A Dish Network Olympics Channel Guide

[kaman]

I made my own handy channel guide for the olympics to help my wife figure out which channels were showing olympic coverage and when. I figured some of you might find it useful as well. I made this for my own purposes, so the local NBC channel is for Cincinnati (which I need OTA to get HD, btw). And I know that there are other channel number locations, but the only alternative channel locations that I wanted to see was the 9000's.

FYI, I made this using Keynote '08 (from Apple's iWork '08 suite). If anyone wants to modify it for their own purposes, send me a PM with your email address and I'd be happy to send it to you (you need a Mac and Keynote '08). And no, Keynote does not export to PowerPoint (that I could find).

 

[FCom911]

From a fellow Mac user, nice! Thanks!!!

I will say... NBC really screwed with the vibe of the opening of the games by inserting all those commercial breaks. Yes, they payed $900M for the rights, but the opening was absolutely stunning, stellar! They stole the magic...

That's one opening... will forever be a benchmark... incredibly difficult to match, nor exceed!

Good luck, UK!

Wow!

 

[B.Goose]

Thanks for doing that. It is very nice.

 

[kstuart]

From a fellow Mac user, nice! Thanks!!!

I would have bet my house that you used a Mac.

Gee, how could I tell...

PS Thanks to kaman for the Guide !

Here is the NBC Press Guide Schedule, in case anyone needs more info:

http://www.nbcumv.com/special/S__Press_DEPTS_NBCMV_Press_Kits_2008_olympics_schedule9.pdf

 

[FCom911]

I would have bet my house that you used a Mac.

Gee, how could I tell...

PS Thanks to kaman for the Guide !

Here is the NBC Press Guide Schedule, in case anyone needs more info:

http://www.nbcumv.com/special/S__Press_DEPTS_NBCMV_Press_Kits_2008_olympics_schedule9.pdf

Thanks!

Don't forget NBC's website for video feeds and stats (Mac users, you'll have to download 'MS Silverlight' codec; the site will prompt you when you selct to play a particular video - this will happen only once - well worth the effort!)... video is very crisp and crisp (not the commercials, as they're poor; front bumper).

 

[gbjbany]

From a fellow Mac user, nice! Thanks!!!

I will say... NBC really screwed with the vibe of the opening of the games by inserting all those commercial breaks. Yes, they payed $900M for the rights, but the opening was absolutely stunning, stellar! They stole the magic...

That's one opening... will forever be a benchmark... incredibly difficult to match, nor exceed!

Good luck, UK!

Wow!

Agree completely, i think at one point there were adverts like very 3 minutes. We stopped watching and DVR'd so they didnt get the advertising exposure they wanted anyway.

Also I'm an expat and my wife and i were also commenting on " how can the old mother country follow that ???!".

 

[kstuart]

Also I'm an expat and my wife and i were also commenting on " how can the old mother country follow that ???!".

We were also discussing that here, and agreed that - rather than trying to be yet more spectacular - they need to rely on their strengths, and make it more witty, more literary, more musical, and better written...