Opening Ceremony

[yuumagical]

The Opening Ceremony for the Olympics will be starting soon! Is anyone else watching this live with me?

 

[elektra blue]

The Opening Ceremony for the Olympics will be starting soon! Is anyone else watching this live with me?

your inevitable italian friend

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Livestream for the Opening Ceremony is now on air.

Here is the link for the World Feed coverage on the IOC YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S3NGDO3XLo

Here is the link for the BBC2 coverage on the iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002qyl7/

Here is the link to the TNT Sports 2 coverage on Discovery+ UK:
https://play.discoveryplus.com/sport/olympic/42e52f21-b86f-58e1-a01a-ce0ddc7b6d48

Here is the link to the TNT Sports Ultra UHD coverage on Discovery+ UK:
https://play.discoveryplus.com/sport/olympic/c6d28294-03c1-5968-a4e3-8b17011a8200

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

The BBC coverage has been on for about 10 minutes.

The TNT Sports coverage actually started an hour before the BBC coverage. I was wondering "How on Earth are TNT going to fill that amount of time?!" So, I put it on while I was eating. They are doing a studio discussion. And I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of local input.

The coverage is presented by Orla Chennaoui (née Heron), who is from a town that is 15 miles from me. And one of the pundits is snowboarder Aimee Fuller who, although from Kent, grew up in Northern Ireland.

Anyway, about 25 minutes into the coverage, they showed a feature on Lilah and Lewis. And afterwards, Mark Hanretty was in the studio talking to Orla about the figure skating.

So, I wonder if he might be making an appearance in the TNT Sports / Eurosport commentary box at some stage.

It wouldn't be the first time he has commentated for Eurosport. The first time I heard him commentating was on Eurosport about 10 years ago, standing in for one of the regular guys who was sick.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[elektra blue]

i'm watching from youtube. so in the end is there going to be Mariah?

 

[yuumagical]

i'm watching from youtube. so in the end is there going to be Mariah?

Snoop Dogg himself just mentioned Mariah on the US broadcast, so we may just see her...

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

i'm watching from youtube.

Thank you for the tip off. I've just added the link to my post.

so in the end is there going to be Mariah?

Well, she was on the trailer for the Opening Ceremony that TNT showed earlier. So, I would say, "yes".

CaroLiza_fan

 

[elektra blue]

Snoop Dogg himself just mentioned Mariah on the US broadcast, so we may just see her...

before or after trying to smoke the torch?

 

[Princessroja]

I'm here! But watching with my mom and my daughter so probably won't be commenting much, if at all.

 

[Jeanie19]

So many commercials on Peacock.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Hello everyone! did we enjoy our naps? Did we get out morning auntie exercises in?

I'm all settled in with my coke and my questionably legal viewing setup and ready to go

 

[elektra blue]

i'll be with you in 15 minutes

 

[yuumagical]

Dangit, they just spoiled the team event and I haven't watched any of it yet...though I already had an idea of who was out front in the dance and women's team events.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Is anyone else having trouble with the sound cutting out of the CBC stream for a few seconds at a time? It happened a couple of times during skating- just the arena sound, not the commentary, so I know it's not my stream

 

[Princessroja]

Still playing fluff pieces on CBC. I thought it was supposed to start at 2?

edit: oh wait here we go I think

 

[yuumagical]

before or after trying to smoke the torch?

No torch-smoking...yet. He was wearing a blingy necklace with a snowflake medallion on it and really enjoying walking down the street in Cortina. An OG at the OGs and clearly loving every second of it so far.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Still playing fluff pieces on CBC. I thought it was supposed to start at 2?

Just starting now on TNT Sports.

Nick Mullins and I think Catherine Whitaker commentating. (It's Catherine somebody, anyway. I didn't hear the surname).

EDIT: Yep, once we reached the Parade Of Nations, it became obvious that it was Catherine Whitaker. She was talking a lot about figure skating!​

CaroLiza_fan

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Icarus? No, Cupid.

Cupid???

 

[ruffledgrouse]

A Night at the Museum, the Italian Adventure

 

[Andrea82]

Icarus? No, Cupid.

Cupid???

Amore and Psiche.

Danced by Antonella Albano and Claudio Coviello, 1st dancers of La Scala, accompanied by 70 dancers of La Scala ballet.