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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:00 PM Jul 2012

Is NBC covering the next Olympics too?

Here's hoping that someone tells them (or whoever is covering it) that people have access to the internet and don't need to watch all their schmaltzy commercials..or to wait to watch a re-run of events available online in real-time.

I'm old enough to remember the old-timey coverage where you would set your alarm clock to watch something that was on in the wee hours .(pre-vcr days), and how wonderful it was when the Olympics was on because then the stations actually had something on after the midnight sign offs.

If they want us to know all the back-stories of the athletes, why not a 2 or 3 night multi-hour special where all of them are profiled.

And then when the games begin, just set up cameras, and let us watch..

I don't need to know what Bob Costas had for lunch, or how much Dr Nancy liked the Shepherds' Pie..

A week before the events, just give us a leisurely tour of the events ahead, tell us about the athletes, and then just show the damned sports when they are happening..

And perhaps have someone film start-to finish footage of each event, and offer it as pay-per view later

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Is NBC covering the next Olympics too? (Original Post) SoCalDem Jul 2012 OP
Your question makes the unfounded assumption that they're "covering" these Olympics petronius Jul 2012 #1
Yes they are RockaFowler Jul 2012 #2
I was reading the other day about things that will be obsolete in the near future and Booster Jul 2012 #3
Sounds like a wonderful plan to me SoCalDem Jul 2012 #5
Leisurely. That's the word you have to look up now. Gregorian Jul 2012 #4
At the link I posted... here ya go SoCalDem Jul 2012 #8
Excellent! Gregorian Jul 2012 #9
NBC's coverage has been totally and completely lacking ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #6
Yes. Unfortunately. Although they will not be showing the opening ceremonies in Russia 2014... truebrit71 Jul 2012 #7
well said n/t ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #10
Yes, with more commentary and censorship Ezlivin Jul 2012 #11
Yes. And the 2016 Summer Olympics will be tape-delayed...in 2017. pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #12
careful, somebody in management will take that seriously nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #20
Awwww.....are you upset you can't post spoilers here for us? zappaman Jul 2012 #24
I'm more concerned with the fact that you can't see a spiked volleyball on HDTV. tridim Jul 2012 #13
I have not run into that at all n/t ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #15
I suppose it could just be AT&T's compression.. tridim Jul 2012 #16
I will watch a couple of ballgames tonight ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #21
It looks fine on my set sharp_stick Jul 2012 #17
And I think it was on all three channels too NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #14
It was, just not in the same year :) fishwax Jul 2012 #19
I'm not really a fan of the coverage, but their ratings have been high, so I doubt they'll change fishwax Jul 2012 #18
I've been watching CTV in Canada. So glad I don't have to suffer through NBC this year. NYC Liberal Jul 2012 #22
The producers and commentators should be forced to watch hifiguy Jul 2012 #23
I hope they never cover another one after the horrific coverage of the opening ceremony. zappaman Jul 2012 #25
Yes. NBC will be broadcasting the next four Olympics and potentially beyond. Drunken Irishman Jul 2012 #26

petronius

(26,576 posts)
1. Your question makes the unfounded assumption that they're "covering" these Olympics
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:03 PM
Jul 2012

But at least we have a real good awareness of what various athletes have tweeted and facebooked over the course of the games...

Booster

(10,021 posts)
3. I was reading the other day about things that will be obsolete in the near future and
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:05 PM
Jul 2012

TV was one of them. I don't know what's coming but I'm not going to go out and buy some super-duper tv antenna anytime soon. Apparently all computers will be hooked up to our monitors and we can watch what we want, when we want.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
4. Leisurely. That's the word you have to look up now.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:06 PM
Jul 2012

Everything, and everyone is going 500 mph now. Everything is corporate at the speed of sound.

And where is this online Olympics you speak of? I'm dvr'ing the nbc stuff, and wouldn't mind turning them off.

Too fast, too much, too many. That's what's wrong with everything. I'm sounding like someone my own age now. All old and angry.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
8. At the link I posted... here ya go
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:10 PM
Jul 2012
http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=2620

click on "home" and then
live" to see the complete menu of live streaming tv from around the world..


some offer full screen too

BBC1
BBC2
BBC3
BBC24HD

are the best ones.. I flip back & forth to watch many events..as they are happening

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
6. NBC's coverage has been totally and completely lacking
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:08 PM
Jul 2012

and I do recall with great fondness getting up early or staying up really late to see events.

i knew NBC didn't give a shit about covering the Olympics (it was validated) when they covered 3.5 hours of the women's road race to the detriment of ALL THE OTHER EVENTS HAPPENING AT THAT TIME. They picked the longest, most tedious event, that they could easily break into and follow their commercial schedule and allow for the insipid interviews.

Shortly after about 8:30 AM I made the decision to watch the rest online...

sP

 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
7. Yes. Unfortunately. Although they will not be showing the opening ceremonies in Russia 2014...
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:09 PM
Jul 2012

...because none of it will be 'tailored to the US audience'....*





*this is the bullshit excuse given by NBC after they deliberately edited out a segment honouring the victims of the 7/7 bombings that happened the day after London found out it had won the 2012 host-city bid in 2005...

**oh and that sniveling little turd Bob Costas got to lick Rmoney's balls about single-handedly saving the Utah games and chiding the IOC chair for not honouring the Munich massacre which had bugger all to do with the London games other than the last number in the year was a '2'.

FUCK NBC.

Ezlivin

(8,153 posts)
11. Yes, with more commentary and censorship
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:13 PM
Jul 2012

They're considering only showing the U.S. in the parade of nations (who cares about the others) and replacing the rest of the opening ceremony with clips from their Fall line-up of shows.

During each event the 10 hosts/commentators/reality-show-people will have a running commentary that replaces the audio. The event will be shown almost to the end, then will cut to a series of commercials. When it returns the 10 hosts will have a round-table discussion of an unrelated event and family member reactions, then it will replay the event again, stopping once more before the conclusion for another commercial break. When they return they will play the event's conclusion, once, then immediately switch to another event without comment.

Most events, however, will not be shown: Only commented upon.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
20. careful, somebody in management will take that seriously
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:07 PM
Jul 2012


Me, no longer watching any NBC station... lame ass coverage.

And posting IN REAL TIME on Facebook...

zappaman

(20,605 posts)
24. Awwww.....are you upset you can't post spoilers here for us?
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:54 PM
Jul 2012

What is it with people who have to post Olympic results as soon as they happen, even though they know it hasn't aired here yet?
Do they really think the rest of DU doesn't know how to use the internet?

tridim

(45,358 posts)
13. I'm more concerned with the fact that you can't see a spiked volleyball on HDTV.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:17 PM
Jul 2012

Whenever there is a spike or a hard serve, the HD compression causes the ball the literally disappear until it reaches its target. I did some freeze frames and sure enough the ball isn't being rendered, other than at the start and end points.

This wasn't a problem on old analog TV's because the ball would blur and you could interpret the motion.

When the ball disappears while in play, sports stop being fun to watch.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
21. I will watch a couple of ballgames tonight
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:44 PM
Jul 2012

but lately I have been watching via the 'Net due to my generalized anger toward NBC over their incredibly crappy coverage.

sP

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
17. It looks fine on my set
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:32 PM
Jul 2012

not sure if it's a tv thing or a difference in cable companies.

On edit, I'll take another look when I get a chance.

fishwax

(29,146 posts)
19. It was, just not in the same year :)
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:59 PM
Jul 2012

CBS had them in 1960 (the first time they were broadcast) and NBC had them in 1964. ABC took over from 1968 to 1984. NBC has had them since 1988, and have them locked up through 2020. (These are all for the summer games--the winter games bounced around a bit more, but NBC has had them since 2002.)

fishwax

(29,146 posts)
18. I'm not really a fan of the coverage, but their ratings have been high, so I doubt they'll change
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:49 PM
Jul 2012

The ratings for the opening ceremonies were higher than any opening ceremony not held in the US, and the ratings for Sunday night were higher than any opening Sunday other than LA in '84 or Atlanta in '96. So people are still interested in the coverage that NBC provides, even with the results being readily available in advance and the sometimes exasperating segments about back stories.

I think the reason they remain popular in spite of such things is that a lot of people take pleasure in watching them as a community event. Also, it seems many people actually like the human interest segments. I think they're hit and miss, personally--so my solution will be to use the DVR, give the broadcast a head start while I catch up on other things, and then fast forward through commercials and those non-competitive segments that don't interest me.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
23. The producers and commentators should be forced to watch
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:58 PM
Jul 2012

every Olympics telecast ABC ever did over and over and over again. That is the way it's supposed to be done, dumbasses. Jim McKay must be spinning in his grave.

zappaman

(20,605 posts)
25. I hope they never cover another one after the horrific coverage of the opening ceremony.
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:55 PM
Jul 2012

"That's Captain Hook...he's a pirate!"
Really, Matt?

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