Unless you’re from another planet, you’ll know that we’re in the middle of the Beijing Olympics. And if you live in the UK, you’ll be struggling to watch many events live due to the time difference..
Unless of course you have your web browser tuned into the BBC whilst at work. Having enjoyed watching Team GB and others over the weekend, it was a bit disheartening going into work today. But the BBC saved me. Both GastroGrrl and I discovered that the the embedded Flash player on the Olympics home page, rather than showing a pre-recorded news reel, actually streams live coverage. Yep. Live TV embedded in a web page. [You do need to be in the UK to watch this though].
And that’s not all. There are numerous channels to choose from. I’m currently watching the women’s football semi-final (Germany are beating Brazil 10).
And below the Flash video (which can be played full screen) is a text commentary. no need to refresh the page: a funky bit of AJAX reveals updated text every 2 minutes.
Glad to see our license fee is going to good use. Not sure about my work productivity this week though
Ooh. Brazil have just equalised. Time to go
We’re stuck with NBC here who do utterly odd delayed live broadcasts. East coast gets sort of live (which is incidentally why your broadcasts are at a silly time). While I’m in Phoenix they delay the Live broadcast a few hours so it fits in with prime time. Advertising revenue don’t you know!
I do like the bbc website coverage though.