2016 US Nationals TV and Livestream

[dorispulaski]

Icenetwork Schedule

SCHEDULED (ALL TIMES EASTERN)

1/16/2016 9:10am Juvenile Pattern Dance 1
1/16/2016 10:15am Juvenile Pattern Dance 2
1/16/2016 11:40am Intermediate Ladies Short Program
1/16/2016 1:05pm Intermediate Pattern Dance 1
1/16/2016 2:15pm Intermediate Pattern Dance 2
1/16/2016 3:45pm Intermediate Men's Short Program
1/16/2016 5:25pm Intermediate Pairs Short Program
1/16/2016 7:05pm Juvenile Boys Free Skate
1/16/2016 8:30pm Juvenile Girls Free Skate
1/16/2016 9:55pm Juvenile Pairs Free Skate
1/17/2016 10:30am Juvenile Free Dance
1/17/2016 11:00am Novice Ladies Short Program
1/17/2016 12:00pm Intermediate Ladies Free Skate
1/17/2016 12:35pm Novice Men's Short Program
1/17/2016 1:30pm Intermediate Free Dance
1/17/2016 2:10pm Novice Pairs Short Program
1/17/2016 3:40pm Intermediate Men's Free Skate
1/17/2016 5:15pm Novice Pattern Dance 1
1/17/2016 5:30pm Intermediate Pairs Free Skate
1/17/2016 6:30pm Novice Pattern Dance 2
1/18/2016 3:00pm Novice Men's Free Skate
1/18/2016 4:50pm Novice Ladies Free Skate
1/18/2016 10:25pm Novice Pairs Free Skate
1/19/2016 10:15am Novice Free Dance
1/19/2016 4:25pm Junior Ladies Short Program
1/19/2016 6:05pm Junior Men's Short Program
1/19/2016 9:40pm Junior Pairs Short Program
1/20/2016 12:20pm Junior Short Dance
1/20/2016 2:20pm Junior Pairs Free Skate
1/20/2016 8:00pm Junior Men's Free Skate
1/20/2016 10:00pm Junior Ladies Free Skate
1/21/2016 3:45pm Senior Pairs Short Program
1/21/2016 9:00pm Senior Ladies Short Program
1/22/2016 10:00am Junior Free Dance
1/22/2016 3:30pm Senior Short Dance
1/22/2016 8:30pm Senior Men's Short Program
1/23/2016 10:00am Senior Pairs Free Skate (Groups 1 & 2)
1/23/2016 11:47am Senior Free Dance (Group 1)
1/23/2016 7:00pm Senior Ladies Free Skate (Group 1)
1/24/2016 2:00pm Senior Men's Free Skate (Groups 1 & 2)

 

[MeaganSkater]

Anyone know how a Canadian would go about watching the US Nationals Championship events live stream?

Would I have to go the hola route? That has not seemed to work for me at all..

 

[karne]

If you're referring to IceNetwork, US Nationals is ungeoblocked.

 

[MeaganSkater]

How would I get IceNetwork access? I'm in Canada it won't let me sign up...

 

[dorispulaski]

You could try contacting them: either by email and phone:

Customer Service
If you are having trouble accessing video, have questions related to your icenetwork account/subscription, or have any other site issue that requires assistance, and you can not find the answers in the icenetwork help section, then please contact us via email at [email protected] or call our Customer Support toll-free number: 1-866-464-8499.

Customer Support Hours*
Monday-Friday: Noon-6 p.m. ET
We will be closed the following dates: December 24, December 25 and January 1.

 

[gottadance]

I have the reverse problem from Meaganskater - I live in the USA but want to watch the Canadian nationals . Everything is always geoblocked and I have appealed to the TV network but never get the courtesy of a response . Why would they care about somebody in the US watching Canadian skating for heavens sake - so petty . Anybody got any ideas ? Thanks so much and Happy New Year to all GS forum subscribers!

 

[dorispulaski]

Use hola or similar programs.

Check out the French language stream. Several times they have not been geoblocked!

Or do what I do. Wait till someone posts vid links here

 

[karne]

How would I get IceNetwork access? I'm in Canada it won't let me sign up...

Really? That surprises me, because I'm Australian and it will let me sign up, and I've never tried to hide that my billing address/credit card is Australian...

 

[dorispulaski]

It might be a problem with the credit card number's format...I would call them to straighten it out.

 

[ice coverage]

NBC (all times Eastern, check local listings, subject to change)

http://usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=51605&type=media​

Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016
- U.S. Championships Preview Show 4-5 p.m. NBC

ETA (on Jan 13):

5 pm ET is the revised air time for the preview show.
http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2...with-preview-show-this-sun-at-5-pm-et-on-nbc/​

Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016
- Pairs Free Skate and Free Dance 3-6 p.m. NBC
- Ladies Free Skate 8-11 p.m. NBC

Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016
- Men's Free Skate 4-6 p.m. NBC

Sunday, Jan. 30, 2016
- Smucker's Skating Spectacular 4-6 p.m. NBC​

Per IN: Those senior groups not shown live on icenetwork on Saturday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Jan. 24, will be televised live on NBC.

http://web.icenetwork.com/schedule/2016/01/2016_us_fs_champs​

BUT sabinfire (among others) will be quick to remind us that past experience shows that some skaters get caught in limbo -- shown live neither on IN nor on NBC.

Quoting the final two days of IN coverage from the OP:

Icenetwork Schedule

SCHEDULED (ALL TIMES EASTERN)

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1/23/2016 10:00am Senior Pairs Free Skate (Groups 1 & 2)
1/23/2016 11:47am Senior Free Dance (Group 1)
1/23/2016 7:00pm Senior Ladies Free Skate (Group 1)
1/24/2016 2:00pm Senior Men's Free Skate (Groups 1 & 2)

ETA (on Jan 10):

More FYIs from the IN page:

- Video of the senior groups aired on NBC will be available on-demand ONLY starting Tuesday, Jan. 26, at noon ET.
- The Smucker's Skating Spectacular, which will take place Sunday, Jan. 24, from 8-10 p.m. ET, will be available on-demand ONLY starting Tuesday, Feb. 2, at noon ET.
- The on-ice recognition ceremony for the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2016 will take place Friday, Jan. 22, during the senior men's short program and be streamed live for Season Pass subscribers.​

ETA (on Jan 18):

A new feature for 2016, NBC will feature behind-the-scenes access through its All-Access page on NBCSports.com, including live scoring and leaderboards, video features, fan polls and more.

The NBC page is reachable via nbcsports.com/usfigs.
Reachable also via the full URL below:

This is the homepage for NBC nationals coverage ... :
http://www.nbcsports.com/US-Figure-Skating-Championships

One of the offerings on the NBC page:

Detailed real-time scoring -- of individual elements -- during all Championship level (i.e., Senior) events.​

Not clear yet how NBC's detailed real-time scoring will (or will not) differ from IN's Skate Radio screens (except that Skate Radio screens will be accompanied by audio commentary).​

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ETA (on Jan 14), more on IN's coverage -- from its 2016 Viewer's Guide http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/01/14/159713042:

ANNOUNCERS
Icenetwork's announcing team in Greensboro [sic - presumably an error left over from 2015] will be headed up by Mike Mancuso, who will handle the play-by-play duties. Joining Mancuso in the booth will be Olympic champion Charlie White, three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss, two-time U.S. champion John Coughlin, former U.S. champion Ryan Bradley and former U.S. silver medalist Tonia Kwiatkowski.

BACKSTAGE COVERAGE

In addition to broadcasting the competition, icenetwork will provide FREE behind-the-scenes video to all registered users beginning Thursday, Jan. 21. This coverage will include live segments from the icenetwork ICE Desk (see schedule below), interviews, technical analysis, special features, press conferences and more. Olympic silver medalist Tanith Belbin White and Weiss will share hosting duties of the ICE Desk. The rest of icenetwork's backstage team will consist of Charlie White, Coughlin, Bradley and YouTube personality Michael Buckley.

When NBC is on the air, icenetwork will provide live technical analysis via Skate Radio presented by Prudential. This audio stream will feature the following experts breaking down the performances from a technical perspective:

Jimmie Santee, executive director of the Professional Skaters Association
Charlie Cyr, former international judge who now serves as sports director for figure skating at the International Skating Union
Judy Blumberg, ISU technical specialist for ice dance
Meryl Davis, 2014 Olympic gold medalist​

"ICE Desk" Live Streaming Schedule (All times are Eastern. Schedule is subject to change.)

Thursday, Jan. 21
• Prior to the ladies short program at approximately 8:45 p.m.
• Following the ladies short program at approximately 11:55 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 22
• Following the short dance at approximately 5:30 p.m.
• Prior to the men's short program at approximately 8:15 p.m.
• Following the men's short program at approximately 12:15 a.m. (Saturday, Jan. 23)

Saturday, Jan. 23
• Prior to the pairs free skate (groups 3 & 4) at approximately 2:15 p.m.
• Prior to the free dance (groups 2 & 3) at approximately 4:15 p.m. (tentative)
• Prior to the ladies free skate at approximately 6:45 p.m.
• Following the ladies free skate at approximately 11 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 24
• Prior to the men's free skate at approximately 1:45 p.m.
• Following the men's free skate at approximately 6 p.m.​

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Universal HD (all times Eastern, check local listings, subject to change)

http://usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=51605&type=media
http://www.nbcsports.com/olympic-sports-schedule​

Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016
- NBC Encore 3-9 p.m. Universal HD

Friday, Jan. 29, 2016
- NBC Encore 6-8 p.m. Universal HD

Friday, Feb. 5, 2016
- NBC Encore 2-4 p.m. Universal HD​

 

[Icey]

Use hola or similar programs.

Check out the French language stream. Several times they have not been geoblocked!

Or do what I do. Wait till someone posts vid links here

Do you have a link to that stream?

 

[Icey]

If we can watch free streams of Russian nationals and Japan Nationals wherever we live, why does the US and Canada make it so hard to see their competitions? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[ice coverage]

Scheduling update re NBC preview of Nats -- airing on Sun Jan 17.

New air time is 5 pm ET. Check your local listings. (Old time was 4 pm ET.)

http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2...with-preview-show-this-sun-at-5-pm-et-on-nbc/ (Jan 13)​

 

[dorispulaski]

As the competition nears, typically.people will post links here for non geoblocked streams

 

[cheerknithanson]

You think they'll have that stream where it's just them showing the scores and adding up the GOE and adjusting it after the program has been skated etc.....I'm not sure if I worded it out right, but last year they did it and talked through it. Basically it showed element by element and then adjusting the base value and GOE when needed.

 

[ice coverage]

You think they'll have that stream where it's just them showing the scores and adding up the GOE and adjusting it after the program has been skated etc.....I'm not sure if I worded it out right, but last year they did it and talked through it. Basically it showed element by element and then adjusting the base value and GOE when needed.

Skate Radio will be back via IN ... along with IN's Ice Desk coverage.
Both again will be available free of charge -- i.e., without a paid IN subscription

The IN Viewer's Guide was published just today, so the timing of your question was excellent .

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/01/14/159713042 (Jan 14)​

I've copied the details about both Ice Desk and Skate Radio into post #10 above.

Here is the part re Skate Radio:

When NBC is on the air, icenetwork will provide live technical analysis via Skate Radio presented by Prudential. This audio stream will feature the following experts breaking down the performances from a technical perspective:

Jimmie Santee, executive director of the Professional Skaters Association
Charlie Cyr, former international judge who now serves as sports director for figure skating at the International Skating Union
Judy Blumberg, ISU technical specialist for ice dance
Meryl Davis, 2014 Olympic gold medalist​

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[cheerknithanson]

Skate Radio will be back via IN ... along with IN's Ice Desk coverage.
Both again will be available free of charge -- i.e., without a paid IN subscription

The IN Viewer's Guide was published just today, so the timing of your question was excellent .

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/01/14/159713042 (Jan 14)​

I've copied the details about both Ice Desk and Skate Radio into post #10 above.

Here is the part re Skate Radio:

When NBC is on the air, icenetwork will provide live technical analysis via Skate Radio presented by Prudential. This audio stream will feature the following experts breaking down the performances from a technical perspective:

Jimmie Santee, executive director of the Professional Skaters Association
Charlie Cyr, former international judge who now serves as sports director for figure skating at the International Skating Union
Judy Blumberg, ISU technical specialist for ice dance
Meryl Davis, 2014 Olympic gold medalist​

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Aw sweet!!! YES!!!

 

[A.H.Black]

If someone will rein in Jimmie - we're set. The others will be great. I like listening to Judy - especially when she gets really detailed.

 

[semosk8tfan]

I was feeling kind of sad that I couldn't make it to Minnesota but with the publication of the icenetwork article today listing their commentators, Ice Desk coverage and Skate Radio commentators I am excited to watch from the comfort and warmth of my own home!!

 

[blancanieves]

Skate Radio will be back via IN ... along with IN's Ice Desk coverage.
Both again will be available free of charge -- i.e., without a paid IN subscription

The IN Viewer's Guide was published just today, so the timing of your question was excellent .

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/01/14/159713042 (Jan 14)​

I've copied the details about both Ice Desk and Skate Radio into post #10 above.

Here is the part re Skate Radio:

When NBC is on the air, icenetwork will provide live technical analysis via Skate Radio presented by Prudential. This audio stream will feature the following experts breaking down the performances from a technical perspective:

Jimmie Santee, executive director of the Professional Skaters Association
Charlie Cyr, former international judge who now serves as sports director for figure skating at the International Skating Union
Judy Blumberg, ISU technical specialist for ice dance
Meryl Davis, 2014 Olympic gold medalist​

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Sorry for the silly question, but how do you log in to Skate Radio?