Olympic Games

 

 

COUNTRY  GOLD  SILVER  BRONZE  TOTAL
1 - China  31  19  14 64
2 – United States  29  15  19 63
3 – Great Britain  18  11  11 37
4 – South Korea  11  5  6 22
5 – France  8  9  9  26
6 – Russia  7  17  18  42
7 – Italy  7  6  4  17
8 – Kazakhstan  6  0  1  7
9 – Germany  5  10  7  22
10 – Hungary  4  1  3  8

Australia – 19th. 2 Gold, 12 Silver, 8 bronze = 22

Updated 9.50am 7/08/2012 AEST.

 

 

Finally – all those shows annoying us in promos during The Olympics, commence airing on Nine in the first week “after the Olympics”. Big Brother, Underbelly Badness, Anger Management with Charlie Sheen, The Farmer Wants a Wife – now with 216 dates, and Howzat. Still not scheduled, and likely to start in subsequent weeks, is Dallas and House Husbands. UPDATED AGAIN: 60 Minutes is NOW NOT back until August 19. It was in, but now is out again. Continue reading »

Aussies in action & key events to watch

ATHLETICS *GOLD MEDAL EVENTS*
Saturday August 4 from 6.55pm AEST – live on LONDON 4 (Track) & LONDON 5 (Field)
Women’s pole vault: Liz Parnov, Alana Boyd (qualifying) Continue reading »

Olympic schedule for Wednesday, August 1:

All times London time (for AEST add 9 hours)

Hockey (Olympic Park – Riverbank arena)

08:30-12:15 – Men’s preliminaries (2 matches). Continue reading »

Nine’s telecast of the London 2012 Olympics Games are simulcast on GEM in HD.

On the first night of Games coverage on Nine, Nine reported a primary channel share of 48%, while the Nine network achieved a share of over 51%. GO! accounts for 3% of the network share.

But what about GEM? Continue reading »

Olympic schedule for Sunday, July 29:

Times AEST.

Badminton (Wembley Arena)

17:30-20:00 – Men’s Singles, Doubles: preliminaries; Women’s Singles, Doubles: preliminaries; Mixed Doubles: preliminaries. Continue reading »

This is Olympic schedule for Saturday, July 28
The opening ceremony will be blogged here live from 5.30am AEST. Continue reading »

For those with 3D TVs, Nine are offering a trial 3D channel offering daily London 2012 Olympic highlights in 3D, which run from 11am daily during the Olympics. The trial 3D channel can be seen on FreeView channel 95, and is available to viewers in selected areas over the course of the Olympics July 28-August 13, 2012. Continue reading »

Press release. Foxtel’s history-making broadcast of the LONDON 2012 Olympic Games explodes off the blocks this weekend, with the first official days of competition getting under way and appearances by Olympic superstars Stephanie Rice and Michael Phelps. Continue reading »

Foxtel’s London 2012 Olympics Coverage is over 8 channels, all of which are available in HD for those with the Foxtel HD package. No matter what sport you want to see, you can over the 8 channels, and all gold medal ceremonies are LIVE. Continue reading »