Television Schedule
calkins
July 30, 2008, 10:11 PM posted in General DiscussionThese games will be the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high definition (HD) television, and will likely garner upwards of four billion viewers!
Television Schedules
Canada on TSN
U.S. and Europe on NBC Networks (PDF)
EuroSport
Universal HD
CCTV International
Due to the International Olympic Committee's strict restrictions on the telecast of Olympic events, China Central Television's telecast rights are only allowed on the Chinese Mainland. Therefore, all CCTV International channels – CCTV-4, CCTV-9, CCTV-F, CCTV-E, will not broadcast the opening and closing ceremony and all the events of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Live Streaming Coverage
NBCOlympics.com will provide approximately 2,200 hours of live streaming broadband coverage of Olympic competition where users can choose from up to 20 concurrent streams encompassing 25 Olympic sports. In addition, the site will offer more than 3,000 hours of on-demand access to full-event replays and extensive highlights, including daily recaps of key events, best-of montages, commentator analysis and athlete-specific clips.
Unfortunately, most of the big events will only be shown on TV.
Entire Competition Schedule
Here is the entire Competition Schedule, with linkable sports (中文 version here).
Downloadable Schedules:
Detailed Event Schedule (PDF)
Schedule Week One (PDF)
Schedule Week Two (PDF)
Schedule Week Three (PDF)
If anyone has additional country TV schedules, please feel free to add them.
calkins
August 08, 2008, 09:59 AMI set my alarm for 6 am so I could start watching at 7 in Chicago. For some reason I woke up at 4 am and couldn't get back to sleep...I guess I'm too excited.
I think it's going to be a restless couple of weeks!
calkins
August 08, 2008, 10:53 AMUpdating NBC's broken links above:
NBC TV Schedule (PDF)
NBCOlympics.com (Online Streaming Schedule)
calkins
August 09, 2008, 02:13 PMFor those who didn't get a chance to watch the opening ceremony, here are some links to watch online:
In the UK
Provided by Bazza, this is the entire 4 hour show. Can't be viewed in the U.S.
In the US (NBC Online)
The ceremony is split up into separate videos.
If you're on a Mac, NBC's videos only work on Intel-based Macs (pathetic I know)
I have to say, I am pretty annoyed with NBC. First they force the US to wait 12 hours to watch the opening ceremony...the only country in the world that couldn't watch it live (other than watching spotty video online).
Then their broadcast was annoying at best...commentators babbling over speeches, singers, etc., and often just making dumb comments. And the commercials were ridiculous, cutting out way too much of the ceremony.
I find the US (especial GWB) quite hypocritical about China. Bush (who is of course the biggest hypocrite in the world) has the audacity to make negative comments about China the day before the olympics start. Well, we all know he's not the brightest. The Chinese government may censor its people over politics...but the US's corporate overlords (i.e. our government's puppet masters) sensor us over profits.
Sorry for the political rant...I just find it sad that NBC would handle its broadcast of the opening ceremony this way (censorship), just for the sake of profit. Not surprising, but sad.
urbandweller
August 09, 2008, 06:14 PMi agree with you 100% Calkins! I am also annoyed by NBC...the footage online was all chopped up and had stupid commentary.
and Bush opening his big mouth right before the games...dont get me started.
-adam
bennyboyk
August 09, 2008, 07:19 PMHelp, I was working while the opening ceromony was on and have only managed to catch a few highlights. Although pretty amazing, I'm dying to see the whole thing, does anyone know the best place to watch/ download it...?
bennyboyk
August 09, 2008, 08:09 PMThanks so much Calkins, and to you too Bazza! :o)
bazza
August 08, 2008, 07:20 AMIf you're in the UK, the opening ceremony starts on BBC1 at 12.45pm.
I finish work at 1pm, so I've left it on record so I can jump it back when I get home.