How
to Watch Eurovision Song Contest Online
Stream the
Eurosong Webcast
 The
Eurovision Song Contest has been one of the most watched television
events in Europe for over fifty years. Abba and Celine Dion are just a
few entertainers who started their careers by competing at the Eurovision
Song Contest.
The
U.S. broadcasters don't carry this pop music spectacle but if you live
in the U.S. or anywhere else in the world and have access to a
moderately fast internet connection you can watch the Eurosong
spectacle via a live webcast.
The
setup is relatively simple on Windows and Mac OS X and slighlty more
complicated on Linux. This short tutorial outlines the Windows setup.
Mac and Linux users should follow the provided links and instructions
at the official Eurovision Song Contest site.
The
Eurovision Song Contest Webcast, the Easy Way
- Direct
your Internet Explorer or Firefox browser to http://www.eurovision.tv/esctv.
If your computer already has the Octoshape plugin installed you should
be able to see picture playback at this point.
- You
may see the message saying that the Octoshape plugin is not installed.
Click on “Play the stream” anyway and Windows Media Player will launch.
If Windows Media Player does not recognize the stream you definitely do
not have the Octoshape plugin installed on your computer.
To install the plugin visit http://www.octoshape.com/plugin/get.asp. Follow
the installation instructions and when complete repeat the steps 1 and
2.
Enjoy the show.
During the webcast in May the live stream will be available at the
ESCTV site. Until then you may view prerecorded selections at the right
column.
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