• @Parodper
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    385 months ago

    Aren’t the Olympics free?

    • CaptainBasculin
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      295 months ago

      Their streaming rights in each country is up for sale; similarly to most sports events.

      Typically National TV channels will buy these rights since international events do attract a lot of viewers from said country since they as a country are being represented on a worldwide event; it’d make viewing it more easier if it was accessible everywhere and would give a huge boost towards the morale of player; but this doesnt happen all the time.

    • @Dalraz@lemmy.ca
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      155 months ago

      If you are in canada the whole of the Olympics are available on cbc.ca. broken down by sport, live and past event’s

      • @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        15 months ago

        Not interested in public tv or sports so it might be wrong
        Afaik public channels in Germany do broadcast some but not every sport discipline.

    • @inlandempire@jlai.lu
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      65 months ago

      I mentioned this in another thread : you can go to France Television’s website and sign up with a bogus email (there’s no check) to watch live broadcasts and replays for free !

      One user pointed out to me that they may geoblock you, so a VPN would be recommended.

      And then obviously it’s gonna be in french, which definitely isn’t ideal if you don’t speak the language lol

        • @inlandempire@jlai.lu
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          15 months ago

          Well, in a way it doesn’t cost them anything because it’s already being broadcast on TV for free, since it’s the national / public TV

          But also, I’m french and I despise having to give away my email to access “free” things so I just enjoy providing them with the most ridiculous emails, good luck with that database, fellow countryman 😈