Election Night Coverage outside the UK

[mr_tony]

So - I'll be sitting in sunny (ish) Johannesburg for election night.
Anyone know any decent options for following events beyond BBC news 24?

Any good websites out there covering things live?

[BOR]

The Guardian has alive feed. The quality isn't great, the candidates look a bit wooden, and low bit rate makes them jerk around as if they were puppets being pulled by strings.

[unrepentant]

I'm hoping BBC America will show full coverage here. Will make a nice change from the ste Gordon Ramsay repeats they usually air.

[mr_tony]

OK so the granuiad and BBC World look like my options so far - not liking that particularly.

I shall have to find myself a radio and tune into the world service.

Or perhaps there is live streaming internet radio... hmmm hadn't thought of that...

[Puggit]

Sky News is widely available on TV in Joburg hotels...

[bonsai]

But for UK viewers, I think Channel 4's alternative Election night with Jimmy Carr, David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker should be pretty damn good.

[mr_tony]

Puggit said:

Sky News is widely available on TV in Joburg hotels...

Good point - will provide some balance, even if it does keep repeating the same story every 20 seconds on the basis that it believes it's audience are analagous to goldfish.

Not sure I can manage watching Sky News all evening though. It just reminds me of Brass Eye..

[texan]

What time (GMT) does it get interesting?

I'm six hours behind but want to see the last couple of hours. Will be hugging my champers and will either pop it open if good prevails, or beat myself over the head with the unopened bottle if Labour get back in.

[Stu R]

bonsai said:

But for UK viewers, I think Channel 4's alternative Election night with Jimmy Carr, David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker should be pretty damn good.

Really looking forward to that

[unrepentant]

texan said:

What time (GMT) does it get interesting?

I'm six hours behind but want to see the last couple of hours. Will be hugging my champers and will either pop it open if good prevails, or beat myself over the head with the unopened bottle if Labour get back in.

Polls close at 10pm. Sunderland South is usually first to declare just before 11pm. Results come in thick and fast after about 1am.

Where are you hoping to see it? I'm still looking to see what the BBC US coverage is like.