Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
ekelks1
Contributor - Level 1

This weekend's Visa gymnastics will be streaming for free at least -- from an e-mail. 

‎012 VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Event starts: June 8 2012 @ 8:00 pm ET
The road to the 2012 Olympic Games in London continues in St. Louis, Mo., with the 2012 Visa Championships at Saint Louis University’s Chaifetz Arena. Twenty-four senior women, representing 15 states, are scheduled to compete, including Nastia Liukin and Jordyn Wieber.

This stream will be FREE.

LEARN MORE about this event; our online coverage will run Friday from 8-10pm ET, Saturday from 1-3pm ET, and Sunday from 4-6pm ET (subject to change

https://usagym.org/pages/events/vc/program.html

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
bobbo527
Specialist - Level 3

@Miandho wrote:

This makes me nuts.  The Olympics are coming.  I'm even willing to pay extra for it, but have no idea how to go about this.  Any ideas?


It should not make you nuts, NBC has already announced they are NOT using this channel as part of their olympic broadcasts. The biggtest reason for that is because nobody except DISH carries the channel.

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
dadu153
Newbie

Yes NOT happy at all...have been missing all of the 2013 Giro di Italia, will probably miss the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana as well this Season.

Signed up with Verizon and FIOS because they offered these Events On their Universal Sports  channel, but now.....????

I don't know, we'll probably end up going to DISHTV so as not to miss the Olympics too...

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
jss9669
Contributor - Level 1

Universal Sports does NOT carry the Olympics or the Tour de France.  Those are on NBC Sports Network, channel 590.

Universal Sports does carry the Giro di Italia, the Vuelta a Espana, and a good part of the Olympic Trials.

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
sharonp
Enthusiast - Level 3

I am watching the Giro d'Italia on beIN Sports, channel 598 on Verizon FIOS.  This is a fairly new channel and for me it's in the Ultimate HD package.

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
dreaddy
Newbie

I signed up with Verizon thinking I'd have access to Universal Sports.  World Athletics Track and field Championships are here and i cannot see it.  Had I known Universal was not available I would have signed up elsewhere.  Please get Universal Sports back on the air.  Thank you.

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
steven113
Contributor - Level 3

Universal Sports Network for Fios tv for NYC http://universalsports.com/

no, Univeral HD is not the same channel 

fiosfan

nyc

shg

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
ekelks1
Contributor - Level 1

Yes, but no, because we should be able to sign in to the web site with our cable provider, but since Verizon FIOS is no longer providing us that channel, we cannot sign in properly. This is not good enough.

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
ekelks1
Contributor - Level 1

Hey. Just now discovered Ultimate HD FIOS TV package includes Sports Pass, which includes UNIVERSAL SPORTS HD (USHD) -- channel 596. A customer service agent called me back afterr initial confusion to let me know -- if the channel says you're not subscribed, press the blue key, reboot, and if it still doesn't work, call Verizon. They'll do it for you. If you're paying for it, you should be getting it! (P.S. OTOH, he said they were rolling it out, so where I live it had been available since the 19th of September.)

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Re: Loss of Universal sports programming
tns2
Community Leader
Community Leader

@ekelks wrote:

Hey. Just now discovered Ultimate HD FIOS TV package includes Sports Pass, which includes UNIVERSAL SPORTS HD (USHD) -- channel 596. A customer service agent called me back afterr initial confusion to let me know -- if the channel says you're not subscribed, press the blue key, reboot, and if it still doesn't work, call Verizon. They'll do it for you. If you're paying for it, you should be getting it! (P.S. OTOH, he said they were rolling it out, so where I live it had been available since the 19th of September.)


ITs being rolled out.  For example it is NOT yet available in VHO 2.(Florida).

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