As a USAian I would be grateful if someone could provide a link to this section of the ceremony because it looks really cool but the split audio makes it tough to watch with my wife (and I don’t really need to see the shit NBC coverage in the corner).
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2024
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Go watch on CBC’s website. You can see every moment without advertisement or bad commentary. You might need a vpn though.
I’d recommend watching it on a phone or laptop with headphones with one of the ear pieces taken out.
I tried uploading the unedited clip on its own a few days ago, but it was removed for violating copyright. Compositing the videos together counts as new/unique content, and the muxed audio does help bolster this claim.
If you have a vpn, you might try opening a connection within one of the counties that is streaming the games for free and try to watch on one of their websites.
I didn’t watch this, but is it possible NBC had multiple streams of this?
Watching the video, it is almost hilarious how bad the USA stream is. It’s like having the Super Bowl halftime show going on and the camera is only focused on the celebrities and athletes in the audience while an announcer talks over all the music.
At least on Peacock, NBCs streaming platform that claims it has all streams that are being broadcast in the US, there was only the main NBC feed. They do show world feeds during the day of various sports but usually opening and closing ceremonies we are stuck with the truly terrible broadcasts NBC puts together.
You’ve just described NBC’s coverage of the entirety of the games at every event since at least 2012
Holy fucking bullshit batman, i felt like the opening ceremony felt lacking, and now i know why.
They did the same thing in 2012 iirc, whichever one was in London. They don't broadcast the artsy/tribute stuff in the United States. It was bullshit then and it's bullshit now
I really don’t understand why the white house hasn’t publicly talked about how bad NBC is butchering coverage of the Olympics. This is supposed to be a big event that promotes unity and you can’t even watch most of it without a streaming paywall. Not to mention the terrible announcers and general coverage.
IMO the Olympics should be broadcasted by public television.
Probably because NBC knows what gets the most viewers, and if most US viewers want to watch bullshit, that's on them.
My guess is that the Olympic coverage is a pretty low priority for the White House right now. They’ve been a tad preoccupied with Biden stepping down, Harris coming in, Trump’s assassination attempt, the rise of American fascism, wars with two allies, etc.
Yeah I’m not sure why it would be the white house to comment on NBC’s olympic coverage, more than anyone else.
Lex Fridman pointed out that they’re copyright striking people who share clips of the Games online. Kinda goes against the spirit of bringing the world together.
Yep, clips/highlights of the men’s basketball games are taken down so fast they’re usually gone within 15 mins of getting posted.
No, they only claim unity. The Commission is beyond corrupt. They are willing to overlook injustice, war crimes, etc.
An organization that promotes unity by hosting sporting events … I would expect to overlook those things. All nations have engaged in injustice and war crimes.
The rest of the time, we don’t overlook those things. On the day the world comes together to do sports, we overlook them.