They could well lose their right to broadcast future Olympics. Foreign media is picking up on the outrage. While 2 million people watched the 100 live around the world on network TV there were non in America. And NBC did not even mention the steeple chase. Lets petition the broadcasting commission to revoke NBC's broadcasting rights.
Critics of NBC’s coverage of the London Olympics have voiced sometimes brutal commentary on Twitter using the hashtag #NBCFail, but with one week left in its comprehensive, multiple-platform coverage, NBC’s own take is that its programming is a success.
With the BBC providing me with every second of the Olympics on my 50 inch TV I can't help but laugh at how pathetic the whole NBC situation is.
It's sad to see people asking for a stream to watch the Olympic men's 100m final because it's not shown on TV. It's sad and it's a fcuking joke.
I like this quote from some guy on Twitter:
"NBC has a 6 hour delay for events 3000 miles away. NASA has a 15 minute delay for an event 150,000,000 miles away."
Outrage wrote:
They could well lose their right to broadcast future Olympics. Foreign media is picking up on the outrage. While 2 million people watched the 100 live around the world on network TV there were non in America. And NBC did not even mention the steeple chase. Lets petition the broadcasting commission to revoke NBC's broadcasting rights.
+1
As much as I don't like a lot about NBC's coverage they're ratings are as high as they've been since Atlanta. There's zero chance they're going to lose their broadcast rights. For the most part, the "outrage" is constrained to a subset of whiners, so it's not building and building at all.
I find it funny that "outrage" is coming people upset by NBC trying to maximize profits, with people extolling the virtues of BBC. Many of these same people complain about taxpayer funded entities like BBC in the US saying all broadcasters should be "businesses" with a profit motive.
What I found curious was if they weren't going to show the 100 live because they wanted it at primetime why did they wait to show it until after 11pm est? I was bummed when it wasn't live but understood they would want the biggest event in the Olympics to be at 9:30 or something when everyone in the US is watching. After 11 though?! Come on!
Keith Stone wrote:
As much as I don't like a lot about NBC's coverage they're ratings are as high as they've been since Atlanta. There's zero chance they're going to lose their broadcast rights. For the most part, the "outrage" is constrained to a subset of whiners, so it's not building and building at all.
I find it funny that "outrage" is coming people upset by NBC trying to maximize profits, with people extolling the virtues of BBC. Many of these same people complain about taxpayer funded entities like BBC in the US saying all broadcasters should be "businesses" with a profit motive.
This. There really aren't that many people whining about all this, because, you know, nobody cares about track in the US. But hey, look on the bright side, we won't have delayed coverage for Rio in 2016!
Nigel Mansell wrote:
This. There really aren't that many people whining about all this, because, you know, nobody cares about track in the US. But hey, look on the bright side, we won't have delayed coverage for Rio in 2016!
Just because they are in the same time zone as the eastern USA, doesn't mean they will show it live. NBC will probably still show it tape delayed so they can show it in "primetime". Consider that the men's 100 final was at 4:50 EST, NBC still wouldn't want to show that live from Rio for the same reason they didn't show it live now.
Correct, they didn't show MJ's 200 live in 1996 despite it being in Atlanta. I think it happened at 6 or 7 pm and they waited a few hours to maximize them ratings.
The men's 100 final in London was at 9:50pm local time...if it were at 9:50pm in Rio, I think it would be shown live in the US.
Regardless, NBC has no reason not to show everything live on its other channels (NBCSN, MSNBC, etc) and reserve the main network for taped garbage and delayed events in primetime.
Contrary to what makes sense, NBC probably hates when the Olympics are in the Eastern time zone, because it means thay have to show some stuff live in primetime and can't censor or stick in as many awful redundent interviews or segments about bagpipes.
I can't wait for their contract to be up,I think the Olympics on ESPN would be a welcome change.
At the start of things, I would have paid a set fee to watch the Olympics on NBC's website like I did with Diamond League this year if those idiots offered it. But now that I can get any feedI want live I want through Sportlemon or Vipbox, and I get the much more lively and less-ADHD coverage from Eurosport or BBC, I am loving what I see. American TV companies must be full of idiots, or have too many lawyers on their staff.
Triplecast from Barcelona was best. This was three additional channels added just for the Olympics to show specific sports. For example Track and Field was shown live in its entirely and nothing but T&F on that channel for two weeks. Every heat was shown etc. Good times those.
NBC has realized that the internet allows them to give everyone what they want by showing some things on television while showing everything online. The only people who are outraged at NBC are the idiots who haven't yet adopted technology that was widely available to the public in 1995.
borrowing this from another thread:
NBC's ratings for its Olympics coverage have been, to date, outstanding and far exceed expectations. They are higher than the ratings that NBC received for its Beijing 2008 coverage. In fact, its ratings are higher than for any Olympics held outside the U.S. itself since Montreal 1976.
NBC had expected that it might lose as much as $200 million on its London Olympics coverage but, so far, it appears as it they might book a small profit. It is estimated that approximately 56% or so of NBC's primetime audience for the Olympics is made up of women, and they apparently do like yet another interview with a swimmer or even Mary Carillo. Go figure, huh?
Meanwhile, in the face of this, NBC doesn't give a rat's ass about over-educated, under-employed 20-something track geeks upset that the network didn't show the steeple in primetime, complete with split-screen camera angles and a 10-minute pre-race analysis. NBC doesn't care because, while over-educated, under-employed 20-something track geeks may infest this board, they are a less-than-microscopic element of the audience that NBC is trying to target.
Rather, NBC is targeting those in its audience that, you know, have a real job, have their own money to spend, aren't still mooching off Mom and Dad, and worry about the things in life that are actually important.
FYI, Rio is still 2 hours ahead of Eastern USA. Your point still works though
Vin wrote:
Nigel Mansell wrote:This. There really aren't that many people whining about all this, because, you know, nobody cares about track in the US. But hey, look on the bright side, we won't have delayed coverage for Rio in 2016!
Just because they are in the same time zone as the eastern USA, doesn't mean they will show it live. NBC will probably still show it tape delayed so they can show it in "primetime". Consider that the men's 100 final was at 4:50 EST, NBC still wouldn't want to show that live from Rio for the same reason they didn't show it live now.
Bigger outrage is against idiotic news websites spoiling the results with "BREAKING NEWS US WOMAN'S GYMNASTICS WINS GOLD" in big RED BOLD LETTERS at the top of the page. Yeah I'm talking about you Boston.com! FYI don't go to Boston.com right now if you are planning on watching Gabby Douglas compete tonight.
use the internet wrote:
NBC has realized that the internet allows them to give everyone what they want by showing some things on television while showing everything online. The only people who are outraged at NBC are the idiots who haven't yet adopted technology that was widely available to the public in 1995.
Yeah, I watched it live on my TV in the U.S. Get the internet and an HDMI cable folks. Not only can you watch everything, you get commentators with snooty British accents.
Although nobody should need to explain this: NBC doesn't prioritize track because almost nobody watches it (besides the 100m which they'll get a bigger audience for in prime time) and it's a safe bet that no companies are beating down their doors trying to get advertising spots on all-sessions all-live tv coverage.
I wonder if some of these pirate sites will brag about the money they're raking in during the Olympics. As soon as I heard that NBC would be deciding which events to broadcast and shuffle things into prime time, paranoid, I went straight illegal and my Olympics viewing experience has been fantastic.
Showing the good stuff in primetime is great. I just wish they'd also show it live, too.
I though primetime was at 7-8
They waited until about 10:30 to show the 100m final...
TV sucks, not just NBC Olympics.
Get rid of it, I did.
I regret having gotten another for these 2 weeks of the Games. I watched for the first week, now I am on BBC feed.
[quote]bacalhau wrote:
FYI, Rio is still 2 hours ahead of Eastern USA. Your point still works though[quote]
Rio is only 1 hour different at this time of year. From October 20th to November 4th it is a 2hr difference and then it's a 3hr difference for the rest of the winter, until Brazil goes off daylight savings time in February.
Online streaming will be much better in 4 years.