Olympics Suck: Reason 1

[UVSHTSTRM]

Tape delay, why on earth can I not watch it with ease on TV in the US. In this day and age who waits till 10:45 at night to watch event finals that happend 8 hours ago....and of course you already know the results thanks to the net. Seriously the Olympics Suck for that reason, I am so turned off by tape delay.

Last I checked World Cup Soccer is played live.....NBC and USOC you all suck ass!

 

[wa-loaf]

ditto!

I don't care if they re-run the highlights at night, but something as big as the downhill should be seen live. F-ers!

 

[thinnmann]

lol Guess you have not been following the threads here today....

see
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=72196

and
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=72197

 

[riverc0il]

It is all about the money. If NBC thought they could make more money overall (including sacrificing non-Olympic programming) then they would do so. I am sure they also believe tape delaying the premier events so that they can make them more dramatic likely also increases ratings (which gets higher ad revenue).

This may well be the first Olympics in which wide spread online usage to see alternative media coverage may well change the balance of how the Olympics are covered on television. The only way that is going to happen is if their ratings go down. Don't forget that most people that watch the winter Olympics likely do not even participate in winter sports themselves or if they do are at best occasional vacationer winter activities type families. NBC is not going to sacrifice ratings and ads for the dedicated and enthusiasts.

 

[Geoff]

It is all about the money. If NBC thought they could make more money overall (including sacrificing non-Olympic programming) then they would do so. I am sure they also believe tape delaying the premier events so that they can make them more dramatic likely also increases ratings (which gets higher ad revenue).

This may well be the first Olympics in which wide spread online usage to see alternative media coverage may well change the balance of how the Olympics are covered on television. The only way that is going to happen is if their ratings go down. Don't forget that most people that watch the winter Olympics likely do not even participate in winter sports themselves or if they do are at best occasional vacationer winter activities type families. NBC is not going to sacrifice ratings and ads for the dedicated and enthusiasts.

I suffered through the NBC hack job on moguls. I won't watch any more of their feed. I don't want to encourage it.

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

lol Guess you have not been following the threads here today....

see
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=72196

and
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=72197

No I saw them, it's part of the reason started this thread.

 

[WWF-VT]

WTF is the deal with Bob Costas hair ? Dyed, a rug ? He's annoying as hell and I don't need that hair piece or whatever he's got going on distracting me from the thrill of watching figure skating !

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

On a related note (From Sugarloaftoday.com), a patron at The Rack (Wescotts Bar) had to call his dad in Canada to have him do play by play (where they can see it live on TV apparently) on the phone and then the patron relayed the play by play to the rest of the bar.

Do they have a PPV option for events for US viewers who would like to watch it live? Or are we all at the mercy of NBC?

 

[WJenness]

Do they have a PPV option for events for US viewers who would like to watch it live? Or are we all at the mercy of NBC?

NBC has EXCLUSIVE coverage rights in the US.

We're at their mercy.

Watching it via online streams from other country is your only option... and those media outlets will likely be sued by NBC for making the media available to US residents.

-w

 

[nelsapbm]

Thank God we get CTV in this neck of the woods.

 

[Bubbartzky]

Maybe you should differentiate between the Olympics and Olympics coverage on NBC? The Olympics don't suck but NBC coverage often does. Enough with the human interest stories and interviews with Oh No...

 

[Glenn]

WTF is the deal with Bob Costas hair ? Dyed, a rug ? He's annoying as hell and I don't need that hair piece or whatever he's got going on distracting me from the thrill of watching figure skating !

I serioulsy LOL'd. Bonus point for mentioning figure skating.

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

Maybe you should differentiate between the Olympics and Olympics coverage on NBC? The Olympics don't suck but NBC coverage often does. Enough with the human interest stories and interviews with Oh No...

Agreed, and yes the human intrest stories are so over the top.....

 

[ctenidae]

NBC coverage is seriously sucking. I understand the whole prime time ad charging model, but I'm not at all liking the programming choices.

Is there a Dish Network hack for getting in to the direct feeds?

 

[thinnmann]

Here is a review of NBC's Olympic DH coverage.

They showed us 6 skiers in 35 minutes and three sets of commercials. The race call was scripted after the competition. Now they at least are talking to Bode.

Here are the real-time notes I took:

At 8 minutes into NBC Olympic coverage tonight and I have seen one DH race - they skipped the first 6 skiers - one Bode Miller profile piece, and we are into the first set of commercials so far lasting two minutes...

At 17 minutes in there have been 3 skiers shown and into 2nd set of commercials. They only showed USA guy, Bode, Svindal; now back out of comercials with an on-hill Bode interview, and skip to Defago with totally post race scripted commentating. And I swear they have enhanced the sound of the crowd cheering. They also added in a lot of post race slow mo analysis and writing on the screen. O skip to a profile on Cuche - he deserves it. And back to commercials @ 25 minutes.

I predict that Cuche is the last skier they show, because he is winning the WC, but comes in 6th. Half an hour into the coverage and they have shown us 5 skiers. O I forgot they have to show a Canadian, especially because he crashes...

 

[ctenidae]

Now I'm all pissed off- blatant "How to Train a Dragon" tie in to a snowboard commentary from Costas of the dead animal hair.

Bastards.

 

[ctenidae]

totally loving the Polar Bear introspective.

Not. Deriously- Churchill Manitoba? What in the name of all that's good and holy does that have to do with BC? What, it's Canada, so it must involve polar bears?

NBC, you suck.

PS: The website's not any better. Click on the picture of Bode, and you go to "The Lighter Side." Search for "bode miller" and you get no results (as in zero, nada, nothing, no hits) for video, phote, recap, and even photo. There is an ad to get Bode millers cheap from NexTag, though.

 

[wa-loaf]

Now there's some crap about Polar Bears?

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Thank God we get CTV in this neck of the woods.

Not tonight, CBC is currently airing Little Mosque on the Prairie while NBC is showing Snowboard Cross. I think their coverage is awesome always complaints here on whineyzone.

 

[nelsapbm]

I'm watching snowboard cross on CTV right now. CBC is not carrying the Olympics.