When - EXACTLY - are the "Opening Ceremonies"?

[annabanana]

Are they going to be held in the Morning of 8/9 to accommodate US Viewing time? Have they already been held? Beijing is 12 hours away.

[taterguy]

1. Opening Ceremonies of what?

:shrug:

[ColbertWatcher]

2. According to my cable box: 7:30pm PST (tape delay) NBC n/t

[annabanana]

5. No.. I mean NOT "tape delay"... When LIVE?. . . n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Oh. Looks like #3 has it right: 8:08pm local Beijing time...

...http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/news-and-features/opening-ceremonys-fireworks-spectacular-888146.html

[MiniMe]

18. Hmmm, 8:08 on 8-8-08?

[Richardo]

36. Them Chinese like them their 8s

[Dorian Gray]

42. 8 is a good luck number in Chinese

August 8th is one of the most popular wedding days of the year in China. The word for 8 sounds an awful lot like the word for luck. It's a cultural thing.

[Richardo]

3. 8:08 PM Beijing Time

...about 16 minutes from now. 6:52AM CDT.

[annabanana]

6. So 8:08 am Eastern?

About 25 minutes from now?

[Richardo]

10. Here's the current time in Beijing:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=33

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. Yes, there is a 12 hour time difference between Beijing and the east coast.

[eShirl]

4. my friend watching LIVE in Australia says in less than 10 minutes from now

she's getting live coverage on TV there

[eShirl]

14. OPENING FIREWORKS HAVE JUST BEGUN. n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. it's a way for hitler's image to be beamed to aliens, so

we can have haliburton and a japanese consortium build this weird device that really doesn't do everything, but allows special effects companies make an actress think she's tripping on acid.

Except in this case, the signal we are sending is that smog breathing creatures are most welcome in China.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. They are probably starting in a little while but won't be shown here live but in prime time.

[annabanana]

9. That's lame. It's too much time to "clean it up" for US mushrooms. . . also

"Today" is on "live" now... Are they going to pretend there's not stuff going on behind them? Or will they just cut away?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. They are pretending so they'll have a captive audience tonight. It is lame and money making

for them to do this.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. CBC has live streaming now but being censored in the US

[Solly Mack]

13. Happening now...the countdown is 3 minutes away

Live, as it is happening, from Germany

[Solly Mack]

16. the "games" will be proclaimed "open" in 3 hours time

Now the welcoming chant to the world is beginning at the opening ceremony...

I'm turning it now...I only tuned in to help try and answer your question.

No idea when it will be shown in America. Sorry.

[malaise]

19. Fireworks on now

Maybe the US will have delayed broadcast. Fabulous ceremony so far.

[annabanana]

22. NBC "owns" the whole thing... They won't show it until primetime US

Everyone else but us gets to watch it...

[KharmaTrain]

20. I'm Still Trying To Figure Out Which Channels Will Have What...

Of course there's NBC and their "billion dollar" coverage...but the games are all over the cables...on MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Universal HD, USA and Oxygen.

Here's a list of channels and events:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/index.html

Looks like opening game coverage will be at 7:30pm ET...but, if you hablando Espanol, Telemundo appears to be carrying coverage at 8am...more like real time coverage.

[ColbertWatcher]

21. I think Telemundo has been airing the soccer games. n/t

[KharmaTrain]

29. I Saw A Preliminary Soccer/Football Game on MSNBC The Other Day

My son-in-law...who always reminds me it's "the real football" was up at 4am watching. You may be right...I didn't look closely to see what was listed for them. I figure for the money they are throwing around, the main NBC network wants the exclusive. Looks like after that, there's coverage all over the dial. Now to find women's beach volleyball!!!

Cheers...

[malaise]

23. We have live coverage here in Jamaica

The kids are singing now. Absolutely beautiful.

[KharmaTrain]

32. Whose Coverage?

I'm curious...the national network or are you getting a feed from the CBC or BBC? I remember in '04 people living near the Canadian border were watching the CBC coverage and thought it was far superior to the over-done NBC coverage.

[malaise]

34. Both of our local stations have the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Feed

The rest of the world is watching live. Fuck GENBC!! You should all block their mailboxes.

[KharmaTrain]

38. I Like Bob Costas

That's about all that's worth watching. Seems like most people I talk to don't have much interest in watching...and I don't blame them. The over-the-top jingoistic mixed with corporate shilling has all but ruined the "Olympic" spirit. Once they let the professional in, the games lost a lot of its special character.

I'd block their mailboxes, but they never read 'em anyway. :rofl:

[malaise]

48. 100% correct

The over-the-top jingoistic mixed with corporate shilling has all but ruined the "Olympic" spirit. Once they let the professional in, the games lost a lot of its special character.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. BBC is blogging live (link)...

...http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/live_action/7549103.stm

Don't forget to refresh your browser to see updates.

Nevermind, the page automatically refreshes itself.

[ColbertWatcher]

26. Also, BBC America is reporting live right now! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

27. Showing fireworks live on BBC America. n/t

[annabanana]

30. Why the hell hasn't anyone hacked this? I wanna watch NOW..

Americans are second class world citizens...

[ColbertWatcher]

31. My theory is on #28. n/t

[malaise]

33. That's what happens when GENBC has the monopoly

Thankfully the rest of the planet told them to fuck off.

Don't miss this later.

[cali]

40. Not this one. I'm watching live here in Vermont. CBC is on my basic cable,

[malaise]

43. Wait 'til GENBC finds out

:D

[Liberal In Texas]

25. Ceremonies? Isn't there just one opening ceremony?

(This was mentioned on Rachel Maddow's show yesterday.)

[ColbertWatcher]

28. Yes, but the TV doesn't want to confuse Americans by...

...airing a program showing a dark sky when it is light outside.

Americans will get frightened and run to their windows to find out which monster took the sun.

[annabanana]

35. lol!. . . . . n/t

[Neshanic]

37. I would like the numbers on commercial time vs actual coverage of an event.

Not background on the athelete that endured brutal Orange County traffic and family problems like arguing over cleaning the pool and other heart rending backstories while knitting an American flag, but actual coverage of the event. You know, runners running, swimmers swimming, that sort of stuff. That total compared to all the shit.

[malaise]

39. We have no commercials except the crappy

chicken company mascot showing up every half an hour at the bottom of the screen.

[Dorian Gray]

41. They're going on now, I believe. NP

[kydo]

44. I refuse to watch NBC's pre-packaged BS

I will not watch any of the coverage NBC airs during primetime. Screw'em, I will follow it live (like the rest of the world) via the internet and the other channels that will carry live coverage of events. NBC can take their corperation-americainized-fake olympic coverage and shove it up their arse!

[malaise]

45. Live link here

http://www.justin.tv/canalrcn

[supernova]

46. Official website has live feed

I was looking for a live feed on TV to tape to watch tonight, but no dice, and i didn't know how long BBC America would stay with it.

But the official site is apparently streaming. Could someone verify. I'm at work and we're not supposed to do multimedia stuff that's not company related.

http://en.beijing2008.cn/

[annabanana]

47. don't see a live stream link . . . . . . n/t

[malaise]

49. Here it is

http://www.justin.tv/canalrcn

I posted it above.

[annabanana]

51. thankyou thankyou!! . . .n/t

[eShirl]

52. looks like it might be live blogging, with still photos

[RB TexLa]

50. The day/night difference would be too confusing for our more stupid Americans.