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Web super-TV turns EXTREME sports fans into sofa-dwellers

Over-the-top content (OTT) – the online delivery of video and audio content that cuts out the ISP – has always seemed perfectly made for a global age where communities are widely distributed, and now we have the first pan European service for extreme or adventure sports enthusiasts. Branded Epic TV and funded by Finnish telecoms …

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Hmm, I am both a creator and consumer of extreme sports videos, but I do not think I would pay 6.90 Euros a month for ONE channel :/

Joke

OTT_Adult Sports content ....

... might that include such delights as "Robson Green's Extreme Fisting"

I've wanted to see such a misprint in the Radio Times for a long time, hehe.

Anonymous Coward

They may well have thought out the backend, but they need to do something with the marketing. Try searching Google for Epic TV...

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Unhappy

OTT?

Oh, so not the "Adult Version of Tiswas" that Chris Tarrant and Lenny Henry did, then...?

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Happy

".............and base jumping (parachuting off tall buildings)"

They also jump off of mountains, not just tall buildings. Either way, they are barking. -:P

Re: ".............and base jumping (parachuting off tall buildings)"

If all they jumped off was buildings it would be called B jumping. BASE is an acronym for Buildings, Aerials, Spans (bridges), Earth

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Paris Hilton

"an active Facebook account with at least 50 friends"

Seriously, you're taking the piss right? Facebook profiles with 50 or more "friends" are now considered a valid identity validator are they?

This is fail on many levels as I can assure you that your target market dose not have that number of friends, they spend their spare time either jumping off stuff or in traction so don't have a good social life!

Paris as she is considered an extreme sport in her own right these days!

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Uh ...

Extreme sports "fans" are couch potatos, no?

I've never seen one who actually gets out & about ...

Maybe it's just me, and I've missed something ...

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