# Olympic coverage **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [August 3, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympic-coverage/22927 "2012-08-03T21:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympic-coverage/22927/1 "2012-08-03T21:06:01Z")
There is much gnashing of teeth here in the US about the sub-standard NBC olympic coverage, but surely they can’t be the only ones can they? ## – -----x==—x===----- I used to be an eagle… ashmoore’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8630](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8630) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458567](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458567) ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympic-coverage/22927/2 "2012-08-03T22:03:30Z")
Hey ashmoore, [color=blue] > There is much gnashing of teeth here in the US about the sub-standard > NBC olympic coverage, but surely they can’t be the only ones can they?[/color] Sub standard? I’m thinking it’s pretty good. All day long coverage (though I can only watch evenings). Though there is some good human interest stuff still, I find they actually have more air time of actual events than in previous years. I do wish they would show more of the medal ceremonies in prime time, but I guess that’s a trade off for event time. It’s a heck of a lot better than buying an expensive ticket and sitting in the nose bleed section and having to watch with binoculars. What do you find sub-standard? – Kim - 8/3/2012 1:00:00 PM ---
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The complaints I have seen center around the fact that it is following American teams too closely and not delving into other international stories. ---
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inane, misinformed chatter from apparent simpleton hosts who seem to revel in their lack of knowledge. Only internet streaming to watch live, unless you watch the time delayed broadcast - but they tell you the results beforehand on the website and their own news. It would be good to see others competing when it is great competition, not just when there is a US participant To be honest I gave up on them and watch the BBC streams. They have commentators that know their stuff and shut up during the important bits. ## – -----x==—x===----- I used to be an eagle… ashmoore’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8630](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8630) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458567](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458567) ---
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ashmoore sounds like they ‘said’: [color=blue] > To be honest I gave up on them and watch the BBC streams. They have > commentators that know their stuff and shut up during the important > bits.[/color] So my response to ashmoore’s comment is… To me that’s almost as important as the event itself. Funny story, I remember watching part of some college football game last fall. The HD channel somehow lost the announcer audio. You could hear everything else, just not the announcers. The RD channel had everything, just the HD channel was ‘lacking’. Was the best 10 minutes or so watching a football game on tv I can remember. – Stevo ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympic-coverage/22927/6 "2012-08-04T00:32:32Z")
Hey GofBorg, [color=blue] > The complaints I have seen center around the fact that it is > following American teams too closely and not delving into other > international stories.[/color] Eh? There’s a lot of international competition there that don’t even involve Americans: [www.nbcolympics.com/OlympicsSchedule](https://www.nbcolympics.com/OlympicsSchedule) I’m an American. I want to see my American teams in prime time and that’s only a few short hours per day. If they didn’t you’d see a lot of complaining on the other side. – Kim - 8/3/2012 3:29:22 PM ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympic-coverage/22927/7 "2012-08-04T00:38:01Z")
Hey ashmoore, [color=blue] > inane, misinformed chatter from apparent simpleton hosts who seem to > revel in their lack of knowledge.[/color] That’s what’s wrong with the world these days. When something doesn’t go one’s way or is presented in a manner not to one’s desires, instead of saying c’est la vie, or at least respecting other methods and points of view, the presenter is “inane” and a “simpleton”. Sorry…when you discuss opinions in that angry, intollerant tone, it’s not worth discussing with ya. Enjoy the Olympics. – Kim - 8/3/2012 3:32:48 PM ---
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On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:38:01 +0000, kgroneman wrote: [color=blue] > That’s what’s wrong with the world these days.[/color] I think it’s more the assumption that the majority watching are incapable of understanding or looking up what they’re interested in. Many TV presentations aim for explaining things in terms simple enough that they tend to insult the intelligence of the average viewer. It’s not like Google doesn’t exist - and people who don’t understand can’t look up what they don’t understand if they’re interested enough. For us, the reports of the opening ceremonies were a real disappointment (since we don’t have cable, we didn’t watch the NBC presentation) - talking over the music, explaining every little cultural reference. Because a few people might’ve missed who Voldemort is, or may not recognise Mary Poppins. People don’t like being told (implicitly or explicitly) that they’re stupid. But dumbing down the presentation to the lowest common denominator insults a larger number of people than explaining things that are (or should be) common knowledge are to the few who don’t understand what’s going on. ## Jim Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell Knowledge Partner ---
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On 03.08.2012 20:06, ashmoore wrote:[color=blue] > There is much gnashing of teeth here in the US about the sub-standard > NBC olympic coverage, but surely they can’t be the only ones can they?[/color] Pretty much the same problem in germany. Hardly any competition is broadcasted live, or in full. There’s too much stuff going in parallel, and they’re switching back and forth until it’s totally impossible to enjoy the tension of any particular competition. Want to see a _complete_ game of basketball, football, volleyball, hockey? No bloody way. I wouldn’t be too surprised if they swith away to some other event in the middle of the 100m, ☹ In previous years, they had multiple TV channels broadcasting different events, absolutely _live_, and without interruption, which was brilliant. This year they decided in their eternal wisdom that internet streams would do the same job. Well, yeah, if you’re happy with the broadcast quality of the 1972 olympics on a 50" flatscreen, go for it. ## CU, Massimo Rosen Novell Knowledge Partner No emails please! [http://www.cfc-it.de](http://www.cfc-it.de) ---
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Ashmoore, we have 24 channels of BBC coverage… 🙂 – Shaun Pond ---
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We generally have 4 Channels doing Live Coverage all throughout the day on my Cable System’s relatively standard package tier. No, they dont cover the hottest events which are delayed, but I like it all. I don’t have any complaints. On 8/4/2012 12:13 PM, Shaun Pond wrote:[color=blue] > Ashmoore, > > we have 24 channels of BBC coverage… 🙂 > [/color] – Craig Wilson - MCNE, MCSE, CCNA Novell Knowledge Partner Novell does not officially monitor these forums. Suggestions/Opinions/Statements made by me are solely my own. These thoughts may not be shared by either Novell or any rational human. ---
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Shaun Pond wrote: [color=blue] > Ashmoore, > > we have 24 channels of BBC coverage… :)[/color] Wow… that’s a lot of channels 😉 – Niels ---
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On 06/08/2012 09:12, Niels Poulsen wrote: [color=blue] > Wow… that’s a lot of channels ;)[/color] They change daily - each one is dedicated to a particular event (i.e. men’s javelin) so if you’re only interested in that event you can follow it all. Simon ---
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Simon Flood wrote: [color=blue] > On 06/08/2012 09:12, Niels Poulsen wrote: > [color=green] > > > Wow… that’s a lot of channels ;)[/color] > > They change daily - each one is dedicated to a particular event (i.e. > men’s javelin) so if you’re only interested in that event you can > follow it all. > > Simon[/color] Okay, well I only have national channels from the scandinavian contries… and they mostly show the same 😉 – Niels ---
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that was the root of my question - and why I stream BBC coverage. There is coverage 🙂 I think locally we have two, maybe three channels to watch. My commentator comments where really relating to Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera during the opening ceremony. They seemed to be challenging each other to know less about whatever they were discussing. Reveling in their lack of knowledge and joking about it. Great example during the connected world/internet segment, when Tim Berners-Lee appeared, they said “If you haven’t heard of him, we haven’t either,” - really? When I watched the BBC version it was like watching a completely different event. The presenters knew all sorts of interesting stuff, but kept quiet unless something really needed saying. They also showed the incredibly moving 7/7 segment, which NBC replaced with a Michael Phelps interview - to know why that is insensitive go ‘here’ ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7\_July\_2005\_London\_bombings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings)) ## – -----x==—x===----- I used to be an eagle… ashmoore’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8630](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=8630) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458567](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=458567) ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/olympic-coverage/22927/16 "2012-08-06T21:51:10Z")
Hey Jim Henderson, [color=blue][color=green] > > That’s what’s wrong with the world these days.[/color] > > I think it’s more the assumption that the majority watching are > incapable of understanding or looking up what they’re interested in.[/color] That’s what’s wrong with the world?!? Geez. That should be a lot easier than nasty name calling and intolerance of differing opinions/beliefs to fix. Who woulda thunk? I stand corrected! 😉 – Kim - 8/6/2012 12:48:58 PM ---
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On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:51:10 +0000, kgroneman wrote: [color=blue] > Hey Jim Henderson, > [color=green][color=darkred] > > > > That’s what’s wrong with the world these days.[/color] > > > > I think it’s more the assumption that the majority watching are > > incapable of understanding or looking up what they’re interested in.[/color] > > That’s what’s wrong with the world?!? Geez. That should be a lot > easier than nasty name calling and intolerance of differing > opinions/beliefs to fix. Who woulda thunk? I stand corrected! ;-)[/color] 😉 I think a lot of people are more used to customization of content to meet their needs. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell Knowledge Partner