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Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
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Fighting Sioux 23
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Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Sweet Music...that was a fun team to watch.
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Sweet Music...that was a fun team to watch.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Let me see if i have this straight. The US wins 10 medals today. Track and field has a ton of events including 5 full decathalon events. It is an all USA women's beach volleyball final. And NBC decides to start prime time with showing the preliminary women's 10 meter platform diving where they will have a bunch of dives to select about 18 out of 26 divers to compete in the semifinal round. A competition where we seem to have little chance of getting a medal of any kind. They will of course have time for 5-8 human interest stories and about 14 commercials before they get to any of the medal events.
Let me see if i have this straight. The US wins 10 medals today. Track and field has a ton of events including 5 full decathalon events. It is an all USA women's beach volleyball final. And NBC decides to start prime time with showing the preliminary women's 10 meter platform diving where they will have a bunch of dives to select about 18 out of 26 divers to compete in the semifinal round. A competition where we seem to have little chance of getting a medal of any kind. They will of course have time for 5-8 human interest stories and about 14 commercials before they get to any of the medal events.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
And women's beach volleyball is done.
And women's beach volleyball is done.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
And your point is?
Let me see if i have this straight. The US wins 10 medals today. Track and field has a ton of events including 5 full decathalon events. It is an all USA women's beach volleyball final. And NBC decides to start prime time with showing the preliminary women's 10 meter platform diving where they will have a bunch of dives to select about 18 out of 26 divers to compete in the semifinal round. A competition where we seem to have little chance of getting a medal of any kind. They will of course have time for 5-8 human interest stories and about 14 commercials before they get to any of the medal events.
And your point is?
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
The media sticks to their message. They go with their plan "A" regardless. Perhaps they should just have a PPV station that broadcasts the live events and you could sign up or buy each day.
And your point is?
The media sticks to their message. They go with their plan "A" regardless. Perhaps they should just have a PPV station that broadcasts the live events and you could sign up or buy each day.
FlagDUDE08
Banned
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Is it any wonder to you why they're losing ratings? (at least according to what slapschott reported on at least one evening)
Let me see if i have this straight. The US wins 10 medals today. Track and field has a ton of events including 5 full decathalon events. It is an all USA women's beach volleyball final. And NBC decides to start prime time with showing the preliminary women's 10 meter platform diving where they will have a bunch of dives to select about 18 out of 26 divers to compete in the semifinal round. A competition where we seem to have little chance of getting a medal of any kind. They will of course have time for 5-8 human interest stories and about 14 commercials before they get to any of the medal events.
Is it any wonder to you why they're losing ratings? (at least according to what slapschott reported on at least one evening)
Fighting Sioux 23
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Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Agreed. They could partner with DirecTV, and each of that day's sports could have its own dedicated channel. You could charge $4.99 for one specific channel/event for the day, or $12.99 for all that day's events. They could also have different packages, where you could buy one specific event for the entire Olympics. For example, for $29.99 you could watch all of the swimming events live. Taking that one step further, you could charge $149.99 for the entire Olympics.
Perhaps they should just have a PPV station that broadcasts the live events and you could sign up or buy each day.
Agreed. They could partner with DirecTV, and each of that day's sports could have its own dedicated channel. You could charge $4.99 for one specific channel/event for the day, or $12.99 for all that day's events. They could also have different packages, where you could buy one specific event for the entire Olympics. For example, for $29.99 you could watch all of the swimming events live. Taking that one step further, you could charge $149.99 for the entire Olympics.
FlagDUDE08
Banned
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Or you could watch online for free. And beforeI hear any computer vs. TV butthurt, hook your computer up to the TV.
Or you could watch online for free. And beforeI hear any computer vs. TV butthurt, hook your computer up to the TV.
JF_Gophers
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Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
For example I can not watch online or on my phone as my Comcast package only has basic NBC.
So my only choice is what is on NBC during the day, and the prime time coverage.
This isnt exactly true. You can only watch online free IF you have a package from a Pay TV provider (cable, sat, etc) that includes MSNBC and some other tiered NBC channel.
For example I can not watch online or on my phone as my Comcast package only has basic NBC.
So my only choice is what is on NBC during the day, and the prime time coverage.
Fighting Sioux 23
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Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Exactly (although I can watch online). Add that to the fact that watching online is like watching a constant commercial (not to mention the constant issues that I have heard people have), and I would gladly spend $149 to watch everything live on TV.
Exactly (although I can watch online). Add that to the fact that watching online is like watching a constant commercial (not to mention the constant issues that I have heard people have), and I would gladly spend $149 to watch everything live on TV.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
While I can watch on-line, not sure how as I access the site from several different locations on different machines, I keep having the picture freeze every 30 seconds or so with that goofy swirling circle in the middle of the screen.
We are trying to convince the boss to put the conference room TV on the women's soccer game....telling him it will keep people from covertly trying to watch in snippets from their desks, thus keeping bandwidth clear for soccer phobes to work.
While I can watch on-line, not sure how as I access the site from several different locations on different machines, I keep having the picture freeze every 30 seconds or so with that goofy swirling circle in the middle of the screen.
We are trying to convince the boss to put the conference room TV on the women's soccer game....telling him it will keep people from covertly trying to watch in snippets from their desks, thus keeping bandwidth clear for soccer phobes to work.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Even though I would absolutely not buy it, the ppv option is probably a good one. Much better than watching a choppy picture on a computer screen. I only watch the events in primetime on NBC and rarely have any interest in watching more than that. I just wish they'd get rid of the dumb human interest pieces in primetime, and fire about 90% of the announcers, since they suck a fat one.
Even though I would absolutely not buy it, the ppv option is probably a good one. Much better than watching a choppy picture on a computer screen. I only watch the events in primetime on NBC and rarely have any interest in watching more than that. I just wish they'd get rid of the dumb human interest pieces in primetime, and fire about 90% of the announcers, since they suck a fat one.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Well stated-my thoughts exactly.
Well stated-my thoughts exactly.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Somewhere about 20-30- years ago and before all the digital TV-Comcast had 3 channels of PPV entitled Red, White, and Blue. Each broadcast live Olympic events all day long and in some case early morning or late evening. We had the option to purchase each of the 3 channels or a combo pack of all 3 channels. We opted for the 3 channel package and watched virtually everything until we were bleary eyed. Got to see everything-all the shooting, all the archery, all the swimming heats, all the track heats and rounds. It was phenomenal and not all that expensive. It was, i believe, a one time experiment and to my knowledge never repeated. I would gladly subscribe if something like that was offerred. As it is Comcast has offerred NBC, NBC sports, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo(tennis only), and Telemundo(which we watch with english subtitles). But all 6 channels taken in total-have given abyssmal coverage of limited events along with hours of human interest stories that i have no desire to watch.
Somewhere about 20-30- years ago and before all the digital TV-Comcast had 3 channels of PPV entitled Red, White, and Blue. Each broadcast live Olympic events all day long and in some case early morning or late evening. We had the option to purchase each of the 3 channels or a combo pack of all 3 channels. We opted for the 3 channel package and watched virtually everything until we were bleary eyed. Got to see everything-all the shooting, all the archery, all the swimming heats, all the track heats and rounds. It was phenomenal and not all that expensive. It was, i believe, a one time experiment and to my knowledge never repeated. I would gladly subscribe if something like that was offerred. As it is Comcast has offerred NBC, NBC sports, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo(tennis only), and Telemundo(which we watch with english subtitles). But all 6 channels taken in total-have given abyssmal coverage of limited events along with hours of human interest stories that i have no desire to watch.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
It's frustrating that IOC rules prohibit watching NBC online if you're outside the US or, in my case, not being able to watch CTV's online coverage from down here.
It's frustrating that IOC rules prohibit watching NBC online if you're outside the US or, in my case, not being able to watch CTV's online coverage from down here.
Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
I do love my sling adapter for dish network, although I did prefer the old slingbox app better but being able to watch my dvr stuff is great. I just need to get better internet so my upload speed is faster to have higher quality.
MountieBoyOz
Eater of Worlds
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
Love how the Brits booed Blatter. Guess they're still sore over the Russian Mafiya buying the 2018 World Cup.
Love how the Brits booed Blatter. Guess they're still sore over the Russian Mafiya buying the 2018 World Cup.
Re: Official XXX Summer Olympiad: London 2012- Take II
It was called the "Olympics Triplecast," and it was a spectacular failure (the Philadelphia Inquirer called it "the biggest marketing disaster since New Coke").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Triplecast
It was of course nowhere near "everything," because there were only 36 hours of original programming a day while there were about 150 hours per day of sports during the Olympics--now up to 200 or so. We finally do have everything available now, if you have access to the NBC Olympics online broadcasts.
Just to be a contrarian, I don't really object at all to NBC's daytime television coverage. They don't go too heavy on the human interest stories or the prime time sap, and if they do there are always at least 2 other networks to turn to. The prime time highlight package is as unfortunate as always, but it's not like they have any events they can broadcast live during prime time. My one real objection is that they don't show the major events live during the day and then again during prime time as part of their highlight package; as a result, the best events (and the sappiest) are only covered as highlights.
I have seen water polo, women's soccer, handball, taekwondo, wrestling, boxing, some track and field, horse prancing ("dressage"), basketball and volleyball today. Other than wanting to see more track and field and less horse prancing, I can't really complain too much about the NBC Networks daytime coverage. I knew I would find tonight unwatchable, so I just watched the 200 final and the decathlon online. The daytime TV coverage is quite far from abysmal, and with the supplemental online coverage, I'm watching everything I want to watch and several things I didn't even know I wanted to watch.
It was called the "Olympics Triplecast," and it was a spectacular failure (the Philadelphia Inquirer called it "the biggest marketing disaster since New Coke").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Triplecast
It was of course nowhere near "everything," because there were only 36 hours of original programming a day while there were about 150 hours per day of sports during the Olympics--now up to 200 or so. We finally do have everything available now, if you have access to the NBC Olympics online broadcasts.
Just to be a contrarian, I don't really object at all to NBC's daytime television coverage. They don't go too heavy on the human interest stories or the prime time sap, and if they do there are always at least 2 other networks to turn to. The prime time highlight package is as unfortunate as always, but it's not like they have any events they can broadcast live during prime time. My one real objection is that they don't show the major events live during the day and then again during prime time as part of their highlight package; as a result, the best events (and the sappiest) are only covered as highlights.
I have seen water polo, women's soccer, handball, taekwondo, wrestling, boxing, some track and field, horse prancing ("dressage"), basketball and volleyball today. Other than wanting to see more track and field and less horse prancing, I can't really complain too much about the NBC Networks daytime coverage. I knew I would find tonight unwatchable, so I just watched the 200 final and the decathlon online. The daytime TV coverage is quite far from abysmal, and with the supplemental online coverage, I'm watching everything I want to watch and several things I didn't even know I wanted to watch.