London Olympics
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I read that in Bob Costas's voice and it was incredibly compelling.
Yes I came here with the same complaint. I was nearly ready to commit an act of violence against Matt and Viera.
Man Meredith Viera has a dirty mouth!
I never thought I'd hear "Money Shot" and the Queen in the same sentence.
I never thought I'd hear "Money Shot" and the Queen in the same sentence.
Dave
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Fuck you, NBC. Thanks for making the Olympics nearly unwatchable in the United States.
Let's start with the horrible coverage of the Opening Ceremonies. I get it. The viewing public in the United States are unwashed, uneducated morons who don't know anything about anything. That's why you needed the constant yammering of idiots to tell us exactly what was going on at all times instead of just letting us watch and enjoy the spectacle. You turned something that could have been culturally relevant and worthwhile into something boring and more like an episode of morning TV - which none of us wanted.
Now let's move to the actual sporting events that are on television. Okay, we get it - Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte have a rivalry. But the coverage isn't all about them. There are 10,500 Olympic athletes (give or take) and we'd like to see more than just them. Oh, I understand we can see other things if we switch to Bravo or (MS)NBC or other channels, but you don't bother showing the whole matches, only snippets before you break away for your next "human interest" biopic. Fuck that.
So I went online and to my wife's iPad (I don't have one and am insanely jealous) and downloaded the app. Here, I thought, I'd be able to watch the events that aren't mainstream and shoved down my throat. Wrong. Each time you try and watch something they throw in an advertisement anywhere from 15-30 seconds. I can't tell you how many times they said something was live and after suffering through the same fucking ad the video showed an error and told me to pick something else...which meant watching the same stupid ads AGAIN!!
So fuck you, NBC. I wanted to watch the Olympics and I guess I can if I like swimming, gymnastics or the Dream Team. Oh, you wanted to watch Badminton? Better DVR that shit because we're only showing it at 5 am and on a channel in the mid-thousands. It's like the Where's Waldo of sporting events.
Fuck you, fuck you millions of ads, fuck the incessant rambling of announcers who tell us things that mean nothing and add nothing, fuck your not letting US choose what we want to watch and when. You think we're dumb? You think we don't KNOW the technology is already in place to allow us to watch anything and everything we want? But no, instead of giving us what we want you force-feed us what you think we'll watch the most and slather it with ads and stupidity.
tl;dr:
Fuck you, NBC.
Let's start with the horrible coverage of the Opening Ceremonies. I get it. The viewing public in the United States are unwashed, uneducated morons who don't know anything about anything. That's why you needed the constant yammering of idiots to tell us exactly what was going on at all times instead of just letting us watch and enjoy the spectacle. You turned something that could have been culturally relevant and worthwhile into something boring and more like an episode of morning TV - which none of us wanted.
Now let's move to the actual sporting events that are on television. Okay, we get it - Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte have a rivalry. But the coverage isn't all about them. There are 10,500 Olympic athletes (give or take) and we'd like to see more than just them. Oh, I understand we can see other things if we switch to Bravo or (MS)NBC or other channels, but you don't bother showing the whole matches, only snippets before you break away for your next "human interest" biopic. Fuck that.
So I went online and to my wife's iPad (I don't have one and am insanely jealous) and downloaded the app. Here, I thought, I'd be able to watch the events that aren't mainstream and shoved down my throat. Wrong. Each time you try and watch something they throw in an advertisement anywhere from 15-30 seconds. I can't tell you how many times they said something was live and after suffering through the same fucking ad the video showed an error and told me to pick something else...which meant watching the same stupid ads AGAIN!!
So fuck you, NBC. I wanted to watch the Olympics and I guess I can if I like swimming, gymnastics or the Dream Team. Oh, you wanted to watch Badminton? Better DVR that shit because we're only showing it at 5 am and on a channel in the mid-thousands. It's like the Where's Waldo of sporting events.
Fuck you, fuck you millions of ads, fuck the incessant rambling of announcers who tell us things that mean nothing and add nothing, fuck your not letting US choose what we want to watch and when. You think we're dumb? You think we don't KNOW the technology is already in place to allow us to watch anything and everything we want? But no, instead of giving us what we want you force-feed us what you think we'll watch the most and slather it with ads and stupidity.
tl;dr:
Fuck you, NBC.
Out on the pitch playing women's soccer for Team USA.
Haven't seen any of CTV/ TSN's coverage, but apparently Jay Onrait will be reporting, so Canada's coverage wins.
B
BErt
You'd think that with as much as they were pimping the Phelps/Lochte rivalry, that at least I'd be able to watch THAT live without having to go to the iPad app...
Their coverage isn't just selective, it's confusingly so.
Their coverage isn't just selective, it's confusingly so.
That's the main thing I can't stand with internet news reporting victories/stories as soon as it happens. It totally ruins the enjoyment of the broadcasts for me.
Got text alerts from both CNN and ESPN. Then NBC News themselves posted it to their twitter feed. Sigh.
You know, one of these days some company is going to offer live streaming sports coverage for less than $80 a month for any event you want to watch, and they're going to make a killing. And that will be the day that I officially cancel my cable TV subscription, since that's all I use my cable for. Unfortunately, right now you have to pay $60 - $80 just for MLB streaming, and god help you if you want to watch anything else legally.
Sooo... People aren't allowed to spoil the end of a race, anywhere on the internet, until the USA tv shows can be assed to show it? It's not the 'nets fault your TV channels are shitty and feel the need to broadcast things hours afterwards.
The main complaint, here, is that the television networks that aren't showing the events until later are the ones that are spoiling the outcomes.
Still beats Kim Yuu SukDear parents, some day your child may become a fantastic and gifted athlete and inspire millions of children across the world with their abilities, so don't name your kid Destinee Hooker.
They're not spoiling jack. The event was run and it's now over. Every other country in the world broadcasted it live (safe to assume). It's not their fault NBC isn't one of them. ESPN and CNN have an international audience. It's on you to avoid getting "spoiled", not them.
Besides, there's an entire section of America that can get the live feed if they're close enough to the border to receive Canadian broadcast TV.
Considering that they are trying (NBC here in the states) to keep the audience in "suspense" because they are showing the matchup during their evening recap show, yes they are spoiling it when their own sports and news service send out messages that give the result away. That's the bitch that I'm getting from everyone, NBC sucks.
I personally think that they should go to more of a SportsCenter type show and really just do highlights. Show the stuff live here in the States, let us record it with the dvr and watch all we want to watch of our preferred sports. Show the human interest crap on there too.
My other gripe is the after event interview, crap it's bad. "So Micheal Phelps, how does it feel to not win a medal in an event for the first time?" AHHHHHHHH!
I personally think that they should go to more of a SportsCenter type show and really just do highlights. Show the stuff live here in the States, let us record it with the dvr and watch all we want to watch of our preferred sports. Show the human interest crap on there too.
My other gripe is the after event interview, crap it's bad. "So Micheal Phelps, how does it feel to not win a medal in an event for the first time?" AHHHHHHHH!
I'm not avoiding the news. I'm pointing out how stupid the coverage is for NBC to keep something off the air (to boost that evening ratings number and be able to charge more for advertising) and then turn around and give all the information that you want on their various websites and apps. That's shooting yourself in the foot, it's counter to the strategy to make the evening recap into an event itself.
I'm using an Olympic app that has everything in real time and then go and find the coverage I want from my Tivo after I get home from work.
I'm using an Olympic app that has everything in real time and then go and find the coverage I want from my Tivo after I get home from work.
When those news sources are based in the USA, it is a dickish move.
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