If you have an iPhone you can follow the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield on the Россия 2 channel on the app Russian TV. The app has a schedule, just look for the keywords: Чемпионатов Европы (European Championships) to find out broadcast times. This is the same channel that provides the internet stream. [...]
Archive for January, 2012
European Figure Skating Championships 2012: viewing by iPhone
Posted in Ice Skating News & Events, TV Links, What's on TV on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
European Figure Skating Championships 2012: internet stream
Posted in Ice Skating News & Events on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re desperate to see the European Figure Skating Championships 2012 in Sheffield and in general despairing of the poor UK TV coverage, there is internet streaming video with Russian commentary at http://kaban.tv/rossiya-2-online. The stream is from the Россия 2 (Russia 2) TV channel.
European Figure Skating Championships 2012 UK TV coverage
Posted in Ice Skating News & Events, What's on TV on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The BBC’s live red button coverage of the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield begins on Thursday. There is also limited coverage on Eurosport UK. The intended schedule is: Thursday 26 January BBC Red Button 18:30-21:30 European Figure Skating: Pairs Free Skating (Eurosport UK has one hour of highlights at 21:00, repeated Friday at [...]
Future of ice rink “safe” says Planet Ice
Posted in Ice Rinks on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Planet Ice has just announced on its IW Facebook page a restructuring that will save its rinks that are at risk from winding up orders from HMRC (see iowskaters.co.uk). According to the company: “It has been confirmed that, following the administration of the Arena Group, Mr Mike Petrouis, previous owner of the Planet Ice brand, [...]
Threat to Planet Ice rinks
Posted in Ice Rinks on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
IW Radio and BBC South Today both picked up on a story run in The Sun about the threat to eight ice rinks run by Planet Ice as a result of winding up orders issued by HM Revenue and Customs. Rinks potentially affected include the Island’s rink at Ryde, plus Basingstoke, Cardiff, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Gosport, [...]
IW synchro teams prepare for Milan
Posted in Synchronized Skating on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
IW synchronized skating teams the Wight Jewels and Wight Crystals will be heading off to Milan, Italy, in February for the 2012 Spring Cup. The event sees the teams in action on the continent for the first time in the 2011-12 season. The Jewels will compete at junior level; the Crystals at advanced novice level. [...]
Holiday on Ice Tropicana show set to open in Brighton
Posted in Ice Skating News & Events on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Holiday on Ice returns to the south coast this week when its Tropicana show opens at the Brighton Centre. Tropicana, which features the music of Barry Manilow, is choreographed and created by former Olympic champion Robin Cousins. It runs from 13 to 29 January. To book tickets, call 0844 847 1538 or book online at www.theticketfactory.com. [...]
European Figure Skating Championships, Sheffield 2012
Posted in Ice Skating News & Events on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The 2012 ISU European Figure Skating Championships take place in Sheffield from 23 to 29 January at the 9,000 seat Motorpoint Arena. Eurosport and the BBC are among the broadcasters with the rights to the event (see http://www.europeans2012.co.uk/news/32). According to iSKATE magazine, the BBC’s coverage for all four disciplines will be available through the BBC’s [...]
Dancing on Ice series 7
Posted in TV Links on January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The seventh series of ITV’s Dancing on Ice gets under way on Sunday 8 January, and the participating celebrities have been revealed on the ITV website. From the ITV programming guide: “Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley present a brand new series as 15 celebrities take to the ice in a bid to be crowned Dancing [...]
www.iowskaters.co.uk: 2011 in review
Posted in Website updates on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
iowskaters.co.uk continues to attract interest from around the world. Our annual report for 2011, compiled by WordPress, reveals, among other information: In 2011, there were 113 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 356 posts. There were 47 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 308mb. That’s about 4 pictures per month. For comparison, in 2010 [...]