Talk:NBC Olympic broadcasts

Added section on today's criticism of NBC's coverage of 2012 Opening Ceremony.
I've just added this section, with references to the various writeups discussing (usually negatively) NBC's coverage of the opening ceremony. It may require more work - it's difficult to write a section discussing criticism while maintaining a neutral point of view. Feel free to make changes if you think I've focused on the negative too much. 86.24.83.108 (talk) 16:30, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Same author, this time logged in. I've had a second go at one of the paragraphs (after a different author added more and changed the bullet points to prose). The part about Bob Costas criticizing the IOC's failure to include a moment of silence for Munich victims is no longer there, but should probably be added somewhere else when the article is more generally rewritten. JosephMyer (talk) 17:04, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
 * While it belongs in the article, I think this section is a little excessive at the moment, and statements like 'McCloskey's statement was roundly ridiculed' a bit POV. I think it probably could and should be cut back to keep the criticism section in proportion to its importance while keeping the essence of the story. Robofish (talk) 20:28, 5 August 2012 (UTC)


 * It's not POV if it's true, or at least verifiable. Although I'm quite willing to be corrected - and would welcome a balancing viewpoint as much as the next editor - there doesn't seem to be any positive media reference in regard to NBC's Olympic coverage.  A Google search for "nbc olympic coverage" brings back a lot of hits, but not a single one complimenting their work.  And when NBC's own affiliate news team criticize the NBC effort, it's harder still to balance the observations with positive commentary.  Chaheel Riens (talk) 09:58, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Don't have the time right now but here's something else to perhaps mention: http://jezebel.com/5933302/someone-at-nbc-apparently-approved-this-creepy-porny-video-of-female-olympians --75.73.176.26 (talk) 05:29, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Did NBC use the official 2012 Olympic logo?
From what I've seen (which wasn't much), NBC's coverage substituted its own Big Ben/Union Jack/shield logo for the jagged official 2012 logo - did they use the official logo/corporate identity at all? Whatever the merits of the official logo, it was an attempt to get away from cliches (like Big Ben). Pro hib it O ni o ns (T) 22:42, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Hours of NBC Coverage of 2012 Olympics
The article here references the SI guide to NBC coverage which states "NBC will air 5,535 hours of programming, including Friday's Opening Ceremonies". But if you add up all the hours from the NBC networks listed in the article (e.g., 155.5 hours on MSNBC), you only get 1022.5 hours. The remaining 4212.5 hours are from internet "broadcasts", most of which had no commentators at all, and only some of which had "Olympic Broadcasting Service" commentators.

So is it reasonable for NBC to claim it "aired" 5,535 of programming, when the majority was only via the internet (and not to televisions via the air, cable, or satellite) and was just the live feed with no NBC-ness? 69.140.23.81 (talk) 06:07, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

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2 sections for 2016 summer?
Just wondering why we have 2 separate sections for the 2016 Olympics? --168.215.131.150 (talk) 19:48, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Probably because the criticism of NBCUniversal's Olympics coverage is becoming to massive to be fit into one section, yet its still growing, proably every 2 years. I'm sure every year they continue to become terrible, the more criticism people will bring in.20chances (talk) 14:53, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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Recent edits from Russian IPs
I might re-assess these edits later, but I find it curious that a few IPs that geolocate to Russia have been editing these past few days (, anyone?), removing the criticism that NBC has been inserting too many commercials,(example) or going off-topic by mentioning the coverage of broadcasters from other countries.(example)



Coming from a U.S. reader instead of one in Russia, such criticism should probably still be valid if they are coming from NBC's intended audience from here in the U.S., especially when many who live in the states that border Canada also have access to the relatively commercial-free coverage on the CBC. Zzyzx11 (talk) 11:24, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, you got it all wrong. I just see how our state TV broadcasts only those events where Russian athletes compete (for example, yesterday they completely ignored 4x400 relays in favor of showing Lasiskene’s preparations for the high jump final). So, after seeing all that I find accusations of “pro-American bias” on the part of NBC, ironically, very US-centric. You don’t know how other countries broadcast the Olympics. I have some relatives in the US and also follow NBC on social media. They are very neutral (especially compared to other countries), broadcasting all sorts of sports and events and celebrating foreign athletes. With regard to my IP, it’s just a dynamic range. Hope this helps.188.65.245.131 (talk) 22:09, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned references in NBC Olympic broadcasts
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of NBC Olympic broadcasts's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "The New York Times": From 2014 Winter Olympics:  From 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony:  From 2020 Summer Olympics:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 07:06, 19 August 2021 (UTC)