Here in Toronto, live coverage begins at 7am with the Opening Ceremonies beginning live at 8am.
As I brace for the deluge of Olympic coverage from the Beijing Olympics, here are some questions that are on my mind:
- Have you noticed that it is the 8th day in August, the 8th month, 2008? Got to love your lucky numbers.
- How much did the exclusive television and web rights cost in your country?
- What technology platforms are being used to broadcast online coverage of the Games? Here in Canada, CBC is using Windows Media Player.
- How big will the global audience be?
- The US is making a huge statement by choosing a victim of violence in Sudan as their flag bearer.
- Will China be able to control the image of these Games? Details leak out.
- What will the 'story' be? So far Canadian and American coverage I have seen has air pollution and smog mentioned predominantly.
- Will Youtube coverage be available in North America?
~BT
1 comment:
Ah, The lucky number 8, I hardly realized that until you mentioned it. I predict that the global audience will be particularly large this year considering the CBC is broadcasting through Media Player, allowing people to stay in tune, even while on the job. It would be of no suprise to me at all that China would control images of the games, because they more than likely will, as they seem to do with everything else. I don't think that youtube coverage will be available in North America due to big names owning the rights to air the olympics. Lastly, what I am thinking as the world collectively turns it's attention to China is that I will not be turning my attention to it. Yes, the Olympics are entertaining but there is a lot more to it than that. I oppose many of the Chinese political views and policies, while I particularly have a problem with many issues in China regarding Human Rights. Tibetans, Nepalese and citizens who choose to practice Falun Gong, a harmless spiritual practice are being presecuted in China as I sit here and comment on your blog. Not to mention the sweat shops, child labour and lack of animal rights that we already know about. The Olympics will not get the best of me this time around. Maybe I'll tune in next time depending on where they are held.
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