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How will the Winter Olympics be treated in S.Korea?
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mayorgc



Joined: 19 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:12 pm    Post subject: How will the Winter Olympics be treated in S.Korea? Reply with quote

will the coverage be live? or Tape delay?

I know that S.K will get 99% (100%) of the television coverage, but what are the chances that Hockey will be shown?

Basically, I want to watch as much (Canadian)Olympic hockey as possible. Do I have to go to a bar in Itaewon or are there options?
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scotty12347



Joined: 16 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:25 pm    Post subject: Re: How will the Winter Olympics be treated in S.Korea? Reply with quote

mayorgc wrote:
will the coverage be live? or Tape delay?

I know that S.K will get 99% (100%) of the television coverage, but what are the chances that Hockey will be shown?

Basically, I want to watch as much (Canadian)Olympic hockey as possible. Do I have to go to a bar in Itaewon or are there options?


Heres your option:
http://www.myp2p.eu/index.php?part=sports
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The only things that will be shown at the events with Yuna or any other Korean. I doubt Team Canada will get any TV coverage over here.
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kiknkorea



Joined: 16 May 2008

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

^Very true, plan on watching lots of figure and speed skating.

Repeats galore if a Korean wins gold, coverage of the controversies if they don't.
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NBC or the CBC must be doing something online. Streaming or what not.
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nzbradly78



Joined: 23 Mar 2009
Location: Czech Republic

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfortunately the American broadcasters usually restrict their programming to the US only. It might be different for sports, though, but I doubt it. You better become a speed skating fan fast, because that's about all you'll see.
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The last Olympics they showed all of the hockey games. Unfortunately the times were like 2am and 6am in the morning, but I think they weren't live. Since the games are in Vancouver, I think the hockey game start times will be at similar times, but will be live.
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halfmanhalfbiscuit



Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2002 Korea went spaz over the speed skating, so they'll be some of that. It was a kind of pre-amble to the anti-Americanism that flared up after the World Cup (The WC itself had Korean footballers make an embarrassing reference to it)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/speed_skating/news/2002/02/21/south_korea_lawsuit_ap/

And Kim Yuna or whatever her name is.

As long as there's ski-jumping I'd be happy.
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Tundra_Creature



Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Xuanzang wrote:
NBC or the CBC must be doing something online. Streaming or what not.


CBC does, but I think you actually have to be in Canada in order to access it.
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scotty12347



Joined: 16 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Download a program called sopcast, and with that link i posted earlier you can watch things like American ESPN and all your other sports channels for free. Im not quite sure on the legality of it though.
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Sooke



Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Location: korea

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Teachuh! Teachuh! You know Kim Yuna? Kim Yuna Bestuh Skay-ee-tuh! Korea bestuh pig-yoh skay-ee-tuh country!"

You will hear the above from your students:

+10 times a day during the olympics.
6-10 Times a day for the two months following the olympics.
2-5 times a day from two to six months after the olympics
1 time a day for the rest of your life that you teach here after the initial six months (noted above)
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are NICE Yuna Kim posters for free at KB banks.
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RyanInKorea



Joined: 17 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pics please.

Ryan
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tundra_Creature wrote:
Xuanzang wrote:
NBC or the CBC must be doing something online. Streaming or what not.


jvalmer wrote:
The last Olympics they showed all of the hockey games. Unfortunately the times were like 2am and 6am in the morning, but I think they weren't live. Since the games are in Vancouver, I think the hockey game start times will be at similar times, but will be live.


CBC does, but I think you actually have to be in Canada in order to access it.


You could use a proxy.

I`m surprised they showed all the hockey games. I wouldn`t have thought so.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:30 pm    Post subject: Re: How will the Winter Olympics be treated in S.Korea? Reply with quote

mayorgc wrote:
will the coverage be live? or Tape delay?

LIVE all sports with Koreans in it and TAPED REPEAT over and over and over all events in which Koreans medal

don't expect much if any ice hockey; there wasn't much last time around, at least I didn't see it and was trying to watch for it

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Basically, I want to watch as much (Canadian)Olympic hockey as possible.

the Internet is your friend: surf it
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