Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Taking place in 2021
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I wanted to quote this post from 2016 during the Rio Olympics. I had forgotten how limited NBC's coverage was. Seems it has gotten more USA-centric over the years. More commercialized.
The opening ceremony in Tokyo was lackluster compared to other cities' openings in the past. The Parade of Nations was fun to watch. There was a scene where a Japanese guy was playing with the lights and sounds at the stadium, at which point, I turned off the TV.
I generally don’t care about the Olympics but I’ll have it on in the background for the scenic views and (ordinarily) general atmosphere.
That said, I am looking forward to next year’s Winter games in Beijing having previously lived in the region for several years.
That said, I am looking forward to next year’s Winter games in Beijing having previously lived in the region for several years.
I thought the opening was pretty good, definitely not as impressive as some of the others, but I still enjoyed it.
I've already watched a parts of some soccer games, and going to watch other stuff later.
I love the Olympics, I tend to enjoy the Olympic stuff a lot more than sports like football or baseball.
Living up here near the Canadian border/Vancouver B.C., you can get the CBC on some local cable/satellite channels. Their coverage is so much more varied in content, and they usually don't tape delay, so if you're willing to stay up late you can watch some of the premier events as they happen without waiting for prime time.
NBC's Olympics coverage continues to decline in its presentation quality. Years ago, the network cut out the medal ceremonies unless they were significant. In other words, they would only show the segment whenever Team USA medaled. Now they don't even bother even when a U.S. athlete gets gold. 
After Kalisz's victory in the men's 400m individual medley, you'd think they would have played the Star-Spangled Banner.
I happened to like listening to the different national anthems in the past: Canada, Australia, UK, France, even Russia, which added more gravitas to the competitions.
If you were to survey 100 people and asked what they hated about the Olympics coverage, these would be the answers.
Edit: Correction - CNBC and NBC Sports channels do cover countries other than the U.S., e.g. Brazil vs. Cote d'Ivoire men's soccer, etc. But in terms of gymnastics, I don't see other countries' athletes. Or perhaps it's too early in the competition.
After Kalisz's victory in the men's 400m individual medley, you'd think they would have played the Star-Spangled Banner.I happened to like listening to the different national anthems in the past: Canada, Australia, UK, France, even Russia, which added more gravitas to the competitions.
If you were to survey 100 people and asked what they hated about the Olympics coverage, these would be the answers.
- Delayed broadcast of many sporting events
- Too many commercials
- Limited scope (only highlights are shown)
- Too USA-centric
- No medal ceremonies
Edit: Correction - CNBC and NBC Sports channels do cover countries other than the U.S., e.g. Brazil vs. Cote d'Ivoire men's soccer, etc. But in terms of gymnastics, I don't see other countries' athletes. Or perhaps it's too early in the competition.
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Eurosport presentation is bad as hell: only cycling, tennis and talk, talk, talk.
You may watch competetions on joyn - without comments.
Meanwhile - swimming 400 freestyle men: won by a no-name Tunesian. Good fourth place by Muehleitner Germany and Auboeck Austria. No medal, but good performances. No gold medal for Australia either - I thought that Winnington would win this - with Sun Yan being banned for this Olympics.
First German medal (bronze) won by our 3m springboard synchronized Ladies.
You may watch competetions on joyn - without comments.
Meanwhile - swimming 400 freestyle men: won by a no-name Tunesian. Good fourth place by Muehleitner Germany and Auboeck Austria. No medal, but good performances. No gold medal for Australia either - I thought that Winnington would win this - with Sun Yan being banned for this Olympics.
First German medal (bronze) won by our 3m springboard synchronized Ladies.
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Australian broadcasting is pretty good compared to other nations it seems. Always live. Even if the timezones are different (which is something we are use too - with other sports) They sometimes will repeat highlights of some events. This year, I'm watching on the channel 7 app, which gives me multiple choices of sports. Most of the time there is at least 10 sports being broadcasted. They do show a lot of the Australian teams.
Most days it starts at 9am until around midnight, as we're in a similar time zone to Tokyo - which makes handy for us. Anthems from all countries are shown (not just hearing the Australian anthem)
I was quite happy with Aussies ladies in the pool smashing their own world record in the 4x100 freestyle relay.
Most days it starts at 9am until around midnight, as we're in a similar time zone to Tokyo - which makes handy for us. Anthems from all countries are shown (not just hearing the Australian anthem)
I was quite happy with Aussies ladies in the pool smashing their own world record in the 4x100 freestyle relay.
I had hoped with NBC's streaming app, you could select any broadcast of any competition that already aired on demand (as well as watch every sport ongoing right now), but I don't think you can do that.
I signed up for NBC's Peacock last night. As it turned out, it was already included in my Xfinity cable subscription. (Comcast owns NBC, or the other way around). Still, I had to create a Peacock account.
The Olympic contents were worthless. Not only did it not have live coverage; the video replays were obviously delayed. The network only showed the opening ceremony on Friday night, plus a handful of Team USA videos at the trials.
The Olympic contents were worthless. Not only did it not have live coverage; the video replays were obviously delayed. The network only showed the opening ceremony on Friday night, plus a handful of Team USA videos at the trials.
That was brilliant, and so was Ariarne Titmus. What a great swim - tactucally superb. Maybe now Ledecky - a genuine great whose status as such is assured - will deign to acknowledge her existence.
Great celebration from Ariarne's coach, too.
Have you tried the MAIN site which you should be able to log into with your Xfinity login? Free Peacock is breadcrumbs.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/
I've had Peacock Premium and never realized it until recently.
NBC Sports has live events since it runs concurrently with main NBC's live coverage.
What I'm finding is that most of the gymnastics events are held "off hours" in the U.S. while swimming competitions tend to be live.
I didn't realize until this post, that they haven't been showing any of the medal ceremonies. That is kind of annoying.NBC's Olympics coverage continues to decline in its presentation quality. Years ago, the network cut out the medal ceremonies unless they were significant. In other words, they would only show the segment whenever Team USA medaled. Now they don't even bother even when a U.S. athlete gets gold.
I happened to like listening to the different national anthems in the past: Canada, Australia, UK, France, even Russia, which added more gravitas to the competitions.
If you were to survey 100 people and asked what they hated about the Olympics coverage, these would be the answers.
- Delayed broadcast of many sporting events
- Too many commercials
- Limited scope (only highlights are shown)
- Too USA-centric
- No medal ceremonies
Edit: Correction - CNBC and NBC Sports channels do cover countries other than the U.S., e.g. Brazil vs. Cote d'Ivoire men's soccer, etc. But in terms of gymnastics, I don't see other countries' athletes. Or perhaps it's too early in the competition.
I've been going around between USA, NBC, and NBC Sports, and I've been pretty happy with the combined coverage between the three. One of the things I enjoy about the Olympics is getting to see some of the stuff you don't usually hear about, like shooting, fencing, archery, rowing/kayaking ect. USA and NBC Sports have been covering a lot of that kind of stuff.
Cheers to Lydia Jacoby from Alaska on winning a gold medal in the women's 100m breastroke. I didn't like her teammate L. King, who seemed a bit cocky and full of herself.
In gymnastics, I had to pause and ask who the ROC was. They're individual athletes from Russia who don't represent their country due to Russia being banned for doping. The U.S. team placed fifth in the men's team all-around.
In gymnastics, I had to pause and ask who the ROC was. They're individual athletes from Russia who don't represent their country due to Russia being banned for doping. The U.S. team placed fifth in the men's team all-around.
Having spent a few years in Alaska back in the day, I was happy to see someone from there not only competing in the Olympics, but winning gold! Good for her.
On an unrelated note, I've never really been very interested in the fencing events in the past, but for some reason this Olympics I've actually been really into them.
On an unrelated note, I've never really been very interested in the fencing events in the past, but for some reason this Olympics I've actually been really into them.
That was brilliant, and so was Ariarne Titmus. What a great swim - tactucally superb. Maybe now Ledecky - a genuine great whose status as such is assured - will deign to acknowledge her existence.
Great celebration from Ariarne's coach, too.
There was some people who complained about his celebration. I thought it was great. Ledecky was pure class.
Been a good day for Australia. Happy with Owen Wright winning a bronze, with what he has been through.
I think the biggest problem with NBC's coverage of the Olympics was best exemplified by this morning's Today show.
They were talking about Simone Biles withdrawal from the US women's team gymnastics event earlier that evening Tokyo time; then one of the hosts said, 'You'll be able to watch it all tonight in prime time on NBC'.
Why would I want to wait 12 hours to watch something where I already know the outcome?
With DVRs and streaming just show it live and let me choose where and when to watch it.
They were talking about Simone Biles withdrawal from the US women's team gymnastics event earlier that evening Tokyo time; then one of the hosts said, 'You'll be able to watch it all tonight in prime time on NBC'.
Why would I want to wait 12 hours to watch something where I already know the outcome?
With DVRs and streaming just show it live and let me choose where and when to watch it.
