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Sun Aug-15-04 09:09 PM
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NBC Olympics has too many commercials |
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NBC coverage - watching 4 minutes of volleyball, announcer says "We'll take a break, now this..." 4 more minutes of volleyball, announcer says "We'll be right back (even though play continues.)
4 minutes of play later, announcer says "Don't go away, we'll return in a moment."
Is it true the CBC in Canada has commercial free coverage? If you love stupid food commercials you'll love the NBC olympics. Need Tivo.
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TrueAmerican
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:11 PM
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1. We need BBC like coverage |
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I was in heaven when the Olympics were on when I lived in England.
BBC 1 and 2 plus Eurosports
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BelleCarolinaPeridot
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:26 PM
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5. Gotta love Eurosport . |
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Watched it ( Sydney 2000 and Salt Lake 2002 ) while I was in Germany and they actually showed the events LIVE . Without commercials .
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Mon Aug-16-04 02:45 AM
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five commercial-free "Olympic Channels" (digital) and Eurosport. Without the commentators it would be almost perfect.
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MichiganVote
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:13 PM
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2. I hardly ever watch NBC. Too many commercials all the time |
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:46 PM
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7. Did you ever try to watch... |
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a movie on Comedy Channel? You'll only do it once. Too many commercials!
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MichiganVote
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Sun Aug-15-04 10:32 PM
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8. I only watch the comedians. Seriously, I don't watch TV much |
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Sun Aug-15-04 10:47 PM
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I saw a movie on Spike once. And I mean once.
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:22 PM
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3. Well we have commercials |
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on the CBC...but they're quick, and usually inserted during a lull.
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:24 PM
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I am not a huge Olympics fan but this is too much. I also noticed their first commercials usually look like Olympic events, I this i supposed to fool you into watching the commercial.
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Sun Aug-15-04 09:30 PM
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6. live stuff on the cable channels |
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has been good as far as commercials go. there's been at least once where they showed an event without commercials (you know, commercial free presented by so and so, like they do with the rose parade.)
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Mon Aug-16-04 06:27 AM
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11. Thankfully here in Britain the BBC covers the Olympics.... |
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Mon Aug-16-04 06:31 AM
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12. Here in South Korea... |
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The Korean channels coverage has commercials kind of in-between events. So they'll show like a whole badminton match, or diving event or what have you, then break for commercials. Or if it's a game with a half-time (like field hockey or football or what have you) they'll show commercials then.
AFKN (The American military channel) on the other hand....
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