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GCN+ is dead

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  • 15-11-2023 12:40pm
    #1
    gmacww
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭


    Just got an email saying GCN+ is closing down next month then just watched the announcement video on the youtube channel.

    Could see it happen but to be totally frank the app on the apple tv was shockingly bad quality from a user interface and control point of view.



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    #2
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,550 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    yeah, was just reading the same email. can't have been cheap to produce that much content and clearly they didn't get enough people interested.



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    #3
    MangleBadger
    Registered Users Posts: 508 ✭✭✭MangleBadger


    That is unfortunate. It was very handy for watching races. I haven't watched many of their documentaries lately but I usually save them for watching on the turbo during winter. Guess I'll have to power through any I still want to watch over the next month.



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    #4
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,218 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    Wonder what it means for Eurosport / Discovery Plus? They just continue on as usual?



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    #5
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    Crap! One of the very, very few subscriptions I actually pay for. The amount of live coverage of races on GCN+ is incredible... I had the Eurosport subscription previously but found a) their app was much less reliable and b) less coverage and shorter coverage.



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    #6
    gmacww
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭gmacww


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121370852#Comment_121370852

    I'd say one of the reasons is to try and drive people towards the more expensive discovery + subscription. I signed to GCN because discovery closed down my eurosport subscription and GCN was half the price of the D+ sub and the only part of I was interested in from that sub was eurosport. I don't care for Quest or TLC etc...

    The annoying thing now is hat D+ is double the price of GCN+. If I want just to get eurosport I've to sign up for other shite with my tv provider for over €100 a year.



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    #7
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭cletus


    Was coming to post this. I'll miss the app, some great content even outside of the racing coverage



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    #8
    Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 3,183 ✭✭✭Junior


    Same here as most of the rest of ye, GCN+ App on the phone and on the Firesticks around the house. I stopped watching ES 3 years ago as you could never be sure of the coverage starting, ending etc. And it was great for the wet Sunday in Winter, I wonder is there some CX on, and there it was. You didn't have snooker over running, or whatever, it was live at the time it was supposed to be on.



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    #9
    G1032
    Registered Users Posts: 6,958 ✭✭✭G1032


    Discovery+ is €49.99 a year, so just a tenner more expensive than GCN+

    I did like the documentaries though. Excellent one just released about Chiappucci winning stage 13 in 1992 TdF



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    gmacww
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭gmacww


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121371197#Comment_121371197

    That's for the basic plan which does not include eurosport (or sport of any kind). If you want the cycling discovery + will cost €84 a year.



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    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,665 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121371244#Comment_121371244

    I'm paying €39.99 a year for just Eurosport.



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    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,550 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i was still signed up to it because i forgot to cancel it - some of the docs were good but i didn't get enough benefit from it to justify it; i don't watch competitive cycling so gained no benefit there.



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    #13
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,218 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121371256#Comment_121371256

    Don't think you can get a Eurosport subscription on its own anymore though if you are a new user



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    #14
    RikkFlair
    Registered Users Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭RikkFlair


    Ah balls thats such a shame, really enjoyed watching the endurance or bike-packing documentaries in particular. Was only thinking the other day 40 quid a year was insane value, I gladly would've paid twice if not three times that amount tbh since it's the only streaming app I subscribe to.



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    #15
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,812 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Well this is a major league pain in the hole, Cross season and all 😯

    What do I do now?

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    #16
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,067 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    https://twitter.com/NairoInGreen/status/1724758557554249978

    They're gonna need a bigger server...



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    #17
    StuttgartKY
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭StuttgartKY


    Disaster gcn was so handy for watching races back on demand! This could result in me just seeing much less next year



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    #18
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    If you have a Sky subscription you may be able to get Disco+ via the MySky rewards.



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    #19
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121370910#Comment_121370910

    That's it exactly for me too. Plus, I'm nearly sure the GCN+ app showed more cycling events than the old Eurosport Player app?



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    #20
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Was a eurosport app subscriber pre-GCN+ so a bit of a balls I'm stuck with Discovery+. Probably sh!te that others in the house will watch though!

    I'm paying a few subs, but GCN+ was the one I felt I (rather than the household overall) got value from. I had something on 5 days out of 7 even in the off season, even if just moving wallpaper for the turbo.



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    #21
    JMcL
    Registered Users Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭JMcL


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121370910#Comment_121370910

    This. Sticky Bottle has GCN quoted as saying the decision was made by parent company Warners who also own Discovery so that they can milk their streaming rights to maximum (my phrasing)

    https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/gcn-and-its-app-are-closing-down-within-weeks-in-surprise-move/

    I was all set to pull the trigger on a subscription in the next week or two for the CX and spring classics



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    #22
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    A pity, I used it for races, sometimes even just background noise but I was watching far more than usual. I had no use in the documentaries and did wonder how they could bang out so many. I won't be subscribing to Disco+ but I hope the CX races and some of the bigger road races are available elsewhere. I am presuming thats the reason, they overextended thinking they were bigger than they were.



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    #23
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    A great App, providing what the subscribers wanted at a reasonable price. No wonder it wasn't allowed to continue!



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    #24
    LeoD
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭LeoD


    Ah bo**ix to that. Is the only streaming service I subscribe to. Only ever watched the bigger road races live and thought it was great value at that. Might have watched a couple of the documentaries but never thought much of them. Being able to watch races ad-free was great - is that possible with other streaming services?



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    #25
    Tell me how
    Registered Users Posts: 21,520 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    I'm not living in Ireland and the GCN App has effectively been my TV for the last year as I decided not to bother with Netflix anymore.

    Really going to miss it, the documentaries were always a treat and the racing coverage was exceptional.

    They brought womens racing to an audience that had barely seen it before.

    Hope they make the documentaries available on Youtube channel at some point. They were too good to just discard.



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    #26
    Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 3,183 ✭✭✭Junior


    https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/gcn-to-close-how-to-continue-watching-live-cycling-on-warner-bros.-discovery-platforms_sto9883976/story.shtml

    This doesn't sound very encouraging.



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    #27
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121372040#Comment_121372040

    I didn't watch many of the travel ones, but any of the documentaries I watched weren't exactly lavish. I wouldn't have thought many of the "legends" ones were more than a handful people travelling. Excellent content, but mainly interviews. Same with Conor Dunnes recent Unbound one - a lot of it was him filming himself.



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    #28
    triggermortis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    I'll miss this. Used it a lot, especially during quiet night shifts.



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    #29
    G1032
    Registered Users Posts: 6,958 ✭✭✭G1032


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121371244#Comment_121371244

    Oh Jesus😬



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    #30
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,665 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Only laziness stopped me switching from ES to GCN but I'm lucky I'm a procrastinator now.



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    #31
    DominoDub
    Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭DominoDub


    Such a shame as GCN+ great quality and fair price service, I was so looking forward to watching the Xmas Cyclocross events , even if WvA and MVP are not racing for many their ongoing battles was why I signed up for GCN+. I have Eurosport via VirginMedia but it being Eurosport UK means you can end up getring live a fecking Snooker or Tennis event instead of some races - the on demand replay was also a great feature of GCN+



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