what channel are you watching the Olympics on?

afatbollix

so its getting a bit annoying...

rte with there adds

bbc and there British team

watched the opening on eurosport and the commentary wasent the best.. so im sort of flicking through the 3 of them..

what channel are you watching it off?

JBoyle4eva

Internet

Choosing Eurosport for the HD.....and commentary isn't that bad.

Mossy Monk

BBC HD

BBC website. Work has internet that thinks we are in the UK.

ronnie3585

Internet

Mostly watching it on Eurosport. Tuned in to watch the boxing on RTE this morning. Had to switch it off as I could not force myself to watch Bernard Dunne, the guy can hardly string a sentence together - "dis goy has a great chance it tings wurk out fer him" WTF!. When looking for a pundit I presume that towards the top of the list would be a basic command of the English language?

I then turned over to BBC to watch some of the gymnastics. Didn't stay long there either. It seems to be the same old gingoistic retoric that we hear time and time again from English commentators. This isn't an anti-English sentiment - I will be routing for the Brits when it comes to the athletics, rowing and cycling (as Ireland has no chance!) but there is just something horribly vitriolic about English commentators when they are talking commentating on their own. I was similarly disgusted with their coverage of Andy Murray in Wimbeldon. It's great to get excited about a national competitor however the Brits tend to spin themselves into hysterics. Another reason why I turned off the BBC was because of the gordie guy who used to present Blue Peter many years ago. He is just impossible to listen to. He doesn't have much technical knowledge so he continuously states the obvious and repeats what the expert is saying but in a jazzier tone.

Eurosport appear to be providing the most balanced and comprehensive coverage. I think I will stick with them.

Trippie

lol at the bbc, the gymnastics team event finished, cut back to studio "that was a fantastic event,the level of gymnastics was astonishing....... clearly the stand out performance was Johnny english who was amazing,brilliant and just an all round nice guy .


eh.... didnt he round out the top 24 because each country is only allowed 2 competitors so the 15 chinese lads in front of him dont get to compete tomorrow not because they arent good enough but rather because there are two guys better than them.

lostexpectation

its all on at night though, rte starts at 3 bbc at 2...

Ruu_Old

Womens soccer on the USA network, China V Canada.

Mint Sauce

mainly rte and eurosport, will probably watch some on the net as well

NewApproach

Eurosport

Obviously there is RTE, BBC and Eurosport on sky, but what foriegn channels also on sky are covering the olympics?

Mossy Monk

BBC HD

I don't think any are as they wouldn't have the rights.

byte

Looks good on BBC HD.

Kojak

Currently watching it on RTE and BBC.

Bottleopener

BBC

A mixture of RTE and BBC. Depends on what each channel is showing.

OPENROAD

Eurosport

ronnie3585 wrote: »

I then turned over to BBC to watch some of the gymnastics. Didn't stay long there either. It seems to be the same old gingoistic retoric that we hear time and time again from English commentators. This isn't an anti-English sentiment - I will be routing for the Brits when it comes to the athletics, rowing and cycling (as Ireland has no chance!) but there is just something horribly vitriolic about English commentators when they are talking commentating on their own. I was similarly disgusted with their coverage of Andy Murray in Wimbeldon. It's great to get excited about a national competitor however the Brits tend to spin themselves into hysterics..
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Have to say I disagree. and sorry but this kind of comment really bugs me, rte and the irish media are the EXACT same and why shouldn't they when it comes to Irish competitors.

lostexpectation

nah british are most jingoistic ever, its their thing

Zaph

Mixture of RTE, BBC and Eurosport, depending on what sport is on and how much interest I have in it.

newbie2

Tim McCarthy commentating on the Basketball on RTE FTW.

OPENROAD

Eurosport

lostexpectation wrote: »

nah british are most jingoistic ever, its their thing

rte just the same when it comes to sports coverge involving irish teams/competitors no difference that i can see.

Toto Wolfcastle

BBC

newbie2 wrote: »

Tim McCarthy commentating on the Basketball on RTE FTW.

Is he? I never knew!

I have to watch it on RTE as we don't have the other channels. (I know!) Some of the commentary really annoys me because some of them only have a basic knowledge of some of the sports.

mike65

Anyone BS-ing about the BBC commentry should recall Jim Sherwins commentary of drug cheat Michelle Smiths "performances" at Atlanta.

Mike.

gordon_gekko

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Mostly watching it on Eurosport. Tuned in to watch the boxing on RTE this morning. Had to switch it off as I could not force myself to watch Bernard Dunne, the guy can hardly string a sentence together - "dis goy has a great chance it tings wurk out fer him" WTF!. When looking for a pundit I presume that towards the top of the list would be a basic command of the English language?

I then turned over to BBC to watch some of the gymnastics. Didn't stay long there either. It seems to be the same old gingoistic retoric that we hear time and time again from English commentators. This isn't an anti-English sentiment - I will be routing for the Brits when it comes to the athletics, rowing and cycling (as Ireland has no chance!) but there is just something horribly vitriolic about English commentators when they are talking commentating on their own. I was similarly disgusted with their coverage of Andy Murray in Wimbeldon. It's great to get excited about a national competitor however the Brits tend to spin themselves into hysterics. Another reason why I turned off the BBC was because of the gordie guy who used to present Blue Peter many years ago. He is just impossible to listen to. He doesn't have much technical knowledge so he continuously states the obvious and repeats what the expert is saying but in a jazzier tone.

Eurosport appear to be providing the most balanced and comprehensive coverage. I think I will stick with them.

as regards your mimicking of how bernard dunne speaks , do you expect a boxer to sound like hes from foxrock , if thats what you want to hear, concentrate on the swimming and gary o toole

ArmaniJeanss

gordon_gekko wrote: »

as regards your mimicking of how bernard dunne speaks , do you expect a boxer to sound like hes from foxrock , if thats what you want to hear, concentrate on the swimming and gary o toole

Its nothing to do with his accent or what suburb he is from.
He seems a nice bloke, but he is inarticulate and incapable of getting a valid point across. A bad choice by RTE.

token56

Eurosport

Choose BBC but only because they have interactive I can choose what sport I watch

Our man in Havana

Eurosport HD

Options added for HD viewers.

zuutroy

McCarthy commentating did my head in. Anyone notice how he sounds exactly like Fr. Jack when he says "Ohhh Yeeeass". Hopeless NBA worshipping.

citytillidie

I found a good website that has all the online live feeds from other countries around Europe for the Olympics.

I will post it later when i get home.


Here is the web link

Only works in IE

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/

nagero

Eurosport HD as I can sky+ it since they have actual EPG info for what's happening.

kevmy

RTE and BBC depending whats on, ad breaks, etc.

Stuck in work today, a bit of live feed from RTE (shockingly it worked okay) and BBC website for overall updates.

swalsh

Eurosport HD

looks brilliant on bbc hd

Rineanna

mike65 wrote: »

Anyone BS-ing about the BBC commentry should recall Jim Sherwins commentary of drug cheat Michelle Smiths "performances" at Atlanta.

Mike.

:rolleyes:

I'm sorry, did you prove her Atlanta 'perfomances' were drug-induced? Because I know no one else did, and those three medals still stand, so unless you have proof to back up your comments it might be an idea to keep your accusations off this public forum.

Utopia Parkway

newbie2 wrote: »

Tim McCarthy commentating on the Basketball on RTE FTW.

He gets a bit excited.:D

Utopia Parkway

mike65 wrote: »

Anyone BS-ing about the BBC commentry should recall Jim Sherwins commentary of drug cheat Michelle Smiths "performances" at Atlanta.

Mike.

In fairness at the time there was no reason to believe that she was on anything even though there was much talk in swimming circles so can't blame Jim Sherwin for that one.

The whiskey flavoured pee didn't appear until two years after Atlanta I believe.

OPENROAD

Eurosport

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

In fairness at the time there was no reason to believe that she was on anything even though there was much talk in swimming circles so can't blame Jim Sherwin for that one.

The whiskey flavoured pee didn't appear until two years after Atlanta I believe.

Think his point might have been that rte are the same as bbc when it comes to their own competitors.

Utopia Parkway

OPENROAD wrote: »

Think his point might have been that rte are the same as bbc when it comes to their own competitors.

Using Jim Sherwin's commentary in Atlanta probably wasn't the best example to us if so.

OPENROAD

Eurosport

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Using Jim Sherwin's commentary in Atlanta probably wasn't the best example to us if so.

I'm only guessing , why did he not praise her at the time

Toto Wolfcastle

BBC

The set for the coverage on RTE 2 is offensive to my eyes. I don't have much choice though, have to watch it on RTE.

murpho999

BBC

I don't know why Irish people complain about RTE, I think their coverage is fantastic.
I like how they have an expert in for each sport
I find with the swimming that Gary O'Toole gives a great insight into the sport and has a good knowledge of the swimmers regardless of where they come from.

When I switch to BBC, all they show are sports concerning British Athletes and they just simply do not show great events happening elsewhere. I lived in Holland for the last 2 Olympics. Couldn't get RTE but had BBC and was driven demented by their biased and jingoistic coverage and now I'm back home I find RTE's to be a delight. BBC just ignore other sports to show someone from 'Team GB' finishing last in a heat.

Also, I find that they show a broader range of sports.
For example yesterday RTE showed highlights of a fantastic Womens Volleyball match between China and Poland. BBC simply don't show things like this.

I do wish people would stop just knocking RTE just for the sake of it. I think they provide great coverage in sport, I also found their Champions League & Euro 2008 coverage to be superior to the British offerings.

I do agree about the studio though, it looks like a Waterford Crystal showhouse!!

Utopia Parkway

murpho999 wrote: »

I don't know why Irish people complain about RTE, I think their coverage is fantastic.
I like how they have an expert in for each sport
I find with the swimming that Gary O'Toole gives a great insight into the sport and has a good knowledge of the swimmers regardless of where they come from.

RTE do a pretty good job overall. Agree that Gary O'Toole is an excellent pundit of a sport most people wouldn't have a clue about. He makes it very interesting.

Jimmy McGee does my head in though. Just saw the replay of the John Joe Nevin fight and he called him John Joe Joyce about 3 times. He then got the score wrong twice.

gordon_gekko

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

In fairness at the time there was no reason to believe that she was on anything even though there was much talk in swimming circles so can't blame Jim Sherwin for that one.

The whiskey flavoured pee didn't appear until two years after Atlanta I believe.

a swimmer with no track record of real success from a country with no track record in the pool wins 3 gold medals , there was a stench of a big rodent right from the get go

kevmy

Rineanna wrote: »

:rolleyes:

I'm sorry, did you prove her Atlanta 'perfomances' were drug-induced? Because I know no one else did, and those three medals still stand, so unless you have proof to back up your comments it might be an idea to keep your accusations off this public forum.

LOL!

But I wouldn't blame Jim Sherwin though he knew little about swimming along with most of the rest of the nation and got carried away in the euphoria.

However there was an interesting thing in the Mad About Sport bit of the Tribune a couple of weeks back where they interviewed Billo and he said that both his daughter (who was a decent swimmer) and Gary O' Toole had serious doubts about Smith's sudden improvement before the Olympics. They went to the head of sport in RTE at the time (Fred Cogley??) and asked would they mention this but where told not to as it was all accusation. Both Billo and Gary O' Toole jumped on American swimmer Janet Evans' comment about Smith at the time (basically implied she was on drugs) as a way of talking about it without accusing her of anything.

murpho999 wrote: »

I don't know why Irish people complain about RTE, I think their coverage is fantastic.
I like how they have an expert in for each sport
I find with the swimming that Gary O'Toole gives a great insight into the sport and has a good knowledge of the swimmers regardless of where they come from.

When I switch to BBC, all they show are sports concerning British Athletes and they just simply do not show great events happening elsewhere. I lived in Holland for the last 2 Olympics. Couldn't get RTE but had BBC and was driven demented by their biased and jingoistic coverage and now I'm back home I find RTE's to be a delight. BBC just ignore other sports to show someone from 'Team GB' finishing last in a heat.

Also, I find that they show a broader range of sports.
For example yesterday RTE showed highlights of a fantastic Womens Volleyball match between China and Poland. BBC simply don't show things like this.

I do wish people would stop just knocking RTE just for the sake of it. I think they provide great coverage in sport, I also found their Champions League & Euro 2008 coverage to be superior to the British offerings.

I do agree about the studio though, it looks like a Waterford Crystal showhouse!!

Yep RTÉ's sports coverage is generally pretty good. They get the best out of what they have and drag up experts in even relatively obscure sports to help the viewer out.
Was impressed with the dedicated camera on the Irish swimmers - thought it was a great idea as they knew few of our swimmers would be in the running and wouldn't get much attention.
Gary O'Toole is very good - not afraid to take a pop at anyone who deserves it and is very knowledgeable as well.
The evening highlights show is the best on the air. In terms of bucks for your bang I'd say RTE are way outperforming BBC who just seem to have spent all there money on sending people to China

OPENROAD

Eurosport

murpho999 wrote: »

I do wish people would stop just knocking RTE just for the sake of it. I think they provide great coverage in sport, I also found their Champions League & Euro 2008 coverage to be superior to the British offerings.

More entertaining certainly but not superior.

lostexpectation

here's the official european olympic broadcasting website

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/

did you read over in the radio forum how the have to stop all outside of ireland streaming lest any of ioc's copyright is broken, capitlist asshole's

mike65

murpho999 wrote: »

When I switch to BBC, all they show are sports concerning British Athletes and they just simply do not show great events happening elsewhere. I lived in Holland for the last 2 Olympics. Couldn't get RTE but had BBC and was driven demented by their biased and jingoistic coverage and now I'm back home I find RTE's to be a delight. BBC just ignore other sports to show someone from 'Team GB' finishing last in a heat.

Also, I find that they show a broader range of sports.
For example yesterday RTE showed highlights of a fantastic Womens Volleyball match between China and Poland. BBC simply don't show things like this.

To be fair, if RTE simply showed events in which Irish had a presence, never mind a chance of a medal (however unlikely) there would not be much to show. I expect the full BBC digial coverage via the red button is showing plenty more on top as well.

Mike.

p4poetic

In general, just NBC and occassionally flipping back and forth to the other channels.

Pigletlover

BBC

Mainly watching the Olypics on RTE, admittedly I haven't been able to see as much as I'd like, but from what I have seen I think their coverage is very good. Some of the commentators aren't great, agree with the poster saying Bernard Dunne is terrible. Gary O'Toole on the other hand is excellent, he clearly has in depth knowledge of the sport and participants from all over the world. I thought he was going to lose it with Eamonn Coughlan the other night, but he seemed to just bite his tongue.

Mossy Monk

BBC HD

Personally I am watching very little of it. I see some when I walk into a room for 2 minutes and someone else has it on. I honestly couldn't give a **** about it all. I can't be alone?

Toto Wolfcastle

BBC

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Personally I am watching very little of it. I see some when I walk into a room for 2 minutes and someone else has it on. I honestly couldn't give a **** about it all. I can't be alone?

Of course not, but I have to say that even my sports-hating sister has started watching it.

murpho999

BBC

OPENROAD wrote: »

More entertaining certainly but not superior.

Can't agree with that.

ITV's football coverage is poor.
Take champions league. Come on air 15 mins before kick off, some analysis with Andy Townsend, that is interrupted by ads. Then the match, commentry is ok, but after final whistle there are ads, about 5 mins "analysis" and then finish.

BBC's football coverage is also poor IMO.

Gary Lineker is far too smug and just looks for witticisms and puns.
Alan Hansen is about the best analyst that they have but is not as good as he used to be.
Alan Shearer is terrible, just offers nothing. Half time is often taken up with previews of next game, and if England are in the tournament then they will have an interview of an English manager or player with a report of what the players did in the training camp rather than cover the game they are actually broadcasting.
Everything links back to England and you just don't get the indepth analysis or debate that the lads on RTE provide.

Mossy Monk

BBC HD

janeybabe wrote: »

Of course not, but I have to say that even my sports-hating sister has started watching it.

That's the thing. I watch mainly sport on television.

Toto Wolfcastle

BBC

Mossy Monk wrote: »

That's the thing. I watch mainly sport on television.

So why are you watching very little of it? That's interesting.

I wish they'd show more diving!

kevmy

murpho999 wrote: »

Can't agree with that.

ITV's football coverage is poor.
Take champions league. Come on air 15 mins before kick off, some analysis with Andy Townsend, that is interrupted by ads. Then the match, commentry is ok, but after final whistle there are ads, about 5 mins "analysis" and then finish.

BBC's football coverage is also poor IMO.

Gary Lineker is far too smug and just looks for witticisms and puns.
Alan Hansen is about the best analyst that they have but is not as good as he used to be.
Alan Shearer is terrible, just offers nothing. Half time is often taken up with previews of next game, and if England are in the tournament then they will have an interview of an English manager or player with a report of what the players did in the training camp rather than cover the game they are actually broadcasting.
Everything links back to England and you just don't get the indepth analysis or debate that the lads on RTE provide.

I agree with you RTE's analysis is both superior and more entertaining. Some of the commentary is a bit dodgy at times though.
It really goes to show what a good anchor can bring to it. O'Herlihy manages to give everyone a go without them hogging, simultaneously letting them rant while reigning them in.