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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 12:19 AM
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Why I hate NBC
So the Men's Volleyball gold medal match is currently in progress, and guess what? The game isn't on TV. Nor is it available streaming online. And, the game won't be shown until 6pm tomorrow night. In other words, more than 18 hours after it happened. So, I have the choice to either follow the play by play online, ruining any and all joy I've had from watching the sport thus far in the Olympics, or waiting until tomorrow night. I fucking hate NBC, and I seriously seriously hope that ESPN wins the rights for the 2014 and 2016 games, as they have already committed to showing EVERY event LIVE. Why is showing gold medal match live good enough for the women, but not the men? Eat shit and die, NBC.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 12:25 AM
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1. NBC's embargoed Olympics
That bunch of idiots are stuck in the eighties. Give it to a network that understands the information age.

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/nbc-s-zucker-keeping-the-olympics-on-tape-delay-is-a-genius-idea-get-used-to-it">NBC's Zucker: Keeping The Olympics On Tape Delay Is A Genius Idea. Get Used To It

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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 12:25 AM
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2. My son was watching the Olympics earlier, and the screen was partially covered by a black box.
Any idea what that was about?
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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 12:29 AM
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3. It probably showed the score of something on China's feed to NBC
and NBC felt we weren't worthy to actually see the score, they likely blocked it. Or, one of their worhtless techies fucked up. It's probably a toss up at this point.
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