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Beijing Olympics 2008 HDTV & SD Feeds - 08.08.08 to 24.08.08
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008 and followed by the 2008 Summer Paralympics from September 6 to September 17. Ten thousand, five hundred athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games. The 2008 Beijing Olympics will also mark the third time that Olympic events will have been held in the territories of two different National Olympic Committees (NOC): at the 2008 Olympics, equestrian events will be held in Hong Kong, which competes separately from mainland China.
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Below are captures and logs of feeds in Standard and High Definition caught coming in to Europe from Beijing. Unfortunately, as with most major sporting events nowadays, most of the actual feeds are encrypted. However, there is always the odd feed FTA.
Note: All images on this page are fully clickable :-)
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Various Beijing Olympics test cards via 7E 10E and 12.5W.
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RAI feeds from Beijing active most mornings for the Olympics on Eutelsat W3A at 7E 'Pechino' means Beijing in Italian :-)
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Globecast Provides a live position for the opening ceremony from Beijing via their Ad Hoc SNG on Eutelsat W1 at 10E
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Top: Australian correspondent outside Birds Nest stadium in Beijing for the opening ceremony
Bottom: Makeup and cleavage check for a correspondent in Beijing for CTV's Canada AM via Eutelsat W1 at 10E (APTN)
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Beach Volleyball: The Women's Gold Medal Match feed in HDTV via Badr 4 at 26E
(CHN) Tian JAI / WANG JIE - (USA) Kerry WALSH / Misty MAY-TREANOR
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Canoeing: The Men's C1 Single Slalom Final in HDTV. David Florence (GB) taking Silver. Feed via Badr 4 at 26E
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Diving: The Women's 10M Synchro Final in HDTV via Badr 4 at 26E
From left to right: Xin Wang / Roulin Chen (CHN) -- Meaghan Benfeito / Roseline Filion (CAN) -- Annett Gamm / Nora Subschinski (GER)
| Olympics Beijing 2008 Satellite Feeds [UK-EUROPE] | SATELLITE | FREQ | POL | SR | FEC | IDENT | FORMAT | COMMENTS |
| Atlantic Bird 1 | 10.960 | H | 6111 | 3/4 | CNN/Globecast Asia | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | News feeds for CNN |
| Atlantic Bird 1 | 10.959 | H | 6111 | 5/6 | BJES 1-1 | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | French news feeds from Beijing |
| Eutelsat W3A | 12.618 | V | 3214 | 7/8 | YouYiShouShu | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | Rai Beijing news feeds |
| Eutelsat W3A | 11.090 | V | 28000 | Auto | - | DVB-S2 BISS | EBU HD mux |
| Eurobird 4 | 10.980 | H | 27745 | Auto | BJEBU UNIHD | DVB-S2 BISS | EBU Unilateral HD feeds |
| Eurobird 4 | 11.056 | H | 27745 | Auto | MLT HD1 | DVB-S2 BISS | EBU Multilateral HD feeds |
| Eurobird 4 | 11.172 | H | 27745 | Auto | MLT HD2 | DVB-S2 BISS | EBU Multilateral HD feeds |
| Eutelsat W3A | 11.000 | V | 13333 | 7/8 | BJMLT2 | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:2 | EBU SD feeds |
| Eutelsat W3A | 10.966 | H | 13333 | 7/8 | BJMLT1 | DVB MPEG-2 BISS | EBU SD feeds |
| Eutelsat W3A | 10.966 | V | 13333 | 7/8 | BJMLT6 | DVB MPEG-2 BISS | EBU SD feeds |
| Eutelsat W3A | 11.096 | V | 28000 | Auto | - | DVB MPEG-2 BISS | EBU SD mux |
| Badr 4 | 12.169 | V | 27500 | 3/4 | BEIJING OLYMPICS | DVB MPEG-4 4:2:0 | HD feed within SamaCom mux |
| Intelsat 706 | 11.135 | V | 28800 | Auto | BJ-RAI2 & UJ-RTHD | DVB-S2 BISS | EBU HD mux China to Europe |
| Intelsat 706 | 11.175 | V | 28800 | Auto | BJ-FRTV2 & MTV HD | DVB-S2 BISS | EBU HD mux China to Europe |
| Eutelsat W1 | 12.729 | V | 4167 | 5/6 | APTN LIMA | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | APTN Beijing feed point |
| Eutelsat W1 | 11.014 | H | 6111 | 3/4 | Ad Hoc Path 2 | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | GlobeCast Beijing news feeds |
| Eutelsat W1 | 10.970 | V | 4167 | 5/6 | UP4/APTN MCR | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | News feeds various broadcasters |
| Eutelsat W3A | 11.014 | H | 6666 | 7/8 | CCTV/EBU | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:2 | CCTV feeds to EBU |
| Eutelsat W3A | 11.022 | H | 6666 | 7/8 | CCTV BEIJING +861068507636 | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | Beijing Daily News feed |
| Eurobird 9 | 11.881 | V | 26700 | 3/4 | - | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | Rai feeds Beijing studio |
| Eutelsat W1 | 10.955 | V | 4167 | 5/6 | Beijing Encoder 2 | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | APTN feeds Beijing |
| Eutelsat W1 | 11.098 | V | 5632 | 3/4 | ARQIVA ENC 9 | DVB MPEG-2 4:2:0 | Beijing Daily Highlights |
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