What time do the opening ceremonies start?

In the United States the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony will start at 7:30 p. M ET this Friday evening on July 27th, 2012. What channel will the ceremony be broadcast on in the United States?

NBC will be broadcasting the Opening Ceremony along with the major competitive events throughout the Olympics with NBC’s sister channels showing some of the remaining events. In the United Kingdom the Opening Ceremony is scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. BST and close at midnight.

The Ceremony was cut down by 30 minutes in order to allow fans packing the stadium a chance to get home without being stuck on the highways. You can watch the Olympic Ceremonies live on BBC1 or get 3D coverage on BBC HD. Now this covers the United State and England Time Zone.

For other countries around the world you can use the Time Zone Converter to easily convert the England starting time of 9:00 p.m. BST to any time in your area. It’s a simple script where you just plug in the from time and then the to time and click the red “convert time now” button.

Be sure to check with your local area network for actual live broadcast times just to play it safe and also to make sure there is no delay. Also be sure to verify the TV coverage in your country and area that will be broadcasting the Opening Ceremonies live. What if you don’t have television access?

You can always take to the Internet to fill this void by following the Olympic Opening Ceremony on Facebook or Twitter. I’ve done many posts on the Tweeting blog on how to use Twitter effectively when watching a special broadcasting event. And in some cases I’ve opted to just follow the hashtag tweets instead of the actual event on TV.