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camry's avatar
camry
Visitor
7 years ago

Channel Request: ROKU needs a Cycling Channel

I want a Cycling Channel. I know UCI has priced itself out of the poor man's market with its gazillion dollar franchise fee but there are plenty of semi-pro races, documentaries and films. I know at least one other person who also wants a Cycling Channel. So there must be some revenue possibility. I can't think of anything else to say. Cycling Channel. Get it done.

EDIT: Typed UCI, should be ASO.

15 Replies

  • SueTru133's avatar
    SueTru133
    Newbie
    5 years ago

    I was just looking into the same thing and am disappointed that there isn't anything out there already. 

    • atc98092's avatar
      atc98092
      Community Streaming Expert
      6 years ago
      Marlintailcycle wrote:
      I am surprised not to find a cycling channel or app. Why?

      Because no one with the ownership or permission to stream such content has created a channel. Roku does not create the channels (with two exceptions), so it's up to third party developers or content owners to do so. 

  • dogenzenji's avatar
    dogenzenji
    Newbie
    7 years ago
    "Cinegurl" wrote:
    I paid NBC Sports Gold for the cycling pass, it worked "fine" on my Roku TV (2016 Sharp model), UNTIL this January...when, see #4 below:
    ...
    4. They just moved all the NBC Sports GOLD subscriptions to the plain "NBC Sports" channel - but the replays are NOT supported on ROKU!  I can only see the current month of races, NONE of the prior races and NBC "Support" blames it on ROKU.
    ...

    It's not very intuitive, but you can access all cycling replays up until the start of the last subscription, which begins in July for NBC Sports Gold.  First, you have to up arrow all the way to the top to the NBC Sports logo then click the Ok button...
    Screenshot 1

    Then select NBC Sports Gold using the right arrow...
    Screenshot 2

    Then you should be able to go back all the way to July to the start of last year's TDF...
    Screenshot 3

    Hope this helps!
  • Cinegurl's avatar
    Cinegurl
    Visitor
    7 years ago
    I paid NBC Sports Gold for the cycling pass, it worked "fine" on my Roku TV (2016 Sharp model), UNTIL this January...when, see #4 below:
    1. The subscription is from July > June
    2. They reserve the right to NOT keep any races stored for future replays, whenever they want to
    3. They deleted the Amgen Tour replays to repost the prior year's TDF - leaving me without access to the Amgen Tour for the current year
    4. They just moved all the NBC Sports GOLD subscriptions to the plain "NBC Sports" channel - but the replays are NOT supported on ROKU!  I can only see the current month of races, NONE of the prior races and NBC "Support" blames it on ROKU. 
    5. NBC does not give any allowance for their failure to fulfill their end of the deal = no month extension for failure to play and no refunds, ever, period.

    There are website that stream cycling for free - just not replays, so you have to have a way to store that or watch live - search stream cycling = tiz-cycling.live - cyclingfans.com - cycling.today/category/live-streaming/ - steephill.tv - http://cyclingstream.com/ < this last one appears to have replays.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
    You might check out Red Bulls channel, I only use it to watch surfing, so I'm really not sure if it ever carries cycling or not, but if any channel would have it, that would most likely be the one.
  • Tajson's avatar
    Tajson
    Visitor
    7 years ago
    "camry" wrote:
    "richeydog" wrote:
    NBC Sports Gold Cycling Pass?
    https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/cycling 

    Thanks richeydog, yeah that's the only USA outlet for the pro races. If I have to I will. But I am going to write an email to ASO and suggest to them they should offer a channel of their own for streaming customers. If they can earn a $5.99 subscription x 1 million viewers worldwide ... who knows. Worth a shot.

    That will not help much since NBC Sports paid ASO for exclusive tv, digital, and mobile rights through 2023 for the US market. There is really only one option in the USA and that is NBC Sports.

    You can do the NBC Sports Cycling Pass as a standalone streaming option or you can subscribe to a cycling addon such as the cycling package on the fubo.tv streaming service. (which again ties back into NBC Sports)

    As a reference, ASO is charging roughly over $125 million for the TdF rights annually worldwide.
  • camry's avatar
    camry
    Visitor
    7 years ago
    "richeydog" wrote:
    NBC Sports Gold Cycling Pass?
    https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/cycling

    Thanks richeydog, yeah that's the only USA outlet for the pro races. If I have to I will. But I am going to write an email to ASO and suggest to them they should offer a channel of their own for streaming customers. If they can earn a $5.99 subscription x 1 million viewers worldwide ... who knows. Worth a shot.
    • RokuMary-F's avatar
      RokuMary-F
      Community Moderator
      5 years ago

      Hi everyone,

      Thanks for the posts.

      We do not have any info to share on this, but that would be a great addition! We do not own the channels on Roku but you may send your feedback directly to the channel developers to let them know you want them on Roku.

      Thanks,

      Mary

  • jeffrok's avatar
    jeffrok
    Roku Guru
    7 years ago
    "camry" wrote:
    I want a Cycling Channel. I know UCI has priced itself out of the poor man's market with its gazillion dollar franchise fee but there are plenty of semi-pro races, documentaries and films. I know at least one other person who also wants a Cycling Channel. So there must be some revenue possibility. I can't think of anything else to say. Cycling Channel. Get it done.


    Ask the companies that make them for the other "boxes" (like Amazon Fire, Apple TV).. Roku doesn't make the channels, so the only way to get them made is to go to the people who provide the content and ask them.