Outside TV: Live Sports & More 4+

Old dog learns new tricks!
Yeah, I'm a grandfather and even a great grandfather; really got into skiing around 15 years ago at age 67.
Wanted to watch Mikaela Shiffrin score #100 at Killington, but broadcast TV wouldn't have run number one, only run number two in the afternoon. So did something unusual for me, tried a streaming service: Outside TV. What a pleasant surprise. It wasn't hiding behind a paywall and it worked very well.
Time to poke around it and enjoy other sports.

I tuned into Peacock to watch the FIS World Cup downhill at Beaver Creek on Dec 6, 2024 to find out that this race was being streamed on OutsideTV which I had never heard about. So I downloaded the app and the race was already in progress. Most apps allow you to restart or scroll back. Not this one. As a sports junky I watch many streaming apps, some great, others good. But OutlookTV has to be the worst. The commentators are 3rd grade at best, every 2nd word of the female commentator was “Pizzerina”, the name of a section of the race, their sound was way too loud, and one of them sounded like he called in from under water. The sound of the skiers racing down could not be heard, nor the one from the spectators at the bottom of the race. All the interruptions with the OutlookTV logo are annoying for no reason while skipping one or 2 racers. I have no idea why FIS would let OutsideTV stream the Beaver Creek World Cup races. It is a huge disservice to the real ski racing fans. Peacock & NBC Sports are so much superior and that is where the races should be streamed. I looked at a few other OutsideTV streams and none of them impressed. One star for this App is one star too many. I stopped watching the downhill race after 15 racers; it was that painful and totally awful !!!

One of the worst streaming experiences I have found. From a poorly designed interface, user unfriendly navigation, to lacking basic streaming features. No watchlist, no blurbs on what each movie or series is about, some don’t even have trailers. So basically if I find a title interesting, I have to exit the app and google the title to research it myself just to find out what the movie is about.
When I subscribed to Outside Plus this “bonus” feature of the membership is listed as being an $80 Value. No way this streaming service is worth $80 a year. I am a longtime reader of Outside Magazine and love the quality of their stories and the design and layout of the magazine and website. I was looking forward to experiencing Outside TV, but this app is obviously not up to the Outside brand standards and I can’t believe that they would put their name on something so awful. Extremely disappointed.