NBC Olympics TV Schedule

[Alan Shank]

Another issue: yesterday, on the iPad they had a "throws feed" and a "jumps feed", with nothing but those events, no commentary. But there is no "track feed" where you get nothing but the track action; there is only the "main-evening-session" feed, where they break away from longer races to show field-event action. So, I'm concerned that they will break away from today's W 5000 to show hammer/pole vault attempts. I would like to have just the running on one device and two others with "throws feed" and "jumps feed".

Is what is offered on the Ipad different? Looks like the main NBC site offers 4 different feeds both yesterday and today, and one of those is a track only feed. I prefer the feed with the (BBC?) commentary on it, but I can see a purist wanting all three feeds in different tabs/browsers.

Well, today on my iPad they DID have a "track feed", to which I switched for the 5000, because I was afraid they would interrupt the race on the "Main-feed" channel. Did they?
Cheers,
Alan Shank

[James Fields]

tracknut wrote:

I had no clue that track was being shown on any station other than the main NBC station.

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2012 Olympic news from GBR has appeared on five NBC outlets:
1. NBC
2. CNBC
3. NBC Sports
4. Bravo
5. MSNBC

Three, but not all five, have been used simultaneously for Olympics content which can require having multiple TV screens to avoid missing events. Even so, an annoying amount of track and field has not appeared -- even specific events headlined on a channel's opening screen but not subsequently shown. One notable exception: women's marathon.

Instead, much viewing time has been given to basketball, cycling, diving, gymnastics, soccer, swimming, tennis, and volleyball (both surfaces -- sand, wood floors) plus interviews. Combative events such as boxing, fencing, shooting, and wrestling have also appeared and some attention has been given to rowing which uses its brief air time efficiently.

Note that local outlets need and use time, not least for local advertising and news (plus viewer-favored shows) that is thus not available for NBC network feed.

Overall, track and field appears to be evolving toward an ever smaller portion of Olympics TV programming in USA.

[tgs3]

Well, today on my iPad they DID have a "track feed", to which I switched for the 5000, because I was afraid they would interrupt the race on the "Main-feed" channel. Did they?

They broke away about half a dozen times, but not in the last few laps.

[Alan Shank]

Well, today on my iPad they DID have a "track feed", to which I switched for the 5000, because I was afraid they would interrupt the race on the "Main-feed" channel. Did they?

They broke away about half a dozen times, but not in the last few laps.

Thanks for the "track feed", NBCOlympics! That's a great idea. Now, if they will just let me direct the camera work! >:-)
Cheers,
Alan Shank

[Pego]

Yes, thank you NBC. I promised not to say one word of criticism toward the NBC if they provide live streaming and Pego is a man of his word. No matter how bad things get, I will keep my mouth shut.

[lonewolf]

Yes, thank you NBC. I promised not to say one word of criticism toward the NBC if they provide live streaming and Pego is a man of his word. No matter how bad things get, I will keep my mouth shut.

I agree, Pego. I bitch about the commercial timing and I had to get up five hours early some days but I saw about 99% of Olympic T&F for free.. probably more than most/all of those who were there in person...and was never more than 15 feet from a bathroom