Difference between revisions of "Cricket Worldcup Finals 2007"

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==Listening to Live Audio Broadcasts==
==Listening to Live Audio Broadcasts==
* [[Wikipedia:BBC Five Live]]
* [[Wikipedia:BBC_Radio_Five_Live|BBC Radio Five]] broadcast uninteruppted audio commentaries of the game. This is streamed on the internet. However, due to licensing problems, this is restricted only to the UK listeners.
* If you are a listener outside the UK it is possible to listen to this service simply by browsing through a [[wikipedia:Proxy Server]] in the UK. There are quite a few public ones and they are easy to use.
* In your browser (I use [[Mozilla Firefox]]) enter the settings in Tools->Options->Advanced->Network->Settings and enter the manual proxy configuration as shown in the figure.
[[Image:firefox_setting_proxy.png|thumb|Setting a proxy server for the browser.]]
* Go to  BBC five radio site http://www.bbc.co.uk./fivelive/sport/commentaries.shtml
* Select Five Live Sports Extra on the left border. It will open a separate player page. I useually select 'Listen Live Windows Media' (High) choice. And it works!

Revision as of 08:11, 28 April 2007

Details: Wikipedia article on Cricket World Cup 2007.

Listening to Live Audio Broadcasts

  • BBC Radio Five broadcast uninteruppted audio commentaries of the game. This is streamed on the internet. However, due to licensing problems, this is restricted only to the UK listeners.
  • If you are a listener outside the UK it is possible to listen to this service simply by browsing through a wikipedia:Proxy Server in the UK. There are quite a few public ones and they are easy to use.
  • In your browser (I use Mozilla Firefox) enter the settings in Tools->Options->Advanced->Network->Settings and enter the manual proxy configuration as shown in the figure.
Setting a proxy server for the browser.