watching ball drop early

[davemchine]

In the old days I had a 10' satellite dish and would watch the new year ball drop at 9pm and go to bed. In more recent years I would visit out local country club who shot of fireworks at 9pm. This year I'm unable to go out for new years eve. Is there a way to watch the ball drop at 9pm anymore? I have SlingTV but I don't see it as available early. I have broadcast tv but that would mean staying up till midnight. Does anyone else stream it so I can watch early?

[SteveG]

Oops, you just missed New Zealand a few m minutes ago


put some brandy in that coffee and start celebrating

[SteveG]

YouTube streaming USA Today source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7g2e4ryWPo

You missed Sydney...that's a great one.

10am-11amET North Korea, South Korea.
that's right, I said North Korea, streaming right now

11am ET=Hong Kong (light show over harbor), China, Taiwan

[SteveG]

• 1830GMT/1:30PM EASTERN Bangalore, India (celebrations).
• 1900GMT/2:00PM EASTERN: Islamabad, Pakistan (midnight fireworks).
• 2000GMT/3:00PM EASTERN: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (light show).
• 2100GMT/4:00PM EASTERN: Moscow, Russia (fireworks over Red Square).
• 2200GMT/5:00PM EASTERN: Athens, Greece. (fireworks at the Acropolis), Cape Town, South Africa (midnight fireworks), Beirut, Lebanon (midnight fireworks).
• 2300GMT/6:00PM EASTERN: Paris, France (light show/fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe).
• 2300GMT/6:00PM EASTERN: Berlin, Germany. (celebrations/fireworks at Brandenburg Gate).
• 2345GMT/6:45PM EASTERN: Edinburgh, UK (fireworks).
• 0000GMT/7:00PM EASTERN: London, UK (fireworks over Westminster location).
• 0200GMT/9:00PM EASTERN: Rio, Brazil (celebrations at Copacabana beach).
• 0500GMT/12:00 AM EASTERN: New York, USA (celebrations at Times Square).

[SteveG]

Hong Kong’s tourism board has been in touch to share details of what has been planned for the new year celebrations in less than an hour, when the city’s Victoria Harbour will take centre stage.

An “enhanced edition” of one of the world’s largest light and music shows – A Symphony of Lights – is set to ring in 2020 with a kaleidoscope of lighting effects..

A minute before midnight the façade of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) will turn into a giant clock to count down to the new year. “Once the clock strikes midnight, an enriched version of the multimedia show, A Symphony of Lights, will commence,” according to the tourism board.

“In addition to lasers, searchlights, LED screens and other lighting effects at numerous harbour-front buildings, the new year countdown special edition will be synchronised with pyrotechnics launched from building rooftops and the display of ‘2020’ on the façade of the HKCEC.”

[NewtonMP2100]

....this is something that married/working ladies (and some men) have to deal with on a daily basis......

.....come home after a hard days work....tired.....just hoping that the ball will drop early so they can get to sleep early and get a good night's sleep....constant struggle.....

[Kraniac]

my ball dropped early. the other one was right on schedule.

[jdc]

Pretty sure its OTA on all the major networks, live.

[DavidS]

A friend of my parents used to have a New Year's Eve party every year. He would record the ball drop. He would then play it the following NYE at 11pm and send all their friends home an hour early, so he could go to bed.

[Grateful11]

DavidS wrote:
A friend of my parents used to have a New Year's Eve party every year. He would record the ball drop. He would then play it the following NYE at 11pm and send all their friends home an hour early, so he could go to bed.

That's awesome!