Giro d' Italia on MAX streaming...

[Red Tornado]

I, too, was glad to see it's on Max.

Agree the intro at the start of the broadcast of stage 1 went a little long, however I do enjoy listening to Robbie McEwan. The other three, meh. Liked hearing Sean Kelly, assume that was him during the race, and I like Jens, as well.

I'm sure it will be pay to play eventually, but maybe this first Giro will be free as an enticer. At least it's on a platform I have access to. Did not catch Sunday's stage, hopefully can watch some of Monday's this evening.

Are my eyes deceiving me or did I see the word "Polti" written on some jersey's?

[trener1]

Originally Posted by Red Tornado

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Are my eyes deceiving me or did I see the word "Polti" written on some jersey's?

Indeed you did, it's a Italian conti team
It's called Polti - Kometa
It's was founded and run by a couple of guys you may have heard of, Alberto Contodor and Ivan Basso

[Red Tornado]

Originally Posted by trener1

Indeed you did, it's a Italian conti team
It's called Polti - Kometa
It's was founded and run by a couple of guys you may have heard of, Alberto Contodor and Ivan Basso

Haha , yeah I "vaguely" remember hearing those guy's names.

Saw that and thought wow, really, another Team Polti -- well, sort of. Team Polti Kometa, this time around. Maybe Virenque could be a technical advisor or something lol...

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Web1111a

Whom are the announcers? Do you get to watch the breakaway as well?

Sean Kelly, Rob Hatch, some Carlton Kirby, and in the studio and on air we've got Robbie McEwen, Dan Lloyd, and Adam Blythe - plus Orla Chennaoui in the studio only. Occasionally there's some Jensie.. and a few others - we get Matt Stevens for some too. It's 100% worth the cost of admission.

[Alistair]

WRT any future subscription fee… if they do a monthly cycling add-on for $10 or something, great. If it’s bundled with all the other sports that HBO has and $30/minth? Meh. I’ll go back to bootleg Eurosport coverage.

[redir]

Brilliant attack by Ganna but the Italian time trial specialist just couldn't hold it to clench stage 4.

[maxcolumbus]

I work for WB Discovery and am currently in the NYC HQ.
MAX is an evolvoing entity right now. We have so much content and just aligning all the sports content is a massive undertaking.

The acquired sports catalog (Eurosport, TNT, TBS, Bleacher Report, etc )
is currently under the Bleacher Report header on the app. B/R has recently moved into the building here and they are building out their production footprint so coverage will only get better. Sports is definitely a priority here, it's exciting to watch it all come together.

I still miss my GCN+.

[reuben]

Originally Posted by maxcolumbus

I work for WB Discovery and am currently in the NYC HQ.

We're counting on you, max!

[Nomadmax]

Giro organizers threatend to DQ Pog over the color of his shorts.

[GregL]

Originally Posted by Nomadmax

Giro organizers threatend to DQ Pog over the color of his shorts.

Actually, the Giro organizers gave Pog the kit that led to his potential DQ. It was the UCI jury of commissaires that threatened to boot him from the race. Oh, Italy! If you don't have drama - invent it!

Greg

[Kyle h]

I don’t mind the coverage but man, not being able to fast forward on the Max TV app is so crappy. You can only do 10s at a time and have to click the button each time which takes nearly as much time as just watching!

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by Kyle h

I don’t mind the coverage but man, not being able to fast forward on the Max TV app is so crappy. You can only do 10s at a time and have to click the button each time which takes nearly as much time as just watching!

Which App are you using? On the Roku App you can both fast-forward and rewind at multiple speeds. Push FFW button once and it starts fast-forwarding, push the FFW button a 2nd time and the fast-fowards speed increases, pressing it again, and the it fast-forward speed increases even more The same with rewind speeds. When watching a replay, a small box shows a freeze frame every few seconds, so you can get an idea of what you fast-forwarding or rewinding over. You can also fast-forward and rewind during a live broadcast, but the freeze-frame box doesn't appear.

[45K10]

Originally Posted by Kyle h

I don’t mind the coverage but man, not being able to fast forward on the Max TV app is so crappy. You can only do 10s at a time and have to click the button each time which takes nearly as much time as just watching!

On my Google TV app you have to hold the FF button down for like 5 sec then in will go to 2x hit again to go to 3x and I think it stops at 4x with another hit of the button.

[merckxman]

Maybe I have missed it since nor glued to the coverage but there doesn't seem to be much discussion about the bikes, how they are spec'ed, etc. The RAI broadcasters would really get into that.

[Kyle h]

Originally Posted by 45K10

On my Google TV app you have to hold the FF button down for like 5 sec then in will go to 2x hit again to go to 3x and I think it stops at 4x with another hit of the button.

Man, we got a new TV and it’s the Sony smart TV system and it doesn’t have that. We had a Roku before and it’s a superior smart TV OS for sure.