Eurosport Player

Eurosport Player for Android is a paid sports streaming application. It allows users to view live broadcasts, event replays and bonus feeds from Eurosport’s two channels via a mobile device. It allows sports enthusiasts to enjoy international sports on one platform, ranging from «Grand Slam Tennis» and Grand Tour Cycling to «Olympic Games coverage», motorsport, snooker and winter games all in ONE PLACE.

What comes with a Eurosport Pass

The application allows users to stream eurosport 1 and «Eurosport 2» Channels live, along with bonus feeds that are not available on TV. In other words, you can now seamlessly switch between the many different camera angles during cycling’s biggest races or catch up with the tennis action as it happens, court by court, during the grand slams. Apart from live coverage, the app has an option to replay the entire event you’ve missed and highlights, interview and news clips. The event schedules show seven days listing of channels so you never miss out.

You can mark your favorite sports and set up notifications for major events, so you don’t miss the action. Chromecast Support lets you cast to your TV. This is useful when watching a long thing on the bigger screen. The arrangement of the interface is such that the content is categorised in sports categories rather than having a combined feed for all sports. This comes in useful when you are looking for a particular match or a race.

The «Paywall Subscription» Reality

The catch with Eurosport Player is that it work behind a paywall subscription. You cannot use it permanently for free. To use it completely, you must have an active Eurosport Pass managed through Google Play. In order to create an account or subscribe, you also have to be at least 18 years of age. Although you may find free trial promotions from time to time, extensive use requires an ongoing subscription payment. Which is a barrier for anyone looking for a casual engagement or a one-time event.

User reports highlight additional friction points. A country pays for the rights to air sporting events, so not every country has access to any sporting event. You also won’t be able to download anything to watch offline so a good connection is required. Some users say streams aren’t reliable. For some reason, they start buffering or change quality over time. This disrupts user viewing experience during key moments.

Who Should Download This

DAZN, ESPN+, sports offerings on Amazon Prime Video, and the apps from the national broadcasters are all competing for the same market. Eurosport Player has an impressive portfolio of pan-European sports rights because of the events that are covered which are usually not of much interest like niche winter sports. Further, the cycling coverage is quite vast and it covers events that other services do not.

Subscription exhaustion is a genuine issue, and the app’s worth totally depends on if the sport you are interested in are covered by Eurosport in your area. There are no ads or in-app purchases apart from the subscription itself, so once you have the subscription, you are free from annoyance.

If you are already a dedicated Eurosport subscriber who follows multi-sport events and is already spending that amount each month, you may find this app which costs 6.99 euros per month to be interesting. This paywall and global restrictions make it harder to sell subscription access to ‘video clips’ for casual fans or those looking for occasional access.