BEIJING OLYMPICS TIMETABLE SCHEDULE 31st JULY 2008.

BEIJING OLYMPICS TIMETABLE SCHEDULE.

BEIJING OLYMPICS WHAT'S ON TIMETABLE SCHEDULE FOR THE XX1X OLYMPIAD.
The Games schedule is from the 8th of August 2008 until the 24th August 2008.
Ten thousand five hundred (10,500) athletes are expected to take part in the Games and over 20,000 Official World Media reporting on the Games.
28 Sports make up the XX1X Olympiad timetable schedule which are;
Archery, Athletics, Badmington, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak Flatwater, Canoe/Kayak Slalom, Cycling BMX, Cycling Mountain Bike, Cycling Road, Cycling Track, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics Artistic, Gymnastics Rhythmic, Trampoline, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling.
Beijing Olympics full timetable schedule is on the graphic attached with colour coding, simply click on the graphic to expand to full visibility.
The legend you will find on the heading of the graphic.
Only eight (8) days to go before the Opening Ceremony for the XX1X Olympiad and still time enough to order your freesat receiver on-line if your local stockist is unable to deliver on time.

For the latest medal tables after day 3 please click here?
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BRITISH TV NUMBER ONE FOR BEIJING OLYMPICS.

BEIJING OLYMPICS MULTI SCREEN + HD is the bonus for those lucky enough to own new freesat HD set top boxes starting in nine (9) days.
Reports suggest there may be as many as 9 multi screens available for the Beijing Olympics which would yet again be a first for British Television. How many of these multi screens will be used then only BBC can tell us.
Unless retailers get long awaited stocks this week then lots of viewers are going to miss out on this breakthrough television first. Those of us with HD set top boxes should appreciate the time and effort that freesat have put into trying to get this special tv coverage up and running. We expect an update this incoming week from set top box manufacturers to tweak out some of their teething problems.
Reading some of the forums there seems to be an attitude with forum contributors who somehow see freesat as a danger to Sky tv. Surely they do not consider free tv is a threat to subscription tv ? After all it is only a different choice as is subscriptions such as Virgin, or perhaps they think that U.K. tv should have kept the status quo with an outlook to have only four or five basic channels instead of the BBC Trust insisting we get value for money for our annual licence fee ? This report has been reviewed 3-aug-2008.
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PRINCE CHARLES ROYAL PATRON.

PRINCE CHARLES ROYAL PATRON.

Prince Charles is to be patron of the biggest clan gathering in Edinburgh for almost 190 years.

More than 8,000 clansmen and clanswomen from around the globe will come together in Edinburgh for The Gathering in the Holyrood Park in July 2009.

It will be the first time since Sir Walter Scott's Royal Pageant in 1822 that so many clans have assembled in the city.

The event will be held as part of the Homecoming Scotland celebrations.

The programme will feature the 2009 World Highland Games Heavy Events Championship and an International Gathering of Scottish Clans and Families.

A parade of the clans up the Royal Mile will culminate in a spectacular pageant on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.

There will also be a strong focus on traditional Highland Games, with solo piping and Highland dancing competitions, and there will be opportunities for people to research clan histories and genealogy.

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SHOCKING LIFE SENTENCE REPORT FROM THE BBC.

For most people, the idea of being judged insane and held in a 1950s asylum is the stuff of nightmares. But to be locked up when you are sane would be regarded as an appalling injustice.

And yet a BBC investigation has revealed that nearly 50 women were locked in an isolation ward in a mental asylum in Surrey - not because they had a mental illness - but because they carried typhoid and were deemed a public health risk.

They were held at Long Grove Hospital - a mental asylum in Surrey - which started admitting carriers of typhoid as early as 1907 and continued through the 1940s and 1950s. Once admitted, those women never left.

One former nurse says that many of those women - read the full story...

BBC AUDIO NARRATION EXCELLENCE.

BBC AUDIO NARRATION EXCELLENCE.

OFCOM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 25th July 2008.
Audio description has enabled many people with severe or profound visual impairments to get the full story without relying on other members of the household. This has been particularly good for new programmes to help imagine characters and situations and to understand ‘silent endings’ of films or dramas.It also appears to have been socially beneficial as respondents said they were able to engage in conversations about television from which they had previously been excluded.

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BEIJING OLYMPICS 14 DAYS TO GO.

BEIJING OLYMPICS 14 DAYS TO GO.

BEIJING OLYMPICS 14 DAYS TO GO before the big kick off for the 2008 world friendship get together in the shape of the Beijing Olympics.
BBC HD is set to introduce the FIRST EVER HD OLYMPIC GAMES and those viewers who are lucky enough to own an HD freesat set top box made by Humax, Bush, Goodmans or Grundig are in for an HD overload starting on the 8th of August 2008.
We have been overloaded with information requests on the Beijing Olympics and we have advised that a full programme of events and official information can be found at;
http://en.beijing2008.cn/

It is not too late to order that HD set top box online if you are having problems with your local stockist.

BBC SEEK SYNDICATION PERMISSION.

BBC SEEK SYNDICATION PERMISSION.

The BBC Executive is seeking permission to syndicate BBC television channels and radio networks for delivery to mobile devices over a 3G data connection. The service would be available from managed service providers (at the time of writing, predominantly mobile network operators – MNOs – and their partners).

The Trust is inviting comments on the proposals prior to reaching a decision on whether...READ FULL STORY...

NEW ADVERTISING CODE FROM OFCOM.

NEW ADVERTISING CODE FROM OFCOM.

24|07|08

Ofcom publishes a new Advertising Code

Ofcom today published a shorter and simpler Code on the scheduling of television advertisements.

Following changes to the European framework of advertising regulation as set out in the Audio Visual Media Services (AVMS) Directive, Ofcom decided to carry out a comprehensive review of advertising regulation in two parts. The new Code is a result of the first stage consultation held earlier this year http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/03/nr_20080319.

The new Code makes no changes to the amount of television advertising or the number of advertising breaks in most programmes. Changes include:

• removing rules that require a 20 minute interval between advertising breaks within programmes. This forces the first and last breaks to be scheduled very close to the beginning and end of some programmes to the annoyance of viewers;
• allowing broadcasters to transmit one advertising break for every 30 minutes of a film, instead of one for every 45 minutes;
• ending restrictions on the advertising breaks in documentaries, current affairs, and programmes about religion which may discourage broadcasters from scheduling such programmes.

The changes to the Code will come into force on 1 September 2008.
This has to be one of the most emotive subjects for the future of TV advertising yet. The viewer is going to be punished with more ads so lets hope we get shorter ads with more content to keep us from switching off.
There was never a good time to introduce this new advertising code but it must have been in the pipeline for some time as Ofcom research everything before the green light is given. This is one new code the viewer is going to complain about in droves.
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EXCLUSIVE FREESAT SPORTS CHANNEL.

EXCLUSIVE FREESAT SPORTS CHANNEL.


EXCLUSIVE FREESAT CHANNEL.

EXCLUSIVE FREESAT CHANNEL is correct from the BBC/ITV venture freesat.
Freesat will soon have a dedicated freesat channel which will be dedicated to sporting events both live and archived.
It should be pointed out that the BBC have unlimited access to sporting events live and archive.
We can see a channel which could easily be named "BBC Sporting Moments", or perhaps a different name before it goes live.
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ITV Local and ITV.com team up with FA to show early rounds of FA

ITV Local and ITVcom team up with FA to show early rounds of FA.

ITV Local and ITV.com team up with FA to show early rounds of FA Cup

24/07/2008

For the first time in history FA Cup matches involving non-League clubs will be filmed and available to a large audience thanks to a partnership between ITV Local, ITV.com and The Football Association.

ITV and FA camera crews will capture early round FA Cup action on camera from the first weekend of the E.ON sponsored competition when over 400 clubs begin their bid for glory.

A number of matches have been selected for filming on each FA Cup weekend during August, September and October. Highlight packages will be made available to watch on ITVlocal.com, itv.com and TheFA.com.

Clubs that aren't covered by an ITV Local camera will be given access to an exclusive area on ITV Local's Grassroots Sport website where they can upload their own club videos for all to see.

ITV Local's Director of Content, Lindsay Charlton, said: "For the first time in the history of the FA Cup, dozens of preliminary and qualifying round matches will be captured on camera, thanks to ITV Local. What makes the FA Cup exciting is those small clubs that manage to smash their way through from the early rounds to face Premier League giants. With a little luck ITV Local will be able to follow some of this year's giant killers all the way."

Head of Content at ITV.com, Marc Webber, said: "With this development, we're bringing the big match atmosphere to the smallest of clubs. Everyone that plays in the FA Cup should have their day in the sun and we're proud to be the first broadcaster to cover the FA Cup from the very first kick."

The Editor of TheFA.com website, Jamie Bradbury, said: "The FA Cup is such a unique competition and the early rounds can really inspire the players and fans involved, with a chance to meet the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool a possibility. Last season TheFA.com featured highlights of games in every round of the competition, but the link with ITV.com and ITV Local means we'll be going even further this time around."

This 2008-09 FA Cup season sees a record 762 enter the world's greatest domestic cup competition. It all kicks off on 16th August with the Extra Preliminary Round.

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