Canada - Best TV Station for Tour de France ??



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I am on Bell Vu Express Satellite, what station is covering
the Tour de France best ? Is there anyone covering it from
start to finish each day ? I will order today, once I find
out which one to order!

Thank you
 
CBS is excellent, as it has one FULL hour of coverage every
week?!!!??

Have fun!??!?!?!?

"Churchill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am on Bell Vu Express Satellite, what station is
> covering the Tour
de
> France best ? Is there anyone covering it from start to
> finish each
day ? I
> will order today, once I find out which one to order!
>
> Thank you
 
I had hoped that one of the major sports networks would be
carrying it. OLN I believe is the only station (Vancouver,
Channel 49) which I don't get. If CBC is only showing one
hour's worth a week, it would appear that I won't be
seeing it at all. The doping rumours aren't helping to
make it a must see.
 
"occupant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I had hoped that one of the major sports networks would be
> carrying it. OLN I believe is the only station (Vancouver,
> Channel 49) which I don't get. If CBC is only showing one
> hour's worth a week, it would appear that I won't be
> seeing it at all. The doping rumours aren't helping to
> make it a must see.

Hello fellows:

What I thinking about was an ESPN sports "TYPE" channel that
show the Tour de France from start to finish with
interesting stories during the ride ?!

Am I dreaming in techno-colour -:)
 
"Jiyang Chen" wrote:
> CBS is excellent, as it has one FULL hour of coverage
> every week?!!!??

One FUUL hour (Less the commercials, recaps of what they
showed the previous week, and bits on French tourist
attractions).

Art Harris
 
try and see if they have "canal evasion"
.(http://www.canalevasion.com/).. last year they had a few
hours a day of live feed from france with a local Quebec
commentator who pretty much knew his stuff

"Churchill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "occupant" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
> > I had hoped that one of the major sports networks would
> > be carrying it. OLN I believe is the only station
> > (Vancouver, Channel 49) which I don't get. If CBC is
> > only showing one hour's worth a week, it would appear
> > that I won't be seeing it at all. The doping rumours
> > aren't helping to make it a must see.
>
> Hello fellows:
>
> What I thinking about was an ESPN sports "TYPE" channel
> that show the Tour de France from start to finish with
> interesting stories during the ride ?!
>
> Am I dreaming in techno-colour -:)
 
"Churchill" wrote ...
> I am on Bell Vu Express Satellite, what station is
> covering the Tour de France best ? Is there anyone
> covering it from start to finish each day ?
I
> will order today, once I find out which one to order!

We're on cable, and OLN has it. Last year we were on holiday
on PEI and followed the tour on Satellite no problem.

Jim Flom
 
"Jim Flom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:L_mFc.44435$_5.22904@clgrps13...
> "Churchill" wrote ...
> > I am on Bell Vu Express Satellite, what station is
> > covering the Tour de France best ? Is there anyone
> > covering it from start to finish each day
?
> I
> > will order today, once I find out which one to order!
>
> We're on cable, and OLN has it. Last year we were on
> holiday on PEI and followed the tour on Satellite no
> problem.
>
> Jim Flom

Hi,

What does OLN stand for ?

Are u on Bell Vu Express ? If so, which group of channels
does it come in ?
 
"what" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> try and see if they have "canal evasion"
.(http://www.canalevasion.com/)..
> last year they had a few hours a day of live feed from
> france with a local Quebec commentator who pretty much
> knew his stuff

Looks french...

>
> "Churchill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "occupant" <[email protected]> wrote in
> > message news:[email protected]...
> > > I had hoped that one of the major sports networks
> > > would be carrying
it.
> > > OLN I believe is the only station (Vancouver, Channel
> > > 49) which I
don't
> > > get. If CBC is only showing one hour's worth a week,
> > > it would appear that I won't be seeing it at all. The
> > > doping rumours aren't helping
to
> > > make it a must see.
> >
> > Hello fellows:
> >
> > What I thinking about was an ESPN sports "TYPE" channel
> > that show the
Tour
> > de France from start to finish with interesting stories
> > during the ride
?!
> >
> > Am I dreaming in techno-colour -:)
> >
>
 
> I am on Bell Vu Express Satellite, what station is
> covering the Tour de France best ? >
>

It's on OLN, live daily coverage. Check out their website
for a broadcast schedule:

www.facetheelements.com

My preference is to record the live feed in the morning and
FF the commercials later that day. The evening broadcast is
an edited package that tends to hint at the stage result, to
me anyway.

Don't bother subscribing for anything but the tour (unless
you really like fishing shows). Canadian OLN does not
carry any other cycling, unlike American OLN which has
quite a bit.
 
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 21:17:46 -0400, "Churchill" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Jim Flom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:L_mFc.44435$_5.22904@clgrps13...
>> "Churchill" wrote ...
>> > I am on Bell Vu Express Satellite, what station is
>> > covering the Tour de France best ? Is there anyone
>> > covering it from start to finish each day
>?
>> I
>> > will order today, once I find out which one to order!
>>
>> We're on cable, and OLN has it. Last year we were on
>> holiday on PEI and followed the tour on Satellite no
>> problem.
>>
>> Jim Flom
>
>Hi,
>
>What does OLN stand for ?

Outdoor Life Network http://www.tsn.ca/oln/

J. Spaceman
 
"Churchill" wrote...
>
> What does OLN stand for ?

See Jason's response for this.

> Are u on Bell Vu Express ? If so, which group of channels
> does it come in
?

I'm not. I'm running Shaw Cable in BC. The channel I get it
on would not be helpful. Not sure whether the OLN on PEI was
USA or C. ;-)
 
"Jason Spaceman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 21:17:46 -0400, "Churchill"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Jim Flom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:L_mFc.44435$_5.22904@clgrps13...
> >> "Churchill" wrote ...
> >> > I am on Bell Vu Express Satellite, what station is
> >> > covering the Tour
de
> >> > France best ? Is there anyone covering it from start
> >> > to finish each
day
> >?
> >> I
> >> > will order today, once I find out which one to order!
> >>
> >> We're on cable, and OLN has it. Last year we were on
> >> holiday on PEI
and
> >> followed the tour on Satellite no problem.
> >>
> >> Jim Flom
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >What does OLN stand for ?
>
> Outdoor Life Network http://www.tsn.ca/oln/

So OLN is actually TSN on Bell Express Vu ??
 
"occupant" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I had hoped that one of the major sports networks would be
> carrying it. OLN I believe is the only station (Vancouver,
> Channel 49) which I don't get. If CBC is only showing one
> hour's worth a week, it would appear that I won't be
> seeing it at all. The doping rumours aren't helping to
> make it a must see.

Here in Quebec we have "canal evasion" which basically has
the same coverage as OLN but with french commentators.
Most cable companies here carry that channel so if you
don't get Oln you can see it on Evasion. I get both on my
cable package.
 
"Churchill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Jason Spaceman" <[email protected]> wrote
> in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 21:17:46 -0400, "Churchill"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"Jim Flom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >news:L_mFc.44435$_5.22904@clgrps13...
> > >> "Churchill" wrote ...
> > >> > I am on Bell Vu Express Satellite, what station is
> > >> > covering the
Tour
> de
> > >> > France best ? Is there anyone covering it from
> > >> > start to finish each
> day
> > >?
> > >> I
> > >> > will order today, once I find out which one to
> > >> > order!
> > >>
> > >> We're on cable, and OLN has it. Last year we were on
> > >> holiday on PEI
> and
> > >> followed the tour on Satellite no problem.
> > >>
> > >> Jim Flom
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >What does OLN stand for ?
> >
> > Outdoor Life Network http://www.tsn.ca/oln/
>
> So OLN is actually TSN on Bell Express Vu ??
>
OLN is part of the TSN network, along with RDS and ESPN
classic. At least that's how it is in canada.
 
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 23:05:08 -0400, "Churchill" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> >What does OLN stand for ?
>>
>> Outdoor Life Network http://www.tsn.ca/oln/
>
>So OLN is actually TSN on Bell Express Vu ??

No, OLN is its own channel, separate from TSN; and it is
available on Express Vu, Rogers Digital, and regular cable
as well (channel 58 here in the Toronto area).

TSN, OLN, CTV, and a few other channels are all part of the
Bell-Globemedia fine family of TV channels. (actually,
BGmedia only owns 33% of OLN according to their website -->
http://www.bellglobemedia.ca/x/?cid=2546 but I digress).

OLN is the neglected child of the family, stuck showing
strongman competitions and re-runs of Lonely Planet during
most of the year. But for one month of every year Lance and
friends magically appear on the screen for several hours per
day. Then they all disappear again near the end of July,
never to be seen again until next year. And then its another
11 months of seeing dudes on 'roids pull 18 wheelers with a
rope, and Ian Wright eating cooked goat's testicles in
northern Finland or some place like that.

J. Spaceman
 
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 23:32:55 -0400, "Marlene Blanshay"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"occupant" <[email protected]> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> I had hoped that one of the major sports networks would
>> be carrying it. OLN I believe is the only station
>> (Vancouver, Channel 49) which I don't get. If CBC is only
>> showing one hour's worth a week, it would appear that I
>> won't be seeing it at all. The doping rumours aren't
>> helping to make it a must see.
>
>Here in Quebec we have "canal evasion" which basically has
>the same coverage as OLN but with french commentators.
>Most cable companies here carry that channel so if you
>don't get Oln you can see it on Evasion. I get both on my
>cable package.
>

Canal Evasion is available on Rogers Digital here in the
Toronto area (channel 513 I think), but you have to
subscribe to it.

J. Spaceman
 
"B Paton" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:<[email protected]
l.com>... ... snip
> Don't bother subscribing for anything but the tour (unless
> you really like fishing shows). Canadian OLN does not
> carry any other cycling, unlike American OLN which has
> quite a bit.

That's what I do. Get connected before the tour and
cancel after it. No connect/disconnect charges here in
Ottawa so costs about $15 CAD. I also let TSN and my
cable company know that I won't subscribe for a full year
unless OLN carries the classics and other grand tours -
Giro and Vuelta.

Canadian viewers should let their sentiments be known at:

[email protected]

JFJ.
 
"JFJones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "B Paton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> ... snip
> > Don't bother subscribing for anything but the tour
> > (unless you really
like
> > fishing shows). Canadian OLN does not carry any other
> > cycling, unlike American OLN which has quite a bit.
>
> That's what I do. Get connected before the tour and
> cancel after it. No connect/disconnect charges here in
> Ottawa so costs about $15 CAD. I also let TSN and my
> cable company know that I won't subscribe for a full year
> unless OLN carries the classics and other grand tours -
> Giro and Vuelta.
>
> Canadian viewers should let their sentiments be known at:
>
> [email protected]
>
> JFJ.

Just got OLN ten minutes ago, I am really impressed with
the quality of the coverage, very professional, not
cheesy at all !!
 
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