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Originally Posted by Acid09
MotorsTV is basically a pay-TV channel though, it's not free to air.
Eurosport is and a free web stream in HD is competition for them. Why should people watch Eurosport and their commercials if they can watch a commercial-free stream instead?
It's something that potentially costs them viewers, that's why it had to be blocked off.
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Because people like to watch it on their big screen tellies instead of on their small screen ipads, tablets, laptops, smartphones, etc. The % of viewers that plug their device into their flat screen is still really small and won't hurt Eurosport (or any other broadcasting channel) much.