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Not planning to go to Beijing for the Olympics? Try these tips to watch the Olympics from the comfort of your couch / computer.
I found this absolutely fantastic way of accessing nbcolympics.com. Download HotSpotShield from AnchorFree, install and run it, click on the icon and choose "connect", then access www.nbcolympics.com. HotSpot Shield is available for Macs as well.
Remember to click to "disconnect" if you want to access webpages normally and not through USA.
Note you can get silverlight for mac here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/silverlight.html or http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/silverlight/bb419316.aspx
At the time of writing this there are 10 categories that you can subscribe to. Come here to view videos clips, images of the day, news clips! Note that this only accessible outside of the US, or through proxies outside of the US.
http://www.youtube.com/beijing2008
If all else fails you might want to try torrent sites like http://isohunt.com/, http://www.mininova.org/, http://eztv.it/frontpage.php.
Note check the legality in your country before trying this! The opening ceremony is already out! http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=olympic
http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=olympic
You might not get much current information about the Beijing Olympics from here, but learn more about the Olympics while you're watching. See previous world records and learn more about the individual events.
http://www.olympic.org/
For one of the most comprehensive news and video, visit this website. NBC said that they will bring over 2200 - 3000 hours of video to the website. Note you will need to download Microsoft's Silverlight to watch the games. http://www.nbcolympics.com/
Note that NBC also has a mobile site to keep you updated on the move http://mobile.nbcolympics.com
See the countdown to the Olympic games http://en.beijing2008.cn/, the schedules . Also read the news, view the photo gallery, watch videos and get details about the sports as you're watching them!
Check out this site for live streaming
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So you've missed the opening ceremony and don't know when it'll play again here are some tips to watch it again!
Here are some of the best website to keep track of the olympics based upon web traffic
Try Internet TV Peer to Peer solutions such as:
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Lots of sites out there are updating the medal counts. Here is a list of medal counts listed from what I think would be the fastest updates!
Do a search for your country with the words Olympics and team there to find your local country's website. Or click on the links below:
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I found this absolutely fantastic way of accessing nbcolympics.com. Download HotSpotShield from AnchorFree, install and run it, click on the icon and choose "connect", then access www.nbcolympics.com. HotSpot Shield is available for Macs as well.Remember to click to "disconnect" if you want to access webpages normally and not through USA.
Note you can get silverlight for mac here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/silverlight.html or http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/silverlight/bb419316.aspx
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Watch YouTube's dedicated Olympic games page
At the time of writing this there are 10 categories that you can subscribe to. Come here to view videos clips, images of the day, news clips! Note that this only accessible outside of the US, or through proxies outside of the US.http://www.youtube.com/beijing2008
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Missed the opening / closing ceremony on TV? Download it!
If all else fails you might want to try torrent sites like http://isohunt.com/, http://www.mininova.org/, http://eztv.it/frontpage.php.Note check the legality in your country before trying this! The opening ceremony is already out! http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=olympic
http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=olympic
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Visit the official Olympic website
You might not get much current information about the Beijing Olympics from here, but learn more about the Olympics while you're watching. See previous world records and learn more about the individual events.http://www.olympic.org/
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Visit NBC's Olympic website the official site for the US
For one of the most comprehensive news and video, visit this website. NBC said that they will bring over 2200 - 3000 hours of video to the website. Note you will need to download Microsoft's Silverlight to watch the games. http://www.nbcolympics.com/Note that NBC also has a mobile site to keep you updated on the move http://mobile.nbcolympics.com
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View the official Beijing Olympic website
See the countdown to the Olympic games http://en.beijing2008.cn/, the schedules . Also read the news, view the photo gallery, watch videos and get details about the sports as you're watching them!
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Live streaming sites
Check out this site for live streaming- http://www.itsgametime.tv/OlympicsLive.html
- http://en.beijing2008.cn/video/
- http://eurosport.yahoo.com/
- http://www.eurovision.net/ops/olympics.php
- http://www.ar.terra.com/shared/pekin2008/
- http://2008.cctv.com/05/index.shtml
- http://info.2008.sohu.com/Live/
- http://2008.qq.com/live/
- http://v.2008.163.com/
- http://2008.sina.com.cn/video/
- http://soccer.freezoka.com/
- http://macedoniantv.blogspot.com/
- http://noticiasyapuestas.com
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Watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics
So you've missed the opening ceremony and don't know when it'll play again here are some tips to watch it again!
- http://top8review.com/Watchbeijing2008openingceremonyonlinelive.html
Direct PC but will cost you $39.95 - http://www.indonewyork.com/contents/Berita/olympic/opening.html
Snippets of the opening ceremony from YouTube - http://www.freakncool.com/97/beijing-2008-olympic-games-opening-ceremony/
Collection of videos from the opening ceremony - http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=olympic
Torrents if you dare - http://www.cctv.com/english/special/opening/02/index.shtml
Needs IE from cctv - http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=0808_hd_ocb_hl_l1622
NBC highlights - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cpf8p/
BBC you will need a UK proxy if you're not in UK - http://www.metacafe.com/tags/opening_olympics/
Snippets of the opening ceremony
Snippets of the opening ceremony
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Top Olympics Coverage according to Alexa
Here are some of the best website to keep track of the olympics based upon web traffic
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P2P Internet TV solutions
Try Internet TV Peer to Peer solutions such as:
- http://myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=∂=sports&discipline=other
- http://www.veetle.com/ - Web TV from Stanford University
- http://www.myp2p.eu/ - Sports based P2P
- http://www.sopcast.org/ - Has a selection of Olympic channels
- http://www.tvunetworks.com/ - Requires a TV player (Windows only)
- http://www.TVants.com/ - Requires downloading Player (Windows and Linux on Wine)
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Check out your local Olympics websites
- http://www.cctvolympics.com/ - Will provide 5000 hours of coverage for China and Macau
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/default.stm - UK's official Olympics broadcaster
- http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/video/ - Official website for Australia
- http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/ - Official Canadian website for the Olympics
- http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/ - Another website for Australia (ABC)
- http://www.xroxy.com/
- http://proxify.org/ - Web based proxy
- http://whatismyipaddress.com/staticpages/index.php/how-do-I-use-a-proxy-server
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Get the medal count
Lots of sites out there are updating the medal counts. Here is a list of medal counts listed from what I think would be the fastest updates!
- http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml
Offical Beijing Site - http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals
Yahoo's medal count much easier to read! - http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/
NBC's medal count - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html
Really nice medal count of past olympics - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/medals_table/default.stm
BBC's medal count looks a little boring...
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Ultimate schedule guide
- http://www.nytimes.com/olympics-tracker
New York Times interactive events flash table. - http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/schedule
Yahoo Olympic sports schedule, with links to events and television guides - http://www.nbcolympics.com/resultsandschedules/index.html
NBC the official site for the Olympics for the US - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/schedules/schedule_general.html
CNN's schedule nicely ordered by sports and date
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Support your local team
Do a search for your country with the words Olympics and team there to find your local country's website. Or click on the links below:
- http://teamusa.org/ - USA's official team's website
- http://www.olympics.org.uk/ - UK's official team's website
- http://www.olympics.com.au/ - Australia's official team's website
- http://www.olympic.org.nz/New Zealand's official team's website
- http://www.olympic.ca/EN/index.shtml - Canada's official team's website
- http://www.olympic.ind.in/ - India's official team's website
- http://www.teamsingapore.com.sg/ - Singapore's official team's website
- http://www.joc.or.jp/english/ - Japan's official team's website
Added by leanna (14 August 2008)
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