Sony Bravia TVs, Blu-ray players and PlayStations are to get an Olympic TV app.
Twenty four channels of high definition sports coverage will be available through the app and, after the Olympics, it will be used for major sports events that were previously covered on the ‘red button’.
The app will also feature catch-up TV from the coverage and will initially launch on the company’s Bravia televisions in time for Wimbledon at the end of June.
PlayStation already has the BBC iPlayer catch-up TV app so I imagine it would not be too hard to butcher that into a sports-focussed application.
Source: Engadget
gazzagb
Couldn’t care less about the Olympics, can’t wait until it’s over.
Glad to see the Beeb utilising the PS3 though, wonder if 360’s will also get the app, they’re getting iPlayer soon aren’t they?
stage1
Totally agree, can’t wait for it to be over.
Luckily, I’m going on holiday around that time so I’ll get to miss a huge chunk of it :)
gazzagb
Lucky bugger, I’ll be stuck at home, everything will be ten times more expensive, the tube will be packed, the roads will be packed, it’s going to be so annoying.
gaffers101
Same here, but it’ll be good to know it’s there for other sporting events in the future.
Crocadillian
Yup, the amount of retarded and shameful things that surround it, not to mention it’s cost makes the Olympics lose any meaning it might have had. It’s just some corporate pimp >:l
damoxuk
360 already have the iplayer whether they get this is another thing. It took 3 years to get iplayer and olympics out in 2 months so maybe in time for 2016 olympics? :D
shields_t
What a bunch of miserable sods you lot are, it might be a big corporate advertising platform but it’s also unlikely to happen in our country again in our lifetime. Competing at the Olympics is the absolute pinnacle of achievement for some of the world’s finest sportspeople. I for one am all for the London Olympics and am looking forward to watching, even of it probably won’t be on my ps3.
yogdog
This is pretty awesome! I’ll be away at the time though so will have to rely on normal coverage… :(
yogdog
Mind you, I’ll be with a certain welsh girl I met on holiday last year so… don’t think I’ll mind too much!
Adiemus
Yay my first like!
tonycawley
Can I like the like? I’m going to, I don’t care!
As well as the like button we also need a dislike button for when stupid people say stupid things.
Jakster123x
I guess i’ll use it if it’s there
HoboCastro
It’s unavoidable now. But at least when it’s over we should get F1 and Football highlights through it.
RudeAwakening
Sky bring it to Irish ps3, go on…go on…go on…go on!
MuggleMind
There are Irish PS3s? What will they think of next. :)
TSBonyman
I would expect Rte to have the broadcasting rights for Ireland, but sadly i don’t expect rtePlayer on PS3 to have the same amount of coverage as the bbcPlayer.
HoboCastro
Worth a try though. Nothing can be worse than the UK’s ITV Player.
Tuffcub
Pee Ess Tree?
rossthebassist
This will make my wife happy!
Erroneus
Lucky Brits! So tired of the danish channels never does something like that, or Eurosport, they should have the market for it.
hazelam
hopefully, after the olympics, they can use that for some of those women’s sports they never adequately cover.
like the world cup last year, that according to that guy who does the sport on the bbc morning program, isn’t a major sporting event.
anyway, BBC do some decent coverage of sporting events on the red button so i can see me getting some use out of this.
especially as, somehow, my tv is prone to crashing when i use the interactive features.
HoboCastro
Womens sports? There is already too many cookery shows on the TV ;)
anyjungleinguy
I’m guessing they’ll be screwing over most Bravia owners like they are doing with Netflix and only bring this to the very latest models.
sully1311
If your Bravia has the BBC News app then this will work.
hol
Apparently 2011 models onwards, mine should be covered by that :)