Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of Congo
Republic of Congo
Côte d’Ivoire
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
India
Indonesia
Iran
Kenya
Laos
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritius
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Nepal
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Singapore
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Uganda
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
So next up, a guide on accessing Youtube through VPN's/Proxys/DNS Spoofing to appear as though you're in one of those countries..
I've toyed with getting BBC's iPlayer coverage to work, but it doesn't buffer sufficiently to prevent continuous pauses.
All I want to do is watch interesting (to me) events that don't necessarily involve Australia!
Bloody Niger, trust them to have it for free.
Man, I need this in my life. Channel 9's coverage is at best woeful, at worst abysmal. I can't even understand why they have two channels that show the same event.
I know. It's not as if one channel is C31 and the reception is crappy. Why not provide twice the coverage, split between the two channels.
Yes, there may be an instance or two where there could be two events on at the same time you'd like to watch, but that's no different to actually being at the games. At least there would be more choice.... and you could at least record the other channel.
I think its regarding Foxtels licencing deal or whatever. Whatever it is, its bullshit.
Indeed. I understand Channel 9 were only able to obtain broadcast rights that limited them to a single free-to-air broadcast. Hence their use of GEM for HD simulcast.
It's a disappointing state of affairs but one that I find hardly surprising. For all the nobility (if you will) of the athletes' efforts that lie at the heart of the event, the Olympics is an exercise in commercial/capitalist enterprise.
not only is my Foxtel paying for itself with all the olympic sport
i'm watching but the free Foxtel iPad app is glorious. All 8
channels again on the retina display whilst not having to get out
of bed. life is good!!
Will the Foxtel App allow two simultaneous logins with the same username and passowrd on two differemt iPad's?
Not that channel 9 would be able to do decent coverage even IF they
had Australian broadcast exclusivity.
Ethiopia can watch Olympics on YouTube, but not Australia.
RE: Ethiopia can watch Olympics on YouTube, but not Australia.
Ethiopia can watch Olympics on YouTube, but not the host country.
The host gets BBC's IPlayer and Multichannel broadcasting (provided you have a TV Licence).
Basically looks like all the countries where they couldn't sell the
rights to someone....at extortionate prices.
Any reason why Australia, America and UK are not on the list?
because it would stop people watching it on commercial tv that have paid lots of monies to have it exclusively.
Correct me if im wrong but I didn't think you could get exclusivity
on such a big event?
*corrects Mick*
If you are the IOC, you can do anything you want. Circumvent laws,
make up new laws, sell any aspect of the games you like. Anything.
They cant stop other stations reporting on it, but they definitely
stop anyone else from broadcasting it.
America get NBC live streaming and it looks great ....... from the
event titles cos I sure can't watch it - goddam it.
I'm guessing this is because no-one in those countries was willing to pay through the nose for exclusive broadcast rights?
Chad
Just moved to Singapore - they don't show it on free-to-air TV, need to get cable, then the olympic channels. Not sure of the cost but wouldn't be cheap.
I'm pleased they took the step to make it available - this combined with high-speed fibre in our apartment means pretty good viewing.
they show it on Channel 5 with HD from 10pm - 5am.. but its mainly the day's highlights
All of these countries are countries where no channels or media outlets have exclusive coverage licenses. These countries don't have any alternative options.
Basically a list of third world countries who's people have pretty
tough lives (there are a handful of exceptions.) So, come on
people, stop being cry babies. Damn, first world problems!!
Luckily I'm travelling through SE Asia for a little while
(Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia) and have been watching it live on
YouTube. The coverage is actually quite impressive, multilingual
commentary or just audio from venues. Choice to watch absolutely
any sport that is on live and also to re-watch events that have
been completed and gives a summary by country of top events to look
out for. Only annoying thing is that they show exactly the same SGS
III ad every time you change sports. I understand the need fork
advertising but seriously guys, mix it up!
I wish we had this. Channel 9's coverage can be summed up in one
word. Montages.
Foxtel rules!!!! and the foxtel app for the iPad means i can have 2
channels on simultaneously to catch all the action!!!!! haters come
at me! lol
Ha!
If you have Foxtel get their Olympics 2012 app for the iPad. Once
you login to the app with your Foxtel user name and password (yes,
you may have to hunt around for that first...) you have access to
live viewing on your iPad of all eight Foxtel Olympics channels.
Also 'catch up' coverage of previous events, meaning you can wake
up, fire up the app, and watch the overnight events - which
wouldn't be amazing but the key feature they've included is
bookmarks to each individual event, so instead of watching three
hours of 'catch up' swimming just to see the finals you can jump
straight to 'M 100m Final'. I've been waking up, ignoring radio and
internet, and watching the overnight events as if they're live, all
in the space of a few minutes thanks to this feature. It's awesome.
Plus, when live events are on (or replays of events) you can be
watching one event on your TV and another on your iPad if you so
wish. Also has the medal count, TV guide, and other bits and
pieces. Great app for anyone with Foxtel!
The only strange entries on the list seem to be Brunei and
Singapore.
In Australia we either get terrible coverage of Australian only
events on Ch9, or pay to watch other events on Foxtel.
Its simple guys , use a PROXY to use an IP address associated with
one of the aforementioned 64 country list and you too can enjoy
free and unlimted olympic coverage. And you guys call yourselves
gizmodians! :C
Brazil´s internet coverage is brought by terra portal
[www.terra.com.br/esporte] with a bunch of 36 channels all for
free...