Yes, I’m pretty upset right now. Why? Well mainly because NBC is not showing the Men’s Downhill. Or at least not live.
Men’s Downhill is one of THE event’s of the Olympic games. NOT Figure Skating. As much as I like to watch figure skating. Downhill Skiing is like the KING of all events. When you think about Winter, you think about Skiing. And the Downhill is the biggest discipline there.
Now I understand NBCs great TV strategy. We show events (at the same time) and then switch back and forth whenever an US athlete is competing. Now I get that, but then show ALL events!!! Especially the ones that are LIVE!
Seriously! I think it should be like in Europe where there are many channels broadcasting the Olympics. Like that you’re able to catch different events and switch between the ones you would like to watch.
There’s not just one channel that does it. I really, really, really hope there are going to be more than one channel broadcasting the Soccer World Championships this summer, otherwise I’m going to have a nervous breakdown. Especially if it’s going to be NBC!
So as I write this they show the Snowboard qualifier…. the QUALIFIER over a LIVE event? Who’s the director of programming over there?
I was originally going to write about last weekend which was great, but this took over…
Winter Olympics rule, but I want to see the great disciplines of the Olympics… not seeing the Downhill live just makes me sad.
Maybe it’s also because that’s one event that the Swiss are really strong and have another gold medal coming their way… But I’d be upset otherwise too…
That’s like showing the 100m of the Summer Olympics not live!
Well, I’m going to stop here… Too much ranting already. I’m still going to enjoy the Olympics today, this just but a bump in my mood and I had to get it off my chest.
Ciao,
Claudio
6 reactions:
Downhill has become an underrated event recently, I feel your pain...
Was treibst Du Dich auch im Ausland rum? XD
Ich habe mir "Eure" Medaille heute sowohl auf ARD, als auch auf Eurosport anschauen können XD
Aber OK, ich wäre auch pissed.. :)
lg,
Rick
Up here in Canada we do it right. Our stations show events in their entirety, whether a Canadian athlete is competing or not. American coverage is a joke as they act like there are no other athletes other than the Americans.
I think most of the events are streamed online (atleast they were for the summer olympics) and the World Cup will be on the ESPN family of networks so all of the ESPN channels and ABC I think will have the championship game, so no need to worry much about that one
Oh, wie wünschte ich mir das ich ARD kucken könnte gestern!!
Yeah I should subscribe to Canadian TV via satelite!
Yeah I can't wait for the World cup!
Hey und hallo,
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Selbst online kaum auffindbar. Help!
Viele Grüße aus Oldenburg, Germany
Martin
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