TNT Sports is moving its streaming service to HBO Max within the UK and Ireland next week, and is providing a discounted ‘saver plan’ for sports activities followers.
Customers who want to buy standalone on-line entry to TNT Sports will probably be in a position to accomplish that for £25.99 a month, supplied they take out a 12-month subscription. This is £5 less than the at the moment month-to-month value of £30.99, which can stay the identical after the swap.
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The first stay bike races proven on HBO Max will probably be stage 4 of the lads’s Volta a Catalunya, and the ladies’s Ronde van Brugge (previously the Classic Brugge-De Panne), each of which occur on Thursday.
| Row 0 – Cell 0 | Monthly value | 12-month ‘saver plan’ value (per month) |
TNT Sports solely | £30.99 | £25.99 |
HBO Max with TNT Sports (normal with advertisements) | £36.98 | £27.99 |
HBO Max with TNT Sports (normal) | £40.98 | £30.99 |
HBO Max with TNT Sports (premium) | £45.98 | £34.99 |
This newest swap for cycling broadcasting marks the third time the game has modified streaming service within the UK in as a few years. In late 2023, fans lamented the closure of GCN+, a platform that provided stay, advert-free racing for £6.99 a month, or £39.99 a yr.
Cycling was then moved to the Discovery+ platform, nonetheless priced at £6.99 a month, earlier than it was positioned inside a broader subscription bundle following the migration from Eurosport to TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland in February 2025. This put the game behind a £30.99 a month paywall.
Following ITV’s relinquishing of broadcast rights, this July will mark the primary time in many years that the Tour de France will not be proven on free-to-air TV within the UK.
A survey by Cycling Weekly last year revealed that 71% of respondents stated they watched the Tour on ITV. Of these 1,273 folks, 1,120 stated they’d not subscribe to TNT Sports to watch the race stay in 2026, and virtually half stated they’d by no means paid to watch cycling on TV.
