maybe not the place to post this but.... Well this is not 'great' news but for those living in the Indian subcontinent i just wanted to inform u all that STAR SPORTS INDIA will be airing the highlights of the 2003 WC[and not 2005] on the 15th of august for 2 hrs. It's the first time after 2 yrs that we will see badminton coverage from ESPN STAR.I would have preferred anything about the 2005 WC but i guess this is better than nothing.ESPN /STAR INDIA as far as i know is the same channel for Pakistan,Sri Lanka apart from India and the surrounding regions.it's at 4:30 in the morning ,but what the heck?I thought it important to inform evryone who have been starving for Badminton telecast[like myself] and let's all see it,coz obviously the more the better.
India seems to be the odd one out. Many other Asian countries will get hours of live coverage on Star Sports: 7 hours on Aug 20th alone! That is true of Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, if I read correctly. Check the website: http://espnstar.com/tvtimes/tvtimes_index.jsp The ESPN2 deal in the U.S. sucks but I can't really argue with Kwun on that one. Most of it isn't their fault. People everywhere seem to enjoy watching guys with big bank accounts, big muscles, big egos, big machines and, often, big bellies instead of real sports. Still, I don't believe that American TV watchers came up with the idea all on their own that pro wrestling, golf, auto racing and baseball were sports. It's just another indoctrination. In my opinion, if you're only sweating because of the weather and/or your clothes, then it's not a sport. What amuses me is that when you see a montage on one of these "sports" networks advertising the network's commitment to broadcasting "sports" - be it TSN in Canada, or SBS Sports or MBC/ESPN here in Korea, and I am sure it would be similar on ESPN in the US - you get things like a tennis serve, a basketball dunk, a high jump, a 100m dash, a pack of short-track speed skaters rounding a turn, a soccer goal. In other words, you see real sports. They make it look as if they are the kind of place where the off-hours would be filled with all those exciting sports that never make it onto TV. Instead, they find things like darts, auto racing, billiards, bowling to fill up the off-peak times and the prime time is devoted to the big-money sports that the major networks have already covered for decades. Oh well. C'est la vie. At least I live in a country where networks occasionally find it worthwhile to broadcast a sport that their athletes occasionally come close to dominating. Now if I only had access to Star Sports...
Wow!atleast these countries are getting that much from ESPN/STAR.Really good.Enjoy yourselves BC'ers [living in Indonesia,Malaysia,Korea,etc]
Those in LA area. The finals are being covered live in KSCI 18. More here http://kscitv.com/pages/129734.asp.
In case no one's seen it yet, the timetable on Astro (Malaysia) is out - It's only on Star sports though... http://www.astro.com.my/v5/programming/channels/star_sports/ World Badminton Championships 2005 (LIVE) 20 Aug 0300 0530 Quarterfinals, Afternoon Session 20 Aug 0530 0800 Quarterfinals, Afternoon Session 20 Aug 0930 1200 Quarterfinals, Evening Session 20 Aug 1200 1400 Quarterfinals, Evening Session 21 Aug 0300 0530 Semifinals, Afternoon Session 21 Aug 0530 0800 Semifinals, Afternoon Session 21 Aug 0930 1200 Semifinals, Evening Session 21 Aug 1200 1400 Semifinals, Evening Session 22 Aug 0800 1030 Finals 22 Aug 1030 1300 Finals Too bad i'm going to be out of the country the entier time!!!!
guangdong sports i just heard of it is likely cctv5 will not broadcast the wc so bad... i give my whole hope on guangdong sports http://www5.pplive.com/ if it can do any use...
yea, it meant that... but a friend just supplied a schedule for me,maybe it can do any use for someone who can get that... http://www.gdtv.com.cn/newpage/sports/ttdb.asp
genjyo - you said that coverage in china will show the first rounds, but the schedule you've just shown us says it will only over the quarter final onwards!
well, it is not the same channel the schedule i gave is the star sports... and guangdong sports will broadcast entirely if their forenotice is true
Does PPlive have guongdong sports and if so which channal is it? My chinese is not up to par so i cant read it if it is in chinese. Can someone please point this out to me and also are there other sites/programs that will let one watch gd sports? Thanks
QF,Afternoon session for 4 whole hrs[repeat] on Star Sports India on 23rd ,but unluckily at night 12:30-4:30. This is getting better and better.Star Sports is atleast trying to show something of the WC all around Asia.Really good.Like kwun suggested we should be writing and thanking them[ESPN/STAR]
This is an outrage, the biggest event in badminton has finally come to the United States, and only 5 hours will be broadcasted, and yet they spend twice as much on pool? America sickens me .
TV broadcast in LA Not true, someone has posted the full live broadcast in LA TV station, it's a good start for badminton fan. I am sure the WC will be a big success in LA and more major event will be held here in the future.
