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4 hours ago, Federer91 said:
Well here the rights for the Olympics have always been shared between our national broadcaster (BNT) and a private tv network. And for a long time that was Eurosport and it was a perfect combination. BNT aired mainly our athletes and of course many different things when possible and Eurosport covered the big events and their tradional sports. And here almost everyone has a cable package that has Eurosport, so even being paid wasn't a problem for watching the Olympics. But for Sochi and now Rio the private rights went to another provider and to watch the Olympics you had to switch your whole package to them and not only that but subscribe to their highest package, because thats where the sports channels were placed. So more or less you are left with the national broadcaster and just like in Slovakia, watching it there is a little torture.
So i'm very happy that the rights go back to Eurosport (Discovery) and i fully expect them to sell a part (the umpopular sports with our athletes ) to BNT and things to go like before.
The good thing about this deal is yes you have to pay, but once you pay you get everything online, where as with a local broadcaster you get to watch a small amount, like people have said. So Eurosport is like BBC basically, just that you have to pay a bit.
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Could you be sneaky and change your computer's location to UK using VPN or Proxy?
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What is Rai's coverage like?
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Their election coverage was quite poor as well... interrupting Michéal Martin to go to an advert break after just one question... imagine that on the Beeb with Jeremy Corbyn!
Something else I hate is their attempts to be "modern" like putting useless graphics everywhere that mean nothing... holograms and shite like that. Also the pro-Irishness in international matches: "And now it is England 36-20 Ireland, unfortunately" during the Six Nations pissed me off. Lucky you get (almost) all the British channels.
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The sad thing is it is like that.
Will RTÉ have an online presence, or will they just show one or two events at a time?
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So Canoe-slalom is popular in Slovakia, or they get good results? I saw half their medals were in Canoeing during London, and in Beijing all their golds were in Canoeing.
It will be better on Eurosport, but you will have to pay, and I don't know if it will be in Slovak or not. You will just have to wait for PyeongChang.
The British commentary isn't that good either. Once during rowing, a Slovenian came up.
For the whole race, the commentator called him Slovakian, and was like "And here's Smith (placeholder name), the Slovakian"
"Doe leads from Michael, and then Smith the Slovakian is third. He's very popular in Bratislava, is Smith"
Sometimes, they have a generic commentator like Rob Walker or Sue Barker for lesser-known sports who has a co-commentator who is an expert, (who came 6th in LA 1984 in a Commie sport) but sometimes they just have a generic commentator who only knows basic stuff. The idea is that the commentator explains it to newbies, and the co-commentator is for seasoned watchers, but it doesn't work out that way.
Honestly, I wish I could see RTÉ's coverage, just to laugh at it. I bet they would have put shitty graphics everywhere (in the studio, graphiccs are controlled by OBS in races and if you were a fan of e.g. Wrestling, tough luck.) I bet at least, there wasn't a British flag to be seen like they piled everywhere on BBC with Brazil for the World Cup: Brazilian music, flag, beaches, women: everything. Even ITV were at it with the Brazil song. It would be funny to see someone who looks like he remembers the Easter Rising into saying stuff like "and as we the riders pass Buckingham Palace, one of the beautiful buildings which shows the amazing history of this wonderful nation, which was what the BBC were like anyway."
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Well, you are lucky to have been beaten by Dublin at a stage no-one cares about.
As for Michael and Danny, what awful
culchiesbolloxes they are.Back on the Olympics, what are RTÉ like for that? Awful I expect. At least you don't get TV3 or (the horror) TG4. Still better than Sky Sports 3's GAA coverage, I guess.
(Also, did any Anti-Britishness creep in during 2012?)
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I'm not from Kerry, but I have family there. It's an excuse to support a good team in GAA, whereas London, not so much. Going to Ruislip is fun. So is laughing at Michael Healy-Rae. What county are you from? Donegal?
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5 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:
International TV Thief
Who isn't these days?
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Well, at least you don't have to play €100 to watch GAA games.
In Irish.
Or with Pat Spillane.
Or on Setanta.
Or with deferred coverage.
Then to watch your team get battered by Dublin in the final, which I think is on the 25th?
At least London did well in the hurling.
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The time in Tokyo is a bit concerning actually.
Rio 2016's first event (Women's Football. BRA VS ?) starts at 13:00 local.
If Tokyo started at 13:00 local, that would be 5:00 Britannia. (It is +9 all year round, we are 0 in Winter but +1 Summer)
5am is a bit crap.
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Everyone loves Radio Telifís Eireann. But for Irish users it will be Eurosport-only cum PyeongChang, but I know Sky Ireland give BBC One NI and BBC Two NI for free, how they run that past the Dáil and co. nobody knows. If you are near the border with the UK (the land border, not the maritime border, obviously) then your computer might think it is in NI if you're lucky. Which county are you in? You could always get a VPN as well...
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8 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:
BBC's coverage of London 2012 was simply phenomenal.... I will never forget being able to flick through all those Olympic channels and being able to watch whatever I wanted. I wonder will they be able to repeat this level of coverage for Rio 2016.
They will, but on Internet only.
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5 minutes ago, uk12points said:
we were very lucky, but with the new budget cuts and the possible end of the red button I fear we may not be so lucky again. For Rio I haven't heard anything yet about whether the coverage will be the same as London, personally with the loss of BBC3 I expect they will have to introduce a few BBC Olympics channels. Have you heard any broadcasting arrangements for Rio 2016?
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/07/bbc-staff-rio-2016-olympics-2012-games-nbc
I found the answer, and it's good news
QuoteAlongside its coverage on TV and radio and an expanded digital offering through its interactive red button service, each individual sport will be streamed online.
But there will be no repeat of the experiment four years ago when the BBC responded to a first home Olympics for more than 60 years with up to 24 channels of sport in cable and satellite homes.
So although there is no BBC Olympics channel, everything is online.
That is good news. Very good news.
From PyeongChang onwards however, everything will still be there, but on Discovery/Eurosport. Which is good enough, I guess.
Also, nice profile pic. xD
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In UK law there are 'Protected events' that have to be on free to air live (but PPV can share), which are Olympics and Paralympics (summer and winter), World Cup Finals, UEFA Euro Finals, FA Cup Final, Scottish Cup Final (Scotland only), Grand National, Epsom Derby, Rugby League Challenge Cup final, Rugby World Cup Final, and there are also 'Category B' which must have highlights or delayed broadcast on free to air, which is IAAF and IPC World Athletics Championships, Ryder Cup, The Open golf, Test matches in cricket envolving England, Cricket World cup final, semi-finals, and home nations matches, Rugby World Cup matches (not the final) Six Nations matches involving the home nations, Wimbledon (not the finals), and Commonwealth games.
3 minutes ago, bestmen said:even if they show everything you can't watch them all , unless you have 100 eyes
I find a way, don't worry, even if it takes me months I manage to watch them.
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Looks like I'm lucky to be British in this regard. BBC showed absolutely everything, with few exceptions, (non ticketed events, like Archery and Shooting preliminary rounds)
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Well, just trying to help.
Here's a question. If you were broadcaster, and had exclusive rights, what and how would you broadcast it if you were in charge?
For me, I would just emulate the BBC's 2012 coverage.
All events can be watched live and on demand on telly or on internet, with the BBC Olympic Channels and online there are graphics showing stats and on-demand you can press a button for moments, e.g. a goal in football. Hopefully it will be as good.
Also, how will SBS transmit to North Korea? Presumably they will sell it to KCNA?
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By the way, Discovery = Eurosport, if you guys didn't know.
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What's that? You want to know how to watch the Olympics? Well why didn't you say so? Note: These are subject to change, and to be brought and sold by broadcasters.
Olympics:
Afghanistan - Dentsu Inc.
Albania - Discovery Communications
Algeria - beIN MEDIA GROUP
Andorra - Discovery Communications
Anguilla - International Media Content Ltd
Antigua & Barbuda - International Media Content Ltd
Armenia - Discovery Communications
Australia - Seven West Media Ltd.
Austria - Discovery Communications
Azerbaijan - Discovery Communications
Bahrain - beIN MEDIA GROUP
Barbados - International Media Content Ltd
Belarus - Discovery Communications
Belize - International Media Content Ltd
Belgium - Discovery Communications
Bermuda - International Media Content Ltd
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Discovery Communications
Brazil - Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A.
British Virgin Islands - International Media Content Ltd
Brunei - Dentsu Inc.
Bulgaria - Discovery Communications
Cambodia - Dentsu Inc.
Canada - CBC/Radio-Canada
Cayman Islands - International Media Content Ltd
China - CCTV
Chinese Taipei - Dentsu Inc.
Commonwealth of the Bahamas - International Media Content Ltd
Cook Islands - SKY Network Television Ltd
Cooperative Republic of Guyana - International Media Content Ltd
Croatia - Discovery Communications
Cyprus - Discovery Communications
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - SBS
Denmark - Discovery Communications
Djibouti - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Dominica - International Media Content Ltd
East Timor - Dentsu Inc.
Egypt - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Estonia - Discovery Communications
Federated States of Micronesia - SKY Network Television Ltd
Finland - Discovery Communications
Fiji - SKY Network Television Ltd
France - France Télévisions
Georgia - Discovery Communications
Germany - Discovery Communications
Greece - Discovery Communications
Grenada - International Media Content Ltd
Guadeloupe - International Media Content Ltd
Haiti - International Media Content Ltd
Hong Kong - Dentsu Inc.
Hungary - Discovery Communications
Iceland - Discovery Communications
Independent State of Samoa - SKY Television Network Ltd
Indonesia - Dentsu Inc.
Iran - Dentsu Inc.
Iraq - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Ireland - Discovery Communications
Israel - Discovery Communications
Italy - Discovery Communications
Jamaica - International Media Content Ltd
Japan - Japan Consortium
Jordan - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Kazakhstan - Dentsu Inc.
Kiribati - SKY Television Network Ltd.
Kosovo - Discovery Communications
Kuwait - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Kyrgyzstan - Dentsu Inc.
Laos - Dentsu Inc.
Latvia - Discovery Communications
Lebanon - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Libya - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Liechtenstein - Discovery Communications
Lithuania - Discovery Communications
Luxembourg - Discovery Communications
Macedonia - Discovery Communications
Malaysia - Dentsu Inc.
Malta - Discovery Communications
Marshall Islands - SKY Television Network Ltd
Martinique - International Media Content Ltd
Mauritania - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Moldova - Discovery Communications
Monaco - Discovery Communications
Mongolia - Dentsu Inc.
Montenegro - Discovery Communications
Montserrat - International Media Content Ltd
Myanmar - Dentsu Inc.
Nauru - SKY Television Network Ltd
Netherlands - Discovery Communications
New Zealand - SKY Television Network Ltd
Niue - SKY Television Network Ltd
Norway - Discovery Communications
Oman - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Palau - SKY Television Network Ltd
Palestine - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Papua New Guinea - SKY Television Network Ltd
Philippines - Dentsu Inc.
Poland - Discovery Communications
Portugal - Discovery Communications
Qatar - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Republic of Korea - SBS
Republic of South Sudan - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Republic of the Sudan - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Romania - Discovery Communications
San Marino - Discovery Communications
Saudi Arabia - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Serbia - Discovery Communications
Singapore - Dentsu Inc.
Slovakia - Discovery Communications
Slovenia - Discovery Communications
Solomon Islands - SKY Television Network Ltd
Somalia - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Spain - Discovery Communications
St Kitts & Nevis - International Media Content Ltd
St Lucia - International Media Content Ltd
St Vincent and the Grenadines - International Media Content Ltd
Suriname - International Media Content Ltd
Sweden - Discovery Communications
Switzerland - Discovery Communications
Syria - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Tajikistan - Dentsu Inc.
Thailand - Dentsu Inc.
The US - NBCUniversal
Tonga - SKY Television Network Ltd.
Trinidad & Tobago - International Media Content Ltd
Tunisia - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Turkey - Discovery Communications
Turkmenistan - Dentsu Inc.
Turks and Caicos - International Media Content Ltd
Tuvalu - SKY Television Network Ltd.
Ukraine - Discovery Communications
United Arab Emirates - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
United Kingdom - British Broadcasting Corporation
Uzbekistan - Dentsu Inc.
Vanuatu - SKY Television Network Ltd.
Vatican City State - Discovery Communications
Vietnam - Dentsu Inc.
Yemen - beIN MEDIA NETWORK
Those are who the IOC sold the rights to. However, in some countries, the rights were sold again, in full or in part.
Armenia - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to APMTV.
Austria - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to ORF.
Belarus - Discovery Commmunications sub-licensed rights to Belteleradio
Canada - CBC/Radio-Canada partnered with Bell Media and Rodgers Media
Croatia - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to HRT.
Czech Republic - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to Česká Televize, with ČT agreeing to promote sports on both channels.
Estonia - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to Eesti Meedia.
Finland - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to YLE.
France - France Télévisions sub-licensed a package to Canal+
Georgia - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to Georgian Public Broadcasting
Hungary - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to MTVA
Ireland - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to RTÉ.
Iceland - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to RÚV
Kosovo - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to RTK
Latvia - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to Latvijas Televīzija
Lithuania - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to TV3
Netherlands - Discovery Communications agreed to share rights with NOS, except for two 'key' sports.
Poland - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to TVP
Slovakia - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to RTVS.
Slovenia - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to RTV.
Switzerland - Discovery Communications sub-licensed rights to SRG SSR.
United Kingdom - British Broadcasting Corporation agreed to share rights with Discovery Communications
All Dentsu Inc. packages are likely to be sold to a local channel.
Discovery Communications/Eurosport said they will sub-license to a local channel
Bring on the Games!
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On 13/03/2016 at 0:07 PM, heywoodu said:
That's weird, I was sure I had selected the Nordic combined
Anyway it should have 1 vote, because I would definitely vote for it
Lol don't worry, it's not the general election
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I like Curling and Ice hockey because they're the only sports that aren't a race xD
Also, I like Skeleton because TeamGB are good at it.
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Lots of love for Swimming and Athletics.
I prefer team sports though, like Football, Rugby sevens, and handball.
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"Countermeasures" xD
How do you guys think about the deal in your country. I feel sad that BBC are losing to Eurosport. It is a shame that their near-perfect coverage will come to an end.