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Olympic Opening Ceremony (audio-only) audio described on BBC1, for as long as the TV stays alive: 2.onj.me/tv.m3u
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in reply to Andre Louis

Thanks for doing this. Our local feeds are unsurprisingly not doing AD, at least through the app so I really appreciate being able to switch to a described feed because noone else in the house is interested in watching.
in reply to Andre Louis

@pitermach our terrestrial TV only works if next door aren't running a washing machine, dryer or dishwasher. Any vibration along the wall and the signal goes.
We don't care 99 times out of a hundred because we stream nearly everything.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo @pitermach When @MoonCat and I used to watch #EastEnders, just near the end of the episode almost without fail, a motorbike would go passed our house and it was at the Duffduffs, so you'd miss the most important bit. happened too often to be coincidence. We had a Netgem freeview box at the time. I remember it very clearly.
in reply to Andre Louis

Props to Georgina Rose for doing live AD. That stuff is never easy.
in reply to Andre Louis

Multiple people doing AD today, very cool. Latest speaker is Pauline (used to be Tubelady on twitter.)
in reply to Andre Louis

great to get the personality of the describers shining through. It's not as useful as movie description but it's considerably more fun!
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo Did anyone manage to archive this?
Was asleep while it was happening.
in reply to Johann

@johann it'll be downloadable from iPlayer as per all the UK's stuff, I'd presume?
in reply to Johann

@johann @cachondo I'm sure you can find it on your country's tv channel(s) of choice. It's only an opening ceremony anyway, not the world's most exciting event. I shouldn't bother about it honestly.
in reply to Andre Louis

Loving her enthusiasm. Don't think I ever heard her be this into it in the shows I watched where she was describing.
in reply to Pitermach

@pitermach Nope, she's usually very serious and formal. Here she's having fun and it's a different change.
in reply to Andre Louis

GOod lord the difference between the brawdcasts of the US and the UK is insulting. We're breaking for ads every couple minutes, missing huge chunks in the process. Intolerable. Thank you for this service. I feel like I should chip in something for your trouble!
in reply to Andre Louis

@stirlock whenever the rugby is on ITV, we get a break after the anthums and before kickoff. Really spoils the atmosphere. But I guess we've been lucky to get the beeb for all these years. Their comparatively poor olympic coverage this year compared to the paid channels is sad.
in reply to Andre Louis

@stirlock oh not of this but the games themselves, they don't have all the rights like they used to.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo @stirlock I know what annoyed me during Euro 2024 on ITV, when the national anthems were played, then the commentator would say "the match of team A versus team B, next". Come on! Just start the bloody thing!
in reply to Andre Louis

'Windows updates 37% don't turn off your computer.'
You utter, utter shitting bastard!
in reply to Andre Louis

you never serve anything on windows. Ever. If you do, your whole crowd will be striked.