Time delay on NBC for the Olympics?

[Jumptheshark]

Not sure if this should go in this forum. Does anyone know if NBC plans to time-delay coverage of the Olympics in the US?

of course there will be time delay

1/2 the hockey games will be at 2pm sochi time or 2am Vancouver time

 

[Jumptheshark]

Well, I answered my own question for those interested:

NBC ignores Criticism of Tape-Delay

Well, that sucks for Americans. Good thing there's hockey streams.

For those of us in Europe

Now you guys know how WE FEEL

 

[No Fun Shogun]

All the better reason to leave social media and stick to face-to-face conversing.

... because it's either/or?

 

[IU Hawks fan]

All the better reason to leave social media and stick to face-to-face conversing.

Coming from the guy with 34,000 posts on a social media outlet.

 

[MeowLeafs]

I guess you can turn that around and say how many viewers do you expect to watch an event they know the results of already?

A lot. Given the time difference that we're talking about here, I'm guessing you'd get a ton more viewers even if the showing is delayed and people can look up the results prior.

 

[MartysBetterThanYou]

NBC's Olympic coverage caters to casual viewers who do not usually watch sports, as shown by their crappy primetime coverage that basically focuses on US athletes doing their runs then quickly moving to another sport.

Many other countries, such as Canada and the UK, have their national broadcasters doing coverage and catering to the sports fan rather than the mythical "casual viewer" and show full events, and show events live.

As an American it pisses me off we have by far the most jingoistic, least insightful, and least well-done Olympic coverage in the world.

 

[LadyStanley]

Exactly. To be able to not get games spoiled, I'm effectively going to have to alter my normal internet habits just to avoid the live tweets and forum comments, which is hardly ideal or convenient.

So imagine my disdain, disgust, anger (2008 Vancouver Olympics) when NBC announced the final score during a live game I was watching, still waiting for the taped US-Canada game to start.

Speaking from experience, it's nigh impossible without 100% avoiding internet AND cell phone.

 

[OthmarAmmann]

It only makes sense to tape delay things. It is a 9 hour difference to the east coast and 12 to the west. So if a game was on at 7PM it would be 7AM west coast time. How many viewers to you expect to watch then on a weekday when people work?

What's the problem with tape-delay?

If you want to watch it live, don't they stream it online and on an app?

Okay, so why not show it twice? Once live and once as a replay.

They totally messed up the 100m final in London. I'll probably spend the Games working from Canada if I can swing it. The coverage in the U.S. stinks.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

So imagine my disdain, disgust, anger (2008 Vancouver Olympics) when NBC announced the final score during a live game I was watching, still waiting for the taped US-Canada game to start.

Speaking from experience, it's nigh impossible without 100% avoiding internet AND cell phone.

Vancouver was 2010.

 

[Kane One]

Okay, so why not show it twice? Once live and once as a replay.

They totally messed up the 100m final in London. I'll probably spend the Games working from Canada if I can swing it. The coverage in the U.S. stinks.

Because more people want to watch the news in the morning than an Olympic event.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Everyone is also forgetting Network rules. Local stations can only broadcast so many hours of network feeds. They have their own contracts with re-runs etc.

The networks also want to show the Olympics in Prime Time where the $$ is made

 

[NJDevils7]

What's the problem with tape-delay?

If you want to watch it live, don't they stream it online and on an app?

Because we want to watch on HDTV, not have to stream from some **** site online with poor quality and hook up a computer to the TV

 

[OthmarAmmann]

Because more people want to watch the news in the morning than an Olympic event.

They have several cable channels to avoid screwing up the Today show. The streams are garbage.

There was no evening news at 5:00 PM on Sunday when they ran the 100m in London.

 

[Inkling]

So imagine my disdain, disgust, anger (2008 Vancouver Olympics)...

Vancouver was 2010.

Sure? Maybe it was tape delayed.

 

[OthmarAmmann]

Everyone is also forgetting Network rules. Local stations can only broadcast so many hours of network feeds. They have their own contracts with re-runs etc.

The networks also want to show the Olympics in Prime Time where the $$ is made

They do have a ton of cable channels showing tape-delayed coverage.

 

[Kane One]

Because we want to watch on HDTV, not have to stream from some **** site online with poor quality and hook up a computer to the TV

Did you watch the 2012 Olympics online? Because I did, and the quality isn't poor at all. If you watched and it was poor quality on a **** site (even though it was from www.nbc.com), then you either have a ****** computer or a ****** connection.

 

[Paxon]

What's the problem with tape-delay?

If you want to watch it live, don't they stream it online and on an app?

From what I recall of 2012 and 2010, yes.

NBC's Olympic coverage caters to casual viewers who do not usually watch sports, as shown by their crappy primetime coverage that basically focuses on US athletes doing their runs then quickly moving to another sport.

Many other countries, such as Canada and the UK, have their national broadcasters doing coverage and catering to the sports fan rather than the mythical "casual viewer" and show full events, and show events live.

As an American it pisses me off we have by far the most jingoistic, least insightful, and least well-done Olympic coverage in the world.

I agree fully with your criticisms, but the last comment probably isn't true. I'd like to see Russia or China's Olympic coverage before arriving at that conclusion, because those nations are easily as jingoistic in general as the US.

Sure? Maybe it was tape delayed.

Everyone is also forgetting Network rules. Local stations can only broadcast so many hours of network feeds. They have their own contracts with re-runs etc.

The networks also want to show the Olympics in Prime Time where the $$ is made

Let's not forget that NBC also has NBC Sports, CNBC, and MSNBC to air Olympic coverage on, which they did the last two Olympics. It sucks that hockey was buried on those channels as the 2010 tournament was awesome, but that's how it goes. Casual viewers would rather see figure skating.

 

[Paxon]

Did you watch the 2012 Olympics online? Because I did, and the quality isn't poor at all. If you watched and it was poor quality on a **** site (even though it was from www.nbc.com), then you either have a ****** computer or a ****** connection.

There are also options from outside the US, either via illegal steams or via legitimate sources using a proxy. I watched a much of the 2012 Olympics through online BBC streams using a UK proxy rather than resorting to illegal streams. I preferred their coverage to NBC's for many events, especially the boxing.

 

[TBLightningFan]

Everyone is also forgetting Network rules. Local stations can only broadcast so many hours of network feeds. They have their own contracts with re-runs etc.

The networks also want to show the Olympics in Prime Time where the $$ is made

Still not an issue. There are 3 other NBC cable channels that revert to Olympic coverage during that period. NBCSN, CNBC, and MSNBC. No excuse that a US or any other critical game cannot be shown live and then repeated in primetime. I don't care which of the 4 channels it airs on... just gimme the game.

 

[Kane One]

There are also options from outside the US, either via illegal steams or via legitimate sources using a proxy. I watched a much of the 2012 Olympics through online BBC streams using a UK proxy rather than resorting to illegal streams. I preferred their coverage to NBC's for many events, especially the boxing.

Why would anyone watch it on an illegal stream if they can just watch it from a legal one for free?

Did you watch it on a proxy just so you can get BBC announcers? Because I'm pretty sure the TV feed is exactly the same.

 

[Jussi]

Coming from the guy with 34,000 posts on a social media outlet.

I was referring to skipping out on Facebook and twatter. It's not like anyone gets their news from here? Right...?

 

[Jussi]

So imagine my disdain, disgust, anger (2008 Vancouver Olympics) when NBC announced the final score during a live game I was watching, still waiting for the taped US-Canada game to start.

Speaking from experience, it's nigh impossible without 100% avoiding internet AND cell phone.

Granted, if you're trying to avoid the result of some game because you've taped it, even if you stay away from internet or don't check your phone, there's usually always someone who will blurt it out or you'll hear it from radio. During the Vancouver games I was lucky to have unused days off, which I used during key game days so I could watch the games live.

 

[Jussi]

Why would anyone watch it on an illegal stream if they can just watch it from a legal one for free?

Did you watch it on a proxy just so you can get BBC announcers? Because I'm pretty sure the TV feed is exactly the same.

Because not every event was offered live via the domestic broadcasters. EBU's site offered streams from all membership countries networks but there were some events which they didn't offer a stream so I had to watch via HDPlayer (which is now defunct) and the BBC channels that were there(not all BBC channels were available on EBU's site).

 

[NJDevils7]

Why would anyone watch it on an illegal stream if they can just watch it from a legal one for free?

Did you watch it on a proxy just so you can get BBC announcers? Because I'm pretty sure the TV feed is exactly the same.

Is there going to be streaming available from the NBC website? If there is, then that's not that bad...but if it has to be illegally streamed it will be poor quality.

 

[Kane One]

Is there going to be streaming available from the NBC website? If there is, then that's not that bad...but if it has to be illegally streamed it will be poor quality.

According to the Bloomberg article posted in Post #2, they will be streaming it.

In the 2012 Olympics, it was streamed on NBC.com or one of their other websites and also on their London Olympics app.