Comments on: How Do You Rate NBC’s Olympics? http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Microsoft vs. Adobe | Enetlive.net- Rich Internet Applications Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-896067 Microsoft vs. Adobe | Enetlive.net- Rich Internet Applications Blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:02:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-896067 <p>[...] it signed up MLB to get some mainstream usage. Then came NBC’s Olympics coverage online that led to a boost in the number of people using Silverlight to watch video. Today, the [...]</p> [...] it signed up MLB to get some mainstream usage. Then came NBC’s Olympics coverage online that led to a boost in the number of people using Silverlight to watch video. Today, the [...]

]]> By: CNNSUCK http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895828 CNNSUCK Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:36:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895828 <p>I spend 16 hours on NBC TV and online everyday. I have to say NBC did good job, thanks NBC. NBC online is fantastic, I watch the game there everyday. In a while I also check the other program TV, I found CCN is suck and bigger lier in the world.</p> I spend 16 hours on NBC TV and online everyday. I have to say NBC did good job, thanks NBC. NBC online is fantastic, I watch the game there everyday. In a while I also check the other program TV, I found CCN is suck and bigger lier in the world.

]]> By: Microsoft vs Adobe: The Rivalry Heats Up - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895794 Microsoft vs Adobe: The Rivalry Heats Up - GigaOM Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:03:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895794 <p>[...] it signed up MLB to get some mainstream usage. Then came NBC’s Olympics coverage online that led to a boost in number of people using Silverlight to watch video. Today, the company [...]</p> [...] it signed up MLB to get some mainstream usage. Then came NBC’s Olympics coverage online that led to a boost in number of people using Silverlight to watch video. Today, the company [...]

]]> By: Joseph http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895787 Joseph Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895787 <p>Silverlight didn't run on my Mac... kept giving me pop errors!</p> Silverlight didn’t run on my Mac… kept giving me pop errors!

]]> By: American West http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895730 American West Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:08:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895730 <p>In order to get NBC to wake up and televised the events "LIVE" as they claim it is live, people should gather together to boycott every advertiser who advertise during their so called "LIVE" tape delay Olympic broadcast. The only way they would listen is to hurt them where their wallets is. It works everytime.</p> In order to get NBC to wake up and televised the events “LIVE” as they claim it is live, people should gather together to boycott every advertiser who advertise during their so called “LIVE” tape delay Olympic broadcast. The only way they would listen is to hurt them where their wallets is. It works everytime.

]]> By: A. Commentator http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895702 A. Commentator Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:22:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895702 <p>Mind-numbing amounts of volleyball, a game that should be permanently banned from the Olympics, along with Synchronized Swimming, the little girls with sticks with ribbons attached, and most of the mis-judged competitions. Where was the sailing, the Archery, the Equestrian, etc, etc, etc???</p> Mind-numbing amounts of volleyball, a game that should be permanently banned from the Olympics, along with Synchronized Swimming, the little girls with sticks with ribbons attached, and most of the mis-judged competitions. Where was the sailing, the Archery, the Equestrian, etc, etc, etc???

]]> By: KC http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895657 KC Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:25:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895657 <p>NBC should be banned from ever broadcasting the Olympic again. Some of the live events were not actually live. Even if they were live, NBC would clip and snip them up so viewers can really see the whole picture. I was so mad at the way they broadcast the 1500m swimming events. They could not even stay for whole f****g 15 mins. I hated it when the commentators said "it's gonna take about 15 mins to complete, we'll go take you to blah blah blah". What the f<strong>k was that? Phelps' mon was not there so this event did not worth 15 mins of air time? They gave more air time showing men gymnasts changing pants and divers taking showers. And why the f</strong>k NBC commentators kept talking about the love life of Manaudou? I hated the segment they made for Phelps. They made him look like a sexless water pig. Bob Costink kept saying all he did was "eat, sleep and swim". How the hell can this be served a model for the younger generation with stupid motto like this? Come on. An athlete in the highlight of his youth doesn't have a need to give a little attention to his boner in the morning? Grow up NBC writers! Or I might throw up if I ever read Phelps biography.</p> NBC should be banned from ever broadcasting the Olympic again. Some of the live events were not actually live. Even if they were live, NBC would clip and snip them up so viewers can really see the whole picture. I was so mad at the way they broadcast the 1500m swimming events. They could not even stay for whole f****g 15 mins. I hated it when the commentators said “it’s gonna take about 15 mins to complete, we’ll go take you to blah blah blah”. What the fk was that? Phelps’ mon was not there so this event did not worth 15 mins of air time? They gave more air time showing men gymnasts changing pants and divers taking showers. And why the fk NBC commentators kept talking about the love life of Manaudou? I hated the segment they made for Phelps. They made him look like a sexless water pig. Bob Costink kept saying all he did was “eat, sleep and swim”. How the hell can this be served a model for the younger generation with stupid motto like this? Come on. An athlete in the highlight of his youth doesn’t have a need to give a little attention to his boner in the morning? Grow up NBC writers! Or I might throw up if I ever read Phelps biography.

]]> By: JR http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895546 JR Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:09:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895546 <p>NBC's coverage was more extensive than in previous ones. But they still sucked! Too much beach volleyball and comercials. The only decent coverage was swimming, and they still blew it for the people in the west coast. For other events, they feautered more China than any other countries. For those who like diving, oh man; the only competitors seemed to be the chineese and americans(which they sucked).</p> <p>MSNBC i think had the most variety of all, but most of the events were taped.</p> <p>No live events in Track & Field, crap, i can't remember of one. For those fans than don't know of any other sports than Football, Basketball, and Baseball, I bet they say that NBC did a good job, not!</p> <p>I want ABC/ESPN to win the bid for 2014-2016 so bad!</p> NBC’s coverage was more extensive than in previous ones. But they still sucked! Too much beach volleyball and comercials. The only decent coverage was swimming, and they still blew it for the people in the west coast. For other events, they feautered more China than any other countries. For those who like diving, oh man; the only competitors seemed to be the chineese and americans(which they sucked).

MSNBC i think had the most variety of all, but most of the events were taped.

No live events in Track & Field, crap, i can’t remember of one. For those fans than don’t know of any other sports than Football, Basketball, and Baseball, I bet they say that NBC did a good job, not!

I want ABC/ESPN to win the bid for 2014-2016 so bad!

]]> By: kenjin http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895523 kenjin Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:45:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895523 <p>NBC suck so bad, they cut so many scenes in Opening ceremony and closing cerenmony alone with billions of ads!!!</p> <p>if NBC can't play the ceremony or games at live at least play the full freaking scene!!! freaking BS.</p> NBC suck so bad, they cut so many scenes in Opening ceremony and closing cerenmony alone with billions of ads!!!

if NBC can’t play the ceremony or games at live at least play the full freaking scene!!! freaking BS.

]]> By: Pete Steege http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895456 Pete Steege Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:53:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895456 <p>I am very satisfied. This is an Old School media company that changed things up and improved my experience. Very little soap operatic visits to athlete's grade schools.</p> <p>Yes, it could be better. The changes people want are going to come via other channels over time.</p> <p>This is a TV network, after all.</p> I am very satisfied. This is an Old School media company that changed things up and improved my experience. Very little soap operatic visits to athlete’s grade schools.

Yes, it could be better. The changes people want are going to come via other channels over time.

This is a TV network, after all.

]]> By: Steven http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895371 Steven Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:22:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895371 <p>NBC sucks ass! How can I have 4 to 6 channels full of "2008 Summer Olympics" and be stuck either watching the "Athlete" special (on 2 channels simultaneously, for the 15th time in the last week) and or stuck watching Men's Handball / Volleyball everyday (No offense to you fans of these games); where's the rest of the games?!?!</p> <p>MSNB has limited their coverage of these games to strictly promote their stupid ad-nausium ads (Arby's being first and worst) and force us to download their assenine program to see the events we want, when there are already set internet format standards!</p> <p>Basically we're being raped, yet again, yet another Olympics down the drain... It's a shame.</p> <p>WHY DOESN'T ANYONE ASK THE FREAKING VIEWERS WHAT THEY WANT TO WATHCH?!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!</p> <p>I'll never tune into NBC for anything ever again! Steve</p> NBC sucks ass! How can I have 4 to 6 channels full of “2008 Summer Olympics” and be stuck either watching the “Athlete” special (on 2 channels simultaneously, for the 15th time in the last week) and or stuck watching Men’s Handball / Volleyball everyday (No offense to you fans of these games); where’s the rest of the games?!?!

MSNB has limited their coverage of these games to strictly promote their stupid ad-nausium ads (Arby’s being first and worst) and force us to download their assenine program to see the events we want, when there are already set internet format standards!

Basically we’re being raped, yet again, yet another Olympics down the drain… It’s a shame.

WHY DOESN’T ANYONE ASK THE FREAKING VIEWERS WHAT THEY WANT TO WATHCH?!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

I’ll never tune into NBC for anything ever again! Steve

]]> By: bored http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895361 bored Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:35:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895361 <p>NBC you need to review your choices for hosts and your writers!<br /> Costas is so boring..and he looks bored.</p> <p>In Olympics past there were wonderful insightful stories of the athletes..of many countries! What happened to that? What happened to the explanations of the entertainment (Opening Ceremony)?</p> <p>What happened to showing us the different sites of this Olympics? Maybe ONCE a day we may see something..when they aren't focusing on Phelps or Basketball..Volleyball.</p> <p>This is the Bejing Olympics..not the Phelps Olympics..there are others! And who in the world is that blonde woman who interviews after all the swim races...she is BORING..she has no clue how to interview.</p> <p>What about all the other athletes who are competing..where is there time on NBC?</p> <p>NBC you were a disappointment.</p> <p>I miss Jim McKay (ABC) He was a GREAT host and he is sorely missed!!</p> NBC you need to review your choices for hosts and your writers!
Costas is so boring..and he looks bored.

In Olympics past there were wonderful insightful stories of the athletes..of many countries! What happened to that? What happened to the explanations of the entertainment (Opening Ceremony)?

What happened to showing us the different sites of this Olympics? Maybe ONCE a day we may see something..when they aren’t focusing on Phelps or Basketball..Volleyball.

This is the Bejing Olympics..not the Phelps Olympics..there are others! And who in the world is that blonde woman who interviews after all the swim races…she is BORING..she has no clue how to interview.

What about all the other athletes who are competing..where is there time on NBC?

NBC you were a disappointment.

I miss Jim McKay (ABC) He was a GREAT host and he is sorely missed!!

]]> By: Please no more Volleyball! http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895356 Please no more Volleyball! Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:18:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895356 <p>Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Water Polo (water volleyball), More beach volleyball, Volleyball, Indoor Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Volleyball. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!</p> <p>What a freaking Joke!!!</p> <p>Can I get another countries coverage of the Olympics here in the US??</p> <p>Rent some porn if you want to see half naked women on the beach. I know all NBC cares about is its ratings and they want to get a "younger" audience to tune in but, enough already.</p> Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Water Polo (water volleyball), More beach volleyball, Volleyball, Indoor Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Volleyball. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!

What a freaking Joke!!!

Can I get another countries coverage of the Olympics here in the US??

Rent some porn if you want to see half naked women on the beach. I know all NBC cares about is its ratings and they want to get a “younger” audience to tune in but, enough already.

]]> By: Brandon http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895279 Brandon Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:12:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895279 <p>John, I completely agree about the track and field commentator. That one interview with the guy who who had his bronze stripped after he stepped on the line was the most awkward thing I'd ever seen. It was obvious he didn't want to talk, but this d-bag keeps shoving the microphone in his face. The guys calling the races from the booth aren't much better. Can't believe how harsh they are on the runners, like every time an American fails to win the gold it's like the biggest catastrophe in history.</p> John, I completely agree about the track and field commentator. That one interview with the guy who who had his bronze stripped after he stepped on the line was the most awkward thing I’d ever seen. It was obvious he didn’t want to talk, but this d-bag keeps shoving the microphone in his face. The guys calling the races from the booth aren’t much better. Can’t believe how harsh they are on the runners, like every time an American fails to win the gold it’s like the biggest catastrophe in history.

]]> By: john http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895182 john Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:10:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895182 <p>I have to say the commentator that is handling the track and field on the ground doing the interviews of individuals as they finish is the worst I have ever seen. When the US or an individual loses he gets right in their face and basically says "you suck - how does that feel?" He questions are not technical in nature but just flat out rude. I am surprised one of them has not punched him in the face or even more surprised that NBC still has him working for them.....</p> I have to say the commentator that is handling the track and field on the ground doing the interviews of individuals as they finish is the worst I have ever seen. When the US or an individual loses he gets right in their face and basically says “you suck – how does that feel?” He questions are not technical in nature but just flat out rude. I am surprised one of them has not punched him in the face or even more surprised that NBC still has him working for them…..

]]> By: Lee http://gigaom.com/2008/08/17/how-do-you-rate-nbcs-olympics/#comment-895080 Lee Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:24:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=18025#comment-895080 <p>I'm getting 3 sets of Olympic coverage in my country, and boy am I glad I don't have only NBC, I would be so pissed.</p> <p>The time delay for one, all the big news like Bolt breaking records is out online hours before NBC shows it, plus they waver all over the place, I swear it's a zillion hours of ads, and the bias is so prevalent, they don't even pretend to report it as news. I could not believe it when after the gymnastics uneven bars when, yet again, they did not agree with the scoring they said when the Chinese <em>kid</em> took the podium "does she really think she won that medal" and then one of the judges was called incompetent. I only watch NBC at times for amusements sake really.</p> I’m getting 3 sets of Olympic coverage in my country, and boy am I glad I don’t have only NBC, I would be so pissed.

The time delay for one, all the big news like Bolt breaking records is out online hours before NBC shows it, plus they waver all over the place, I swear it’s a zillion hours of ads, and the bias is so prevalent, they don’t even pretend to report it as news. I could not believe it when after the gymnastics uneven bars when, yet again, they did not agree with the scoring they said when the Chinese kid took the podium “does she really think she won that medal” and then one of the judges was called incompetent. I only watch NBC at times for amusements sake really.

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