Goodacre

Good news -- C-SPAN 3 have just announced that they are going to simulcast the BBC Election Night Special tomorrow night, starting 4.55pm. Good for them!
http://www.c-span.org/Series/Prime-M...Questions.aspx

Octang Frye

Is that the one with the Swing-o-meter?

Goodacre

Yes, usually, though they'll need a 3D version this time! I think Jeremy Vine is due to do all the fancy graphics. Expect some to be absurdly over the top.

Sally Redux

sir_eccles

Hmm, it isn't showing up on my Tivo. Maybe they haven't updated the schedule yet.

Goodacre

It might not show up at all if the Leaders' Debates are anything to go by. They were still advertising "Today in Washington" on ours even while the debates were airing live. But it's confirmed on C-SPAN's website, so it'll be fine to tune in on the day

MrEmjoy

How do I see this Cspandangle thing on my vision box

Lothianlad

The first constituency result to be declared in the General Election is that from Houghton and Sunderland South, in Tyneside between 23:30hrs and midnight BST 06/05/10, to be followed not long afterwards by two more constituency counts in the same area around Sunderland as they always aim to be the first to be first in the race to finish counting the votes there.

Usually in British General Elections the swing from one party to another in the first result to be declared out of the whole 650 constituencies forming the Westminster Parliament is a sufficient guide to the final outcome of the election, but as this election is likely to be a very close run thing it may be much later in the night before a clear trend is apparent as to which party eventually wins, but that may not happen if the final voting figures result in a Hung Parliament with no outright party winner, in which case there may well be a wee bit of a tussle between the two main contenders - Brown and Cameron - as to who takes up residence at No 10. That's when the real fun begins.....and could result in a slide in the value of Sterling among other things.

The late evening news bulletins here in the UK state that roughly 30% of the voters are still undecided as to which way they will vote, and may still feel the same way when they enter the polling stations tomorrow.....they'll probably close their eyes, stab the ballot paper with the pencil and place the cross in the box nearest to the spot where it lands.

penguinsix

I think c-span also streams live video from their website.

lansbury

That's good then if you get C-SPAN 3, who does it fact carry that?

Goodacre

Yes -- just go to http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx and choose links on the right.

It's also going to be broadcast over the net on BBC's Election channel, and without lockdown to international users -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/liveevent/ .

Some other links and comments over on my Resident Alien blog at http://markgoodacre.blogspot.com/ if you're interested.

Goodacre

I know Time Warner Cable here in the Carolinas do because I get it. Twice in fact. I've heard from a lot of people that they can't get it, though. One mentioned to me that Direct TV doesn't carry it.

elfman

Just looked on our channel list and no, it doesn't appear to.

I can't remember who carried it but I watched the BBC coverage of the last election and was disappointed that it was missing all the on-screen graphics of the "LAB HOLD BARNSLEY SOUTH" variety.

Goodacre

Oh, that would be v. disappointing if so -- that's half the fun. Someone mentioned to me that the 2005 election was covered by C-SPAN 1. It was a few months for us before we moved to the US, so this is my first election out here.

kins

C-SPAN3 is channel 149 on Time Warner Digital in Maine - which is good because my parents are over from the UK and very keen to watch the coverage.

I think it could be a bit tense round here tomorrow evening...