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**VladFal** · 08-13-2012, 08:37 PM

This article from USA Today gives an insight into why NBC's coverage was so atrocious. Evidently they think that the viewers do not want to see sports, but rather they want to be entertained.

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And yet this was by far the best coverage ever offered for Olympic soccer. Every match was broadcast in full. Same for baskettball and the other sports mentioned received stupendous on air coverage.

So is the point only sports shown on NBC count as opposed to MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports channel, Bravo, etc?

OK, I get that not everyone has cable.
Not everyone has internet either but it feels petty not to give NBC a big heads up for streaming...what was it...every event live?

On the other hand it is beyond idiotic to think as USA Today seems to be implying that one station could possbily hope to show more than 20% of the events.

08-13-2012, 08:37 PM	#7
VladFal Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 510 Senior Member	This article from USA Today gives an insight into why NBC's coverage was so atrocious. Evidently they think that the viewers do not want to see sports, but rather they want to be entertained. : And yet this was by far the best coverage ever offered for Olympic soccer. Every match was broadcast in full. Same for baskettball and the other sports mentioned received stupendous on air coverage. So is the point only sports shown on NBC count as opposed to MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports channel, Bravo, etc? OK, I get that not everyone has cable. Not everyone has internet either but it feels petty not to give NBC a big heads up for streaming...what was it...every event live? On the other hand it is beyond idiotic to think as USA Today seems to be implying that one station could possbily hope to show more than 20% of the events.
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