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Listen online to our Live Commentary Written by on May 18, 2013

If you’re looking for a live commentary for Eurovision 2013, you could download the mobile app from ESC Insight and EscXtra that provides live commentary. Visit bit.ly/esccommentary to download the app for your iOS device.

But many of you have been asking for an alternative. So the team at The Lab have done a quick hack to build a web based player for you.

A big disclaimer here, this has not had a huge amount of testing, and you do need to wait twenty seconds for it to start buffering, but feel free to give it a go, and let us know on Twitter (@escinsight) when you’re listening.

Unfortunately we don’t have the ability to add your own audio delay (which you have in the app) but we’ve added a delay at the server so we should be pretty close. We’ll start around 25 minutes before the start of the Song Contest.

About The Author: Ewan Spence

British Academy (BAFTA) nominated broadcaster and writer Ewan Spence is the voice behind The Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast and one of the driving forces behind ESC Insight. Having had an online presence since 1994, he is a noted commentator around the intersection of the media, internet, technology, mobility and how it affects us all. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, his work has appeared on the BBC, The Stage, STV, and The Times. You can follow Ewan on Twitter (@ewan) and Facebook (facebook.com/ewanspence).

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