They sure did! I paid extra for "no commercials" but they broke for one that lasted 2 1/2 laps.
The live peacock broadcast did not have any commercials during the 10000m. The replay on Peacock is the nbc TV broadcast which goes to commercial from 6:00-8:00 in the race. The live peacock broadcast also had British announcers while the replay has diffey and goucher.
I was going to cancel Peacock after the Olympics because the trials coverage was terrible. This 10000m was perfect. (I had announcers with British accent, not the feed with annoying Diffey and Kara). Right from the beginning when they were lining up the commentator said something like "This is the 10000m, it's like physical chess" and I was like "WHAT IS THIS? I LOVE IT!" and it just got better from there...sound of the crowd and stadium music in the background under the commentators. I listened on a big pair of Beats headphones and I felt like I was in the stadium. I legit thought maybe I fell asleep and was dreaming. The capper was the camera coverage at the end (it was perfect all the way), when the medalists were congratulating each other (Grant/Cheptegei) and yet somehow they managed to keep the finish line in the background so I could see whether Nico PRed. Everything we've ever begged for on this site and it all came together. I'm convinced that AI has gone super intelligent and it decided to serve us up what we wanted. Maybe world peace is next?
The only flaw was not putting up lap and/or kilometer splits during the race, but the race was so gripping that I didn't even need to see that.
After seeing this race, rather than cancelling Peacock I want to send them a donation. Please keep covering track like this.
The American announcers have to watch this over and over.
That's how you do it- you call the race! For 26:43 they called the race.
They didn't talk about how many kids they had or how many goats or cows they own.
They introduced every runner. They didn't just fixate on a few and talk about the farm they grew up on or show their cute kids in the bleachers.
They did an awesome job and it was a riveting 25 laps.
Absolutely fantastic call. That's how you amp up a race!
It was good.... for America. I give it a 7. No splits/prediction graphic (vital to fans)and the best announcers have the numbers in their heads, so they're continuously spouting stats on the fly to up the excitement level. On crossing the finishing line there was little of the actual winner, just GF. And it was like 30secs later someone said .."And Grant Fisher wins the Bronze!!!" No times for ages. Nitpicks, I know, but I was spoilt by Coleman/Pickering, the like of which it seems cannot be topped.
Within the last hour, the 4 hour 29 minute replay of the Peacock coverage titled "Main: Men's 10K Final & more August 2 4h 29m Track & Field" has the original Peacock coverage of the men's 10,000m with no commercials at about 3 hours 43 in to the coverage. I'm fairly certain you'll be able to watch it in its entirety if you sign up now or in the coming days. I personally saw it live then rewatched it with family this evening.
Holy cow, what a riveting four hours of commercial-free track and field. Peacock has to be commended for giving serious track fans exactly what they want. Rob Walker was outstanding as the lead announcer on the Olympic feed, especially in that electrifying 10,000. Hard to believe this was only the first night!
They sure did! I paid extra for "no commercials" but they broke for one that lasted 2 1/2 laps.
The live peacock broadcast also had British announcers while the replay has diffey and goucher.
Aaaargh! I watched on NBC and the way the poster above described it, I thought that tomorrow I'd re-watch on Peacock. Why do they have to substitute in NBC? To be fair, it wasn't bad at all, which was a nice surprise.
They showed the entire 10k. Not a single commercial..
Not so. While they continued to show the race via split screen, they did run some ads
Depends on which version you watched. No commercials or split screens on the "10,000m and More" version. Just have to fast forward through about 3.5 hours of other stuff.
Not so. While they continued to show the race via split screen, they did run some ads
Depends on which version you watched. No commercials or split screens on the "10,000m and More" version. Just have to fast forward through about 3.5 hours of other stuff.
They sure did! I paid extra for "no commercials" but they broke for one that lasted 2 1/2 laps.
We need to realize when we're talking 'Peacock', there are different viewing options. I opted for Rob Walker & John Anderson. NO commercial break aways, but also, NO splits. On diff feeds, you may have had to endure Diffey and Goucher along with some commercials, but sounds like you got mile and K splits.
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