I have been watching the Olympics on TV, like most of you (NBC). It took up to last night of watching, to figure out how annoyed i was at NBC. It seemed like every 5 minutes of coverage was broken up with about 7 minutes of commercials. I specifically remember watching the womens gynmastics and they would cover 2 routines then go to SUPER LONG commercial break. They would come back and play this little side story about how this person overcame the odds when they were a kid, then go to commercial break again (long). after coming back, they would cover one routine then say "stay tuned, when we come back, its michael phelps in the 200 fly". ok - so i watch another LONG commercial break (they are all starting to look the same now). when they return, its another gynmastics routine, then - "next, michael phelps". Why are they lying about what they show next?:argue:
WHY THE HELL ARE THERE SO MANY COMMERCIAL BREAKS ON A TAPE DELAYED EVENT??? its rhetorical - because i know its their revenue.:bitching:
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Thankfully in Canada CTV has shown the swimming pretty much live. What is annoying about their website though is I was watching the finals yesterday about 1 hour delayed and they have this large "live tweet" box right next to the video feed where they were tweeting results of the races I was about to watch.
The online streaming world feeds without commentary are pretty cool. When I volunteered for the Olympics in 2010 we had a TV in my volunteer area with all the raw feeds plus all the Canadian and US broadcasters feeds.
Thankfully in Canada CTV has shown the swimming pretty much live. What is annoying about their website though is I was watching the finals yesterday about 1 hour delayed and they have this large "live tweet" box right next to the video feed where they were tweeting results of the races I was about to watch.
The online streaming world feeds without commentary are pretty cool. When I volunteered for the Olympics in 2010 we had a TV in my volunteer area with all the raw feeds plus all the Canadian and US broadcasters feeds.
