cycling Show’ and hosted by Orla Chennaoui and Adam Blythe, will be aired in 15 weekly episodes on Quest and cover ‘key parts of the season, outside of the Grand Tours’.
TNT Sports is available in the UK and Ireland at a variety of price points, though all are far more expensive than Eurosport or Discovery+ subscriptions.
Access to TNT Sports streaming subscription in the UK will set you back £30.99 per month, with a discount to £20 per month available for BT broadband customers. Adding TNT Sports to a Sky TV subscription package will set you back £25 per month on a 24-month contract.
In Eire, get right of entry to to Discovery+ used to be up to now to be had at €6.99 per 30 days. TNT Sports activities is to be had thru Sky, NowTV, Virgin Media, and Vodafone, with a NowTV subscription costing €27 per 30 days on a 12-month contract or €30 per 30 days and not using a contract.
