KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — The London 2012 Olympic Games will be available over YouTube from 10 livestreams in Malaysia and another 63 territories worldwide, offering some 2,200 hours of high-definition (HD) television coverage free of charge, Google Malaysia said today.
The live coverage is available at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) channel on YouTube (http://youtube.com/olympic).
“Viewers from these territories will be able to watch the streams on the IOC’s YouTube channel, accessible online or via Internet-enabled devices like smart devices/mobile phones and other YouTube-enabled devices,” Google Malaysia said in a statement. YouTube is part of Google.The statement said the IOC’s live streaming on its YouTube channel will consist of 11 different simultaneous high-definition broadcasts, all with English language commentary.
“There will be 10 live feeds from London 2012, running 9am to 11pm (London time) (on some days, these will start early or finish later depending on competition schedule), plus a 24-hour broadcast of the Olympic News Channel, which includes summaries of the latest results, general reports on different events, and interviews with athletes,” it said.
Google Malaysia also said fans will also have access to highlights and full events — all organised by the day, medal event, or the sport. The IOC channel will also feature historic content from past Olympic Games.
“From baseball to cricket to martial arts, YouTube has become a global hub for live sports. There is no sporting event, however, more exciting or iconic than the Summer Olympics, and we are thrilled to work with the IOC to bring live coverage of these truly international Games to even more people around the world.
“The IOC is making the most of our platform by offering fans 11 different livestreams on their channel, which can be viewed on desktops, mobile phones, and Internet-connected devices. We hope sports fans enjoy finding the exact event they want to see as well as checking daily highlights whenever they want to see them,” said Claude Ruibal, YouTube Head of Sport Content Partnerships.
The live-streaming on the IOC’s YouTube channel will provide exclusive digital access to the London 2012 Olympic Games in territories where digital broadcast rights have not been acquired by the IOC’s broadcast partners such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Bhutan, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
London Irish reconsider their priorities - Reading Evening Post
London Irish reconsider their priorities
By Alan ManicomJune 06, 2012
London Irish are considering prioritising the Aviva Premiership over both cup competitions next season.
Exiles failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup and will instead go straight into Europe’s second-tier competition the Amlin Cup, while the club traditionally use the Anglo-Welsh LV= Cup to rest first-teamers and develop younger players in the squad.
Director of rugby Brian Smith has already consulted with the board and plans to speak his players when they return to pre-season training later this month.
He said: “As a club we all need to agree the philosophy.
“We can go one of two ways. We can say we’re going all out to win any competition we’re involved in or we may decide to prioritise the league in front of the LV= Cup and Amlin Cup.
“Those decisions need to be taken in consultation with the players and the board.
“I’ve got my views but I want to seek counsel before making a call on how we go about it.
“There is certainly a lot of merit in both models.
“Philosophically whenever you’re in a competition you would want to win it.
“But you’ve got to find out whether you’ve got the resources to fight on more than one front.”
London 2012: Team GB athletes will learn anthem - head coach - BBC News
British athletes will definitely know the words to the national anthem before the London Games, says UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee.
The Dutchman believes the step is necessary to head off potential criticism over "plastic Brits" - or athletes who have switched allegiance to represent Team GB at the Olympics.
"They know the words, or they will," said Van Commenee.
"If they don't, somebody will make an issue of it."
Asked if it should matter whether athletes know the words to the national anthem, he added: "That's a different question.
"I'm not going to rehearse everybody because we have 90 athletes, but people that matter... let's say the relevant ones, the ones on your radar (will rehearse the anthem)."
Van Commenee's choice of United States-born Tiffany Porter as team captain for the World Indoor Championships in March sparked the "Plastic Brits" row after she declined to sing God Save the Queen at a news conference ahead of that meeting.
Porter, who qualifies for Britain through her London-born mother and has held a British passport since birth, said she knew the words but questioned her singing ability.
Charles van Commenee“This is nothing compared to what football managers have to go through, but at least it tells me that athletics is worth talking about”
"I do know the first lines," she said at the time. "I know the whole of God Save the Queen."
Van Commenee, who insists he would only know the first two lines of his own national anthem, believes the "Plastic Brits" row is not important in the scheme of things.
"I know in Olympic year all sorts of rubbish comes up," he said.
The 53-year-old claims he had far more important matters to deal with when he was technical director of the Dutch Olympic Committee for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
"In the lead up to Beijing, there were lots of issues around Taiwan, Tibet, smog, human rights, not having the ability to express yourself in public, child labour," he said. "All these things had to be addressed by me.
"The issues I deal with now are partly not serious, but it comes with the job. This is nothing compared to what football managers have to go through, but at least it tells me that athletics is worth talking about.
"When you are in the spotlight then yes, you get issues to talk about."
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