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Too bad! Logo TV will not broadcast Eurovision 2019 in the United States

  • Posted on April 10, 2019November 10, 2019
  • byFlorian Rahn
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In recent years, the Eurovision Song Contest has continuously expanded.

And since 2016, Logo TV has broadcast the contest in the United States, meaning fans could enjoy the contest there as well.

Unfortunately for them, Logo TV won’t show this year’s contest in Tel Aviv.

While American Eurovision fans were really happy about the decision to broadcast in the US, not too many actually tuned in.

Taking a closer look at the broadcast, a total of 74,000 viewers tuned in for last year’s grand final, up 10k from 2017’s viewing figure.

The decision comes as a big surprise. Just days after official reports that US pop icon Madonna will perform on the Eurovision stage, the only US network airing the contest has now pulled the plug.

Amid mixed fan reaction, Americans at least might have been expected to look forward to seeing the biggest-selling female recording artist ever perform.

However, there might still be hope for our American readers. There’s the possibility that Netflix could indeed be involved with this year’s contest. They’ll be showing the comedy Eurovision starring Will Ferrell very soon, so American Eurofans may not need to give up hope just yet.

As Deadline wrote: “The global SVOD platform is not in the live event business and rarely takes on properties that it can only distribute in the US but picking up Eurovision could get American viewers warmed up for the Will Ferrell movie.”

Will actually met with our editor William in Lisbon and they had a kiki on all things Euro. And while he’s remained tight-lipped about what they discussed, it’s clear something fun is in the pipeline.

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While Logo TV had a short history with Eurovision, it was a sweet one. In fact, we spoke to RuPaul’s Drag Race judge and Logo commentator Michelle Visage in 2017.

Drag Race contestant Shangela took over the reigns in 2018, joining Ross Matthews in the commentary box.

What do you think made Logo TV skip this year’s contest? Is there still hope for our American Eurovision fans to watch the show on TV? Let us know in the comments below!

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Florian is a German blogger who has followed Eurovision closely since 2010. He had a once in a lifetime experience at Eurovision 2014 in Copenhagen and loves music, foreign languages and is currently studying European Studies.

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timeittells
timeittells
3 years ago

Logo deciding not to host actually ended up great. We love to watch and rewatch performances on youtube, and with Logo we weren’t allowed to do that. I don’t have any cable so we couldn’t watch it, whereas we used to get it for free off the eurovision website. I also heard the commentating wasn’t very good- but I wouldn’t know, I didn’t hear it.

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

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mobdro on firestick
3 years ago

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Cit
Cit
4 years ago

A part of their issue is that it is not a channel that everyone gets. With my provider, LOGO is a part of the extra channels that you can add on to your package. If you didn’t get it when you got your cable company set up, then you’d have to call up and add it to your plan. For someone who doesn’t know if they’d like it or not, paying extra for one show is not an ideal thing to do. Most people wouldn’t do it. I also think that there may be something more to it, since the… Read more »

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Anne
Anne
4 years ago

Typical USA. Largest show on earth with over 200 million viewers and it is not broadcasted the USA. What a joke of a country living in it’s own island while the rest sails on.
Techreader has a solution: https://www.techradar.com/news/how-to-live-stream-eurovision-2018-final-watch-free-online-song-contest

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Cali girl
Cali girl
4 years ago

I’m sorry it’s not being televised in the US. My daughter & I watched the last two years and were looking forward to seeing it again

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Em Phelps
Em Phelps
4 years ago
Reply to  Cali girl

Hi Cali Girl,
Download the app called ProtonVPN. I’ll spare from endless searching. The profile pic for the app is a simple green background with 3 white dots connected making a triangle. This app is available for both android and iOS devices. Choose Australia’s VPN and choose the very first server that shows up on the menu. Hope this helps.
Cheers.

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Abbey
Abbey
4 years ago

Then unlock the videos on YouTube! I’d like to watch the performances whenever I want instead of waiting to get home and firing up the VPN. I get it, it’s not OUR contest. I don’t want us to be a part of the ESC, but I really love it, and haven’t seen any semi or grand final since Logo locked us out. *sad crying privileged emoji*

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Igal
Igal
4 years ago
Reply to  Abbey

Watch it on SVT!!!

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Mio
Mio
4 years ago

Has anyone found any updates on how US fans of ESC can watch the shows this week?
I’ve found a vpn that I think will let me watch on my iPad, but I’m still hoping to get the full TV experience ( like streaming the live show on my TV via YouTube on my Roku).

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Em Phelps
Em Phelps
4 years ago
Reply to  Mio

Hi Mio,
I highly suggest getting the app ProtonVPN. The profile pic for the app is a green background with 3 white dots connected making a triangle. It’s available for both android and iOS devices. Then I would connect to Australia’s VPN. Choose the first VPN that comes up. Now you’re able to watch the live performances from both semi finals. Hope this helps.
Cheers.

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MarkU
MarkU
4 years ago

The link to the live stream has been posted and it’s blocked here in the US

https://eurovision.tv/video/eurovision-song-contest-2019-grand-final-live-stream

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Em Phelps
Em Phelps
4 years ago
Reply to  MarkU

Hi MarkU,
Get the app called ProtonVPN. It’s available for both android and iOS devices. To help you find it more swiftly, the profile pic for the app is a simple green background with 3 white dots connected making a triangle. Choose Australia and choose the very first VPN that is on the list. Hope this helps.
Cheers.

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Kevin
Kevin
4 years ago

Nobody watches that channel because nobody is subscribed to the several hundred channel cable packages needed to actually get it. If logo is pulling out, there’s finally a chance that the YouTube live stream won’t be blocked in the US anymore in future years. I finally have hope now. I’ve been prevented from watching Eurovision BECAUSE of logo the past couple years and I’m tired of it.

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Evita
Evita
4 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

I have Logo available on Sling TV, but that channel is a total garbage, no wonder there weren’t many viewers. Also, I literally hate when they own all these viewing rights and not show semi-finals that are also very important! I hope things will get better since Logo is out. YouTube would be great, we watched eurovision there in 2015 before Logo stepped in.

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Orlando
Orlando
4 years ago
Reply to  Evita

They should start allowing the US to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, if Australia can ( they are so far away from Europe ) then why can’t we? And that way we can get more US fans and also be able to watch it on our regular channels.

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Em Phelps
Em Phelps
4 years ago
Reply to  Orlando

Hi there Orlando, As an avid American Eurovision fan, the USA should not in any circumstances participate in the contest. There is a reason why Eurovision is called Eurovision. You probably don’t know this but the whole Eurovision Song Contest was started after Europe was in shambles because of both World Wars. This was in attempt to get Europe unified and back together. through music. Plus, I firmly believe that the USA would steal the show and keep it for itself like the selfish excuse USA it is. So all in all, USA should never even get their filthy fingers… Read more »

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Katie
Katie
4 years ago
Reply to  Em Phelps

As a fellow American fan of the Eurovision Song Contest, I agree that the USA should not participate. I watch Eurovision to get away from American entertainment.

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Em Phelps
Em Phelps
4 years ago
Reply to  Katie

Hi Katie,
What are your thoughts about Eurovision this year? Wete you able to stream it live on YouTube? I cried for several countries because I thought they would advance to the Grand Final. Hope to hear from you soon.
Cheers.

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Mika
Mika
4 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

Geet a VPN! so you can watch it on youtube

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Em Phelps
Em Phelps
4 years ago

As an American Eurovision Fan living in Seattle Washington, how the heck am I going to watch and rewatch the semi final and grand final live performances for this year’s contest? I was only able to watch the live performances before the year 2016 on their official YouTube channel… 2016 to now, a message on the video screen would show. Here are a few examples of the messages. “The uploader has not made this video available for your country.” Or… “The EBU has blocked this video from your country.” Please respond ASAP. Eurovision is in 19 days and I need… Read more »

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john Robertson
john Robertson
4 years ago
Reply to  Em Phelps

You have to use a VPN service to get a European IP address.

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Shawn Putnam
Shawn Putnam
4 years ago
Reply to  john Robertson

AH, but one was never required BEFORE Logo started showing it in 2016.. so if there'[s no american broadcast this year, EBU/ESC runners should lift the Geoblock — there is not justifiable reason to retain it.

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Shawn Putnam
Shawn Putnam
4 years ago
Reply to  Em Phelps

The worst part EM is that EBU probably NEVER should have gotten involved with Logo. Aside from Logo’s ABYSMAL web replay functions (I gave up following RPDR online after Season 7), when you add in all the stupid regulations involved with American TV, Logo’s contractual demands had to be the explanation for why the EUrovision.TV site geoblocked North & South America afterwards. There had been no obstacle at all with watching in 2013 -2015, as I enjoyed those (although it was the feed with no commentary). I was under the impression tho that the show had been bumped to VH1… Read more »

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Eddy
Eddy
4 years ago
Reply to  Em Phelps

If you’re willing to put up with commentary in Swedish, Sweden’s SVT usually has a worldwide permission for Eurovision via SVTplay. I’ve watched from Boston in this way.

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Hector
Hector
4 years ago

This is on the verge of becoming music to my ears… Too bad? No! On the contrary, it’s wonderful! I’ve been wanting to rant about this topic for ages! I don’t know whether the block on the performances will be lifted from YouTube, instead of having to resort to other video streaming services like Dailymotion to get a glimpse of Eleni Foureira and her Fuego… First, the contest was kind of being treated as just ANOTHER music show in the USA…first, not everyone has access to Logo TV and consequently, no access to cable. Second, the fact that it was… Read more »

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Some Guy
Some Guy
4 years ago
Reply to  Hector

They streamed it live on the Logo TV Youtube channel. I haven’t had cable TV in almost 10 years, but I still managed to watch Eurovision without problems. The commentary was cringy, but I found that it was actually very minimal (mostly during the pre-recorded country intro segments.) I’d take that option over having to jump through some extra hoops to find it elsewhere. Guess we don’t have a choice now, though.

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Luc
Luc
4 years ago

So everybody keeps talking about SVT. But I just downloaded the app and it tells me it will only show content that’s available outside of Sweden. When I click on channels it tells me that there are no channels available outside of Sweden?

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LaLa
LaLa
4 years ago

My fellow Americans- you can watch the semis and the final on Swedish SVT (as mentioned before), and also on German broadcaster Das Erste.

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john f robertson
john f robertson
4 years ago
Reply to  LaLa

You have to use a VPN service to get a European IP address.

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John
John
4 years ago

It wouldn’t have mattered of Madonna performed or not if they aired in the US- When they broadcast the first year they couldn’t play the Justin Timberlake performance due to rights issues, which would have been just an issue with Madonna.

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BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
4 years ago
Reply to  John

That actually annoyed me because what was the point of brining in an American music superstar if Americans can’t actually see the performance!

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Melissa J
Melissa J
4 years ago

Does this mean…..NO REGION BLOCKING?! Please mean no region blocking! Viacom’s stranglehold on Eurovision was actually killing the community over here. I hope at least the main global feed will be unblocked in time for us all to enjoy.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  Melissa J

The geo-block will likely continue because Viacom didn’t have a hand in it, or else countries like Brazil and Canada wouldn’t have their access to the YouTube performances blocked from the get-go.

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Patrick P
Patrick P
4 years ago

Thank goodness. Maybe this means that things will go back to the way things were before Viacom got a hold of it in the United States and performances might not be geoblocked on Youtube.

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Jill Stephens
Jill Stephens
4 years ago

Just a minor point: as per certified sales and paid sownloads/streaming as opposed to estimates and guesses Madonna is not the best selling solo female singer as Rhianna, Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey are ahead. Not saying their contributions to pop culture all have the same weight but at least those three can sing (moderately well to amazingly) and being much younger I don’t expect Madonna’s current and future songs to pose any threat. Not even to her fortune as she always much more of a businesswoman with an eye for jumping on trends (back in the day) rather than… Read more »

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M.M.
M.M.
4 years ago
Reply to  Jill Stephens

Madonna is the best selling femal of all time. She’s in the Guinness book of world records. Get your facts straight sweetheart.

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Blitzen
Blitzen
4 years ago

As a US Eurovision Fan, this is not surprising. One thing most people don’t understand about LOGO is that it’s not a standard cable channel on most US networks and usually comes at an additional cost. With the move of Drag Race to VH1, it just gives me even less of a reason to get LOGO, and with the editing they did during the 2016 edition, I’d rather just watch the official livestream via VPN.

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keith mawson
keith mawson
4 years ago

https://easyview.eu/

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Duff
Duff
4 years ago

Good! I hope this means that it won’t be geoblocked in the US.

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Charli Cheer Up
Charli Cheer Up
4 years ago

I bet its because of the price. EBU charges the US extra dollars to broadcast it and Logo TV is only a cable channel. America’s strong nationalism could also be the reason why views were low…time will tell when ESC will blow up the same way FIFA did there..

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Richter Witte
Richter Witte
4 years ago

I am upset about this? Is there a way to watch it on the Eurovision website or something???? I hope that there is another channel that will broadcast the competition.

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Bro
Bro
4 years ago
Reply to  Richter Witte

Just download a extension called zenmate for google chrome, and change your proxy to germany, and you will be able to watch it live on youtube, I did the same to watch football matches

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BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
4 years ago
Reply to  Richter Witte

I am an American eurovision fan and I discovered that the Irish broadcaster, RTE, has an iPlayer that is playable internationally, even in America. That’s how I have been watching eurovision.

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Melissa J
Melissa J
4 years ago
Reply to  Richter Witte

SVT and YLE usually have unblocked global feeds that don’t require you to have a VPN to use. I actually prefer SVT and have never watched the Logo broadcast.

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poe-tay-toe-chips
poe-tay-toe-chips
4 years ago

The thing I’m afraid of if Netflix picks it up is that the show won’t be put on Netflix until AFTER the contest ends.

And…it won’t be any fun that way because we would already have the winner spoiled for us before we could watch what happened.

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poe-tay-toe-chips
poe-tay-toe-chips
4 years ago

Lol, I knew it. I noticed that Logo’s website didn’t exist anymore, and that was a bad sign. See? So few Americans watch Eurovision that the channel providing it decided it wasn’t worth the effort anymore! So can Europeans pleeeeeease stop acting like Eurovision is under threat of being destroyed by America? CLEARLY it’s not going to happen because not enough of us even got interested in it when we had the chance to watch it more easily. Eurovision will NEVER have a strong enough influence here for us to significantly influence it in return. Anyway, hopefully my new VPN… Read more »

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keith mawson
keith mawson
4 years ago
Reply to  poe-tay-toe-chips

dotvpn

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Matt
Matt
4 years ago
Reply to  poe-tay-toe-chips

I tried the VPN route last year…. worked fine getting BBC during the semis and then lagged really bad for the finals. Switching to a proxy server this year.

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BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
4 years ago

Well, I have been watching eurovision on the Rte iPlayer anyway so it’s a moot point for me.

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Joe
Joe
4 years ago
Reply to  BadWoolfGirl

Marty Whelan over the Logo staple is def an upgrade.

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BadWoolfGirl
BadWoolfGirl
4 years ago
Reply to  Joe

He’s all right. Admittedly I would love to see the broadcast with graham norton commenting, but if you want to watch a broadcast with English commentary, the irish channel will do.

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Joe
Joe
4 years ago

Bummer. Hope it gets picked up elsewhere. As ever, Canada gets all the nice things.

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Natalie
Natalie
4 years ago

But will the performances from 2016-2018 finally be un geoblocked! This is honestly the most important thing to me. it’s made me and I’m sure a lot of other Eurovision fans in the US feel isolated and getting to actually view them on YouTube would help bridge the gap.

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keith mawson
keith mawson
4 years ago
Reply to  Natalie

easyview.eu website
you can get the Uk transmission

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Mio
Mio
4 years ago

I’m actually happy about this news. I hope this means that the live shows and the videos of SF and final performances will no longer be geo blocked in the USA. I’ve been watching Eurovision since 2008. I used to be able to watch the live shows via streaming at Eurovision.tv. But not since 2916! Since Logo’s involvement all of the videos have been geo blocked. So we have not been able to share live performances with friends in the USA – thus decreasing the chance of creating new fans. I had complained about this to Eurovision.tv years ago, and… Read more »

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keith mawson
keith mawson
4 years ago
Reply to  Mio

https://easyview.eu/

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Cegemannen
Cegemannen
4 years ago

Get the SVT app from Swedish Television on AppStore! Then you can stream and override the problem.

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Kat
Kat
4 years ago

does this mean the livestream + all the videos of the show this year will FINALLY not be regionlocked out of the us …. fingers crossed, i’m tired of having to VPN whenever I wanna watch any of the 2016-2018 performances 🙁

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Mio
Mio
4 years ago
Reply to  Kat

I hear you. Has using the VPN worked for you? Also I wonder if they can now unblock the live performance videos from 2016- 2018.

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Kat
Kat
4 years ago
Reply to  Mio

It’s worked for me alright for casual rewatching purposes, but my VPN times out after an hour and makes me reconnect so it’s not been great for livestreaming the actual Final at a party! The past years I’ve had to find various workarounds for that…

That would be amazing if they could unblock them! Definitely save me a few dollars :p

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Bella
Bella
4 years ago

Seems like Wiwibloggs is only finding out now that Eurovision is not big in the US… 74k viewers in a country of 350 million people, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Madonna is here to please European viewers (or so they think), not to attract the American ones. She also performs in tons of shows around the world, what she’ll do in Tel Aviv is nothing special for her.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  Bella

The show was on a niche network with a low ratings threshold. It’s only big hit was RuPaul’s Drag Race and when that one took off, Viacom decided to have it moved to the better-rated VH1. An average of 74k viewers across three hours on a Saturday afternoon seem like a big thing for a channel is now lacking of original content, especially if it was getting year-to-year increases.

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Bella
Bella
4 years ago
Reply to  James

Eurovision is just not big in the US regardless of the viewing figures, period. The 74k are a consequence, not a cause. No one here has ever heard of Eurovision, except for a few rare exceptions.

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poe-tay-toe-chips
poe-tay-toe-chips
4 years ago
Reply to  Bella

I only found out Eurovision existed because I had European friends who told me about it.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  Bella

It depends on the market that the channel targets.

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KYLLITO
KYLLITO
4 years ago

Also try the SVT app and share it to your smart tv.

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CookyMonzta
CookyMonzta
4 years ago
Reply to  KYLLITO

I did that in 2017. I put it on my tablet.

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KYLLITO
KYLLITO
4 years ago

Living in Texas, Logo airing it was great for me. But there are backup plans. One I had to use last year since my recording got botched was to watch it via the SVT Swedish app and have it broadcast on my Smart TV. It worked great.

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Yssy
Yssy
4 years ago
Reply to  KYLLITO

Hello I’m French living in Texas. I’m happy with the news because it means that they will not geoblock and I can use the YouTube from my smart TV to watch all the semi finals and final. I’m thrilled with this news

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JBrown
JBrown
4 years ago

Una BBC America doesn’t automatically get all the programming that airs on BBC One in the UK. BBC America never aired any Eurovision events in America. Same situation in Canada BBC Canada has never aired an Eurovision event. The BBC Worldwide channels (like BBC America) generally gets the rights to BBC UK shows they distribute themselves. They then acquire other shows from ITV, Channel 4, etc. and in the case of BBC America they also have syndicated programs like Star Trek they air. Where ESC is an EBU event BBC America would have to reach a deal with the EBU… Read more »

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James
James
4 years ago

This really is not a tragedy. Logo absolutely butchered its shot at bringing Eurovision to an American audience. I watched five minutes of the broadcast in 2016 and then immediately got a VPN so I could go back to how things were before Logo got the contest geoblocked.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  James

Viacom didn’t geo-block the contest. Why would they block three countries from watching the livestreams if they only had the rights to air the final in only one market?

Take Viacom/Logo out of the picture, the geo-block would likely persist.

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Mio
Mio
4 years ago
Reply to  James

Why would EBU geo block the live streams and the videos of performances only in 3 countries. That doesn’t make since either. There had been no geo blocking before 2016.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  Mio

It’s a very complex manner, which the EBU explained in a letter they sent to ESCUnited. Here’s a quote of that email: “In regards to your query regarding geoblocking, the Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast to over 45 countries across the world and live streamed to a vast audience via streaming services. However, due to the rights technicalities of producing live events of this nature, unfortunately there are still some countries, including USA, Brazil and Canada to which we are unable to live stream and so it is necessary to geoblock this content. It is important to note that this… Read more »

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CookyMonzta
CookyMonzta
4 years ago
Reply to  James

The Grand Final was blocked by YouTube in the U.S. the first year of Logo’s broadcast, and it was blocked the next 2 years as well. I watched on SVT in 2017 and ’18.

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JBrown
JBrown
4 years ago

As an American Eurovision fan I have mixed feelings about this. Having an official broadcaster with good commentators (i.e. 2017 and 2018) really made it feel more like a whole Eurovision experience. Ross, Michelle and Shangella also engaged with the viewers live through Twitter as well which was cool. (I like to act like 2016 didn’t happen.) The truth tho Logo TV has essentially become a repeater for TV Land and VH-1 when RuPaul’s Drag Race moved to VH-1. Except for Eurovision in 2018 I don’t recall any new TV series airing on Logo. It is ironic the year with… Read more »

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CookyMonzta
CookyMonzta
4 years ago
Reply to  JBrown

Which quite probably demonstrates how little gravitas Madonna has these days when it comes to the TV entertainment market in the U.S. today. But then again, would they have been allowed to televise Madonna’s performances if they had another year to broadcast the show?

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dragvision
dragvision
4 years ago

In 1999 was held in israel too, in that year esc was brodcast by a jewish cable tv station, maybe this year too?

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sangfreudx
sangfreudx
4 years ago

Jeff, you should be able to watch via the Eurovision.tv official channel on Youtube. When Logo owned the broadcast rights, the Youtube channel was geo-blocked, but now it should be available to us in the US.

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Whisker
Whisker
4 years ago

Doesn’t the YouTube live stream work in the US?

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  Whisker

Before 2016 it did.

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Whisker
Whisker
4 years ago
Reply to  James

WTF? Excuse my French.

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CookyMonzta
CookyMonzta
4 years ago
Reply to  Whisker

When Logo acquired the rights to the ESC, the Grand Final was blocked by YT. I watched the final on Logo in 2016, then got the SVT app in 2017 and watched on their network from my tablet from there on.

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James
James
4 years ago

You can try Deutschwelle, RTP International and TVE Internacional if they’re available on your cable. 🙂

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CookyMonzta
CookyMonzta
4 years ago
Reply to  James

I have the SVT app on my tablet. They televise the contest on the app, as well as their Web site. I just hope the U.S. servers don’t try to block it.

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sangfreudx
sangfreudx
4 years ago

Actually this is good news, and I’m thrilled. Logo did a terrible job – poor streaming service, bad commentators, just a clueless approach overall. And by owning the US broadcast rights, they geo-blocked the vast majority of Americans from watching via the Eurovision.tv official stream.

Now we can go back to watching a quality official ESC-tv feed on Youtube. America deserves a broadcast of Eurovision, but Logo did it all wrong.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  sangfreudx

The geo-block wasn’t limited to the US but also to Canada and Brazil and according to the EBU, record labels were behind the geo-block.

Had Viacom not bought the airing rights to broadcast the final, the geo-block would have still happened anyway.

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Kent
Kent
4 years ago
Reply to  James

How do you explain that the 2015 and prior performances and even the entire grand finals were available to view on YouTube without VPN? When Logo (Viacom) decided to air Eurovision, they had exclusive rights to air the show and all artist performances, that is why it was geo-blocked.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  Kent

Rights issues is a messy thing. The geoblocking was not only stateside but also affected several other countries for which Logo doesn’t have a presence in.

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Mio
Mio
4 years ago
Reply to  James

Do you have a source on that, James? I mean I would very much like to know the facts. When I complained to Eurovision.tv, I received a reply explaining that the geo blocking was due to the contract with Viacom.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  Mio

ESCUnited posted an e-mail sent to them by the EBU in response to their inquiry as to why the show was geo-blocked in the first place. I posted this as a response to another fellow commenter above but here’s the link of that page: https://escunited.com/this-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-logo-deal-the-ebu-responds-to-geoblocked-youtube-content-in-the-united-states/

The answer that the EBU provide ain’t gonna satisfy anyone but one thing’s for sure, there’s a great certainty that the geoblock will continue.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  sangfreudx

How much do you want to bet they’re going to keep it geoblocked anyway?

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poe-tay-toe-chips
poe-tay-toe-chips
4 years ago
Reply to  James

I’m sure they’ll keep it geoblocked anyway, because we can’t have nice things.

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CookyMonzta
CookyMonzta
4 years ago
Reply to  James

I have a feeling they will. YT has gone off the rails as of late, with their demonitization sweeps.

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Jack
Jack
4 years ago

That’s a chance to move the contest on a serious network.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  Jack

PBS?

The contest airs on Saturday daytime in the US, which is not exactly the best place to hold original programming that is not related to sports if monster-sized ratings is what you’re after.

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dragvision
dragvision
4 years ago
Reply to  James

esc in usa is in the afternoon if brodcast live, not evening

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  dragvision

I didn’t say it was in the evening when it airs live.

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CookyMonzta
CookyMonzta
4 years ago
Reply to  James

In New York City, it would be 3:00 P.M., and in Los Angeles, noon.

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JBrown
JBrown
4 years ago

In the event EBU doesn’t have an American broadcaster things will most likely go back to pre-2016 where the live streams for the semi-finals and grand final won’t be geo-blocked from the official ESC YouTube channel.

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James
James
4 years ago
Reply to  JBrown

Not exactly. The reasons they were blocked was due to requests by records labels to do so, which coincided with Logo TV’s stateside broadcast of the 2016 final.

The blockade was not limited to the US apparently, as this was also the case in Brazil and Canada.

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Sabrina
Sabrina
4 years ago
Reply to  James

In Brazil there were a couple of years of geoblocking (the recorded performances are still unavailable). In one of those, even TVE and RTP International couldn’t broadcast for all the continent. But last year YouTube hasn’t been blocked, though in other countries of Latin America it remained to be a problem. Let’s see what will happen next month…

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Frisian esc
Frisian esc
4 years ago

You could chromecast it to your tv via the webstream. I guess they make that available now that nobody in the usa has the rights to the eurovision broadcast.

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dragvision
dragvision
4 years ago

in Usa is not visible Omni tv? a canadian tv who this year brodcast eurovision

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Stephanie
Stephanie
4 years ago
Reply to  dragvision

Omni is mainly available in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. If you live close to the border with those provinces, there’s a chance you might get it

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JBrown
JBrown
4 years ago
Reply to  Stephanie

Areas of the USA that share a border with Canada sometimes have Canadian local stations carried by cable providers. CBC for example is available in areas of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington state, New York, and Vermont. It is possible that some cable providers might carry Omni as well since Omni doesn’t buy rights to American network programming like CTV, Global, City TV and re-air them for Canadian audiences. Border areas in the US can also pick up Omni via antenna if the affiliate’s signal is strong enough.

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Rom
Rom
4 years ago

WHAT?!?!?!?!!!! Oh well i couldnt access it anyways i use a UK streaming site to watch the shows.

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dragvision
dragvision
4 years ago
Reply to  Rom

i have a request, in Usa are still live the cable tv?

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Mio
Mio
4 years ago
Reply to  Rom

What site do you use?

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Frisian esc
Frisian esc
4 years ago

This actually might be amazing news for people who didn’t have logo tv in their tv package and want to follow the show via the internet livestream.

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CarlosM
CarlosM
4 years ago
Reply to  Frisian esc

It was broadcast for free on LOGO’s website for all. We didn’t need LOGO’s paid service to watch it.

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CookyMonzta
CookyMonzta
4 years ago
Reply to  CarlosM

Aye. In 2016. Then I decided in 2017 to go with SVT and their app.

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