Stupid Question but just wondering......

[CarolH]

Hi Ho Folks:
I tried to connect with the CBC Sports Live Broadcast for the Four Continents.
I know it is not on *just now*....but at 8.40 pm tonight.
However, I keep getting a message that says...."cannot connect to this BROWSER".

Does this mean it can't connect "just now" because it's not 8.30 pm?
Or does this mean whatever *Browser* I have won't work?
I use GOOGLE.....will that not work? Should I change it for the broadcast
or will it *MIX-UP* (I'm being polite) my entire computer system?
Carol

[Elizabeth]

Carol - I normally use Firefox and have never had a problem BUT you can't connect to the live stream broadcast until it is actually LIVE.

This should be the link for the 8:30 PM EST live broadcast: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/video#id=1141033027590

If you go to that link now you should see an image of Thomas Williams & Sarah Arnold who will be competing in the short dance. If you click on the play/forward arrow now, however, you will get the message about not playing on your browser - that's because there is no stream to play. It should actually work at 8:30 p.m. or just a few minutes earlier as 8:30 is when the first warm-up group will be introduced.

By the way, you should be able to have more than one browser option available on your computer - Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge, or Chrome (which is part of Google) should all work, I would think. You just have to choose one of them as your "default" browser.

Hope that helps?

[Elizabeth]

CBC Sports had some technical difficulties so we missed seeing the first three dance teams. That has now been corrected. The second warm-up group is on the ice.

Here's the link: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/video#id=1141033027590

[CarolH]

Thanks for your help Elizabeth.
I tried at 8.30 and had the same problem as before....commercials came through beautifully, but
the show only played for 5-10 sec. and then another commercial would start or the screen would freeze.
So I downloaded Google Chrome, and tried again and had success. I've been watching the Short Dances.

Wish I could stay awake long enough to see Dylan and Lubov.....got my fingers crossed for wonderful final
competition from them. I've always thought they were terrific together *except* for *something*. Their
programs were always beautiful because of their wonderful choreographers.

[Elizabeth]

CBC Sports should put the video up for viewing after the event. Since Luba & Dylan are skating last you should be able to advance it to their skate

[fred]

Yes. I did that and went to the last pair and that's exactly what I found. I'm so glad that they keep those videos there after the event. It makes seeing things from around the world easier. If I can get some sleep this afternoon/evening, I may try to stay up for the 10:50 pm showing tonight, but I have been somewhat tired of late.