Video of the Week: Youtube's Summer Games Channel

If you're not so obsessed with the Games that you have to see everything on a live feed or if the various online options are proving difficult to access, you can always keep track of the various highlights of the days events on Youtube's Summer Games Channel. The collection of videos includes news, recaps of the days highlights, athlete profiles and a series of clips on the "color and culture of Beijing" from various mainstream European and American media sources that include: Associated Press, The New York Times, Getty Images, Reuters, Euronews, France 24 and others. Naturally the roundups tend to focus on the medals won by athletes from the country of the broadcaster and the "color and culture" videos are a little cheesy. If you turn down the volume on the above video, you can enjoy some nice shots of Beijing's Underground City which is reported to be closed during the Olympic period. For more information on Beijing's hidden underground world, see Eric Abrahamsen's description of his trip to the tunnels below Nanluogu Xiang over at Beijing by Foot blog or if you can wait till Friday, go and buy Beijing by Foot itself.

I took a brief glance at two of the Chinese Youtube equivalents, Youku and Tudou, but they don't appear to be offering a similar channel, however, Tudou does have a special channel devoted to all thingsBeijing called 北京这个城市 Beijing zhege Chengshi.

Links and Sources
Youtube: Summer Olympics Channel
2008 Games Beijing: Beijing’s Underground City
Tudou: This City of Beijing