Complaining about a news program giving results exposes major entitlement issues.Customer Service: Hello, this is customer service!
Also, assuming that the Olympic opening ceremonies have not changed too much, NBC skipped out on the Olympic oath. Can non-US viewers confirm?The various oaths were done shortly after a speech by Sebastian Coe and the president of the IOC. They definitely happened!
Also, assuming that the Olympic opening ceremonies have not changed too much, NBC skipped out on the Olympic oath. Can non-US viewers confirm?I'm told they could find anybody to translate them into American, so they had to be cut.
"Sure they started off nicely with a history lesson but then segued into a thinly veiled anti-American dig with their "tribute to the National Healthcare System"Even the mention of universal, free at the point of access healthcare is an attack on America? Good word, is there a name for this alternate reality that the US exists in?
Jacob G: "I would be marginally okay with the requirement to have a cable tv subscription to stream events live, but dammit don't make me need one to watch the archived video...Over here we get 60 hours per day of Olympic content available for streaming for free. No ads. I don't know if they've put in an IP filter, but you might try to have a look at http://olympia.ard.de/. If it's blocked, throw some money at your favourite proxy company instead of NBC. I can recommend USAIP.
Not everyone has cable and some of us actually like to see events like Table Tennis and Handball, which get no action on over the air broadcast tv..."
ylee: "I was thinking of other comments that mentioned Olympic coverage by BBC and ARD--two government-owned, TV license fee-driven networks--as free."Oh, for fucks sake. It's about as free as driving down the highway, going to the library or enjoying the plentiful other fruits of civilized social democratic society. I know that ARD isn't free as in free beer (I pay €18 every three months) but it seems that for this modest payment they (and ZDF) are able to provide, among other things, superior Olympics broadcasting.
nakedmolerats:No commentary on the sailing either. You could kinda hear whoever was doing the announcing from the shore, when it wasn't drowned out by the helicopter. Just wind and water. And Helicopters.What are you watching that doesn't have any commentary?
Wingnuts Outraged Over Socialist Marxist Hippie-Dippy Multi-Culti Antiwar Olympics Love-In (Kenyan Anticolonial Also Too). Which has some links to some delightful commentary by readers of The Blaze.
I live in an entertainment black spot where even Freeview doesn't workThe BBC online coverage is really quite good.(victims of NBC look away now).
like_neon:If you're a Comcast/Xfinity subscriber, they added a "2012 Olympics" button to the search UI, but it leads to the same craptastic coverage everybody's complaining about so it's not as magical.That red button is magic and as far as I know, there's nothing equivalent in the states.
kavasa:This is indeed heartbreaking. The competitors are just sitting on the fencing lane, heads down in despair. Meanwhile the blue blazers huddle near the scorer's table and speak into their cell phones.Oh my god, no, this is the gold medal bout. Ugh, holy shit. I feel awful for both the fencers.
With one second remaining in the match, Heidemann needed to score a touch on Shin to win the match. (Shin would have advanced if they finished the round tied.) The clock then got stuck, allowing Heidemann several extra seconds to score, which she did. Officials then congregated for a long time discussing their options before finally awarding the win (and a chance at the gold medal) to the German.posted by ocherdraco at 12:16 PM on July 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
Shin, in tears, sat down on the piste and has yet to leave. The arena announcer explained to the audience that if she were to leave, it would mean she accepted the decision; since the Korean team is filing an appeal. Even more bizarrely, fencing rules require the Korean team to pay a cash deposit in order to secure an appeal. (Yahoo!'s Maggie Hendricks informs me this is the case in every Olympic sport.)
Update (3:03 p.m.): Officials have removed Shin from the piste and she is leaving the arena as it appears the appeal has been denied.
Mike: "The rain is back again. And me without my umbrella. I should have listened to you yesterday, John."and then on about umbrellas for a moment until the next team was set up when they promptly shut their traps.
John: "I did tell you."
ocherdraco:I've found that if you have allowed JavaScript for the necessary domains, you can enable AdBlock.Unfortunately, in order to hear the venue announcers, one often has to turn up the volume quite high, which means the @#$%&ing ads blow your ears off.
Matt: Madagascar is a movie!I get excited about the approach of the Olympics every time, and every time it feels like NBC is just trying to ruin them for me. I was looking forward to using the Chrome app right up until I discovered I needed a cable subscription to view anything.
Bob: Kasakhstan=Borat!
Meredith: Tim Berners-Lee who? (If only there were some sort of global computer network where one might look up his name. Someone should really invent one.)
Bob: I'm feeling irritatingly bored and rushed at the same time!OMG FFS SHUT UP
Matt: Rwanda had some troubles, but has bounced back nicely!
Meredith: The Queen & James Bond is the "money shot"!
bitteschoen:As a long-time resident of 1060 W. Addison in Chicago, allow me to recommend Anfield Road, Liverpool, Merseyside L4 0TH.…[I]f you have to put in a UK postcode, just google one up if you need to
homunculus:Normally, I wouldn't ever allow scripts or flash on an off-brand video site, but that was worth it, homunculus. Two toots of the Olympic Horn for finding it.Heh. The IOC had Boats removed, so here's a mirror: Irish Olympic Sailing Commentary
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