 Poster: A snowHead
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I remember last season C4 did a good job over covering the downhills, but the scheduling was ridiculous (v. late and/or v.early.
Anyone know what the story is for this season? Do C4 still have the rights? Will it be at 1 in the morning again?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Very good question. It's at times like this that snowHeads could use a team of crack investigative journalists.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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the schedule was excellent, just on as I was leaving the house to go skiing in the morning, quite excellent over the cornflakes, then leave the VCR running as I leave and watch the reminder with a cup of tea when I got home, just perfect.
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David, do you know any crack investigative journalists, perchance?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Or alternatively, anyone at Channel 4?
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I don't even know Hazel Irvine, but I've no doubt that her beautiful smile and intelligent presentation will win it back for the Beeb.
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ise has the answer. Don't worry about the schedule, move to the Alps.
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Try Eurosport's coverage. They showed a lot of the races live last year so they were on at a pretty convenient time Saturday mornings.
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Unfortunately, Eurosports coverage last season was poor in comparison to previous years. There were many comments on their message board complaining about this.
In Fact, there were races shown on French Eurosport that were not shown in the UK.
The bbc's coverage is very few and far between leaving channel 4's as probably the best even if the timings aren't ideal and they show british athletes.
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I wonder if many of you have a TiVo? It is very helpful recording things that come round from time to time. You just set up a Wishlist for keywords like "skiing" and "downhill", and it'll record things as and when they appear. This works well for the C4 coverage, slightly less well for Eurosport, whose schedules seem to be frequently changed, too late for the EPG to be updated.
Derek
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Tivo can be a bit quirky with keywords that are a little too vague, last year skiing got several hits on Pingu on the children's channel.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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the other option is sky plus once you find a ski program thats on press series link and it records all the programs in that series
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| ise has the answer. Don't worry about the schedule, move to the Alps. |
or buy a VCR, for me moving is easier, VCR's are so f'ing difficult to program
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You know it makes sense.
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ise, Exactly what I was thinking when you first mentioned VCRs. I've got a Sony "Smart Engine", but the sales guy forgot to mention that it needed a smart owner. 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I believe Ch 4 still have the rights to most (maybe all) of the Alpine World Cup this season, and the Beeb will have the 05 Worlds at Bormio. I did hear somewhere that Eurosport lost the rights to any WC races taking place in Austria last season.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Shame. I say Hazel Irvine should present an amusing Beeb series on the eccentricities and challenges of Scottish skiing, with Martin Bell doing the radical descents.
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