In the end, though, isn't it the same reason why ESPN never responds to all of the people who bitch about them--that they're all "out of the demo?" ESPN will claim that the 18-ro-34 men just luv Boomer and Stuart Scott and NBC will claim that the 18-to-49 women love how they do things in prime time and love Seacrest and that we're just all out of the demo?
On Monday, July 30, 2012 10:50:02 AM UTC-5, Joe Hass wrote: > Adding to this: NBC says the reason the Abide By Me segment was cut > was because "our programming is tailored for the U.S. audience." > > http://deadspin.com/5930048/nbc-responds-we-removed-the-opening-ceremony-memorial-to-terrorism-victims-because- > > > the-tribute-wasnt-about-america<http://deadspin.com/5930048/nbc-responds-we-removed-the-opening-ceremony-memorial-to-terrorism-victims-because-the-tribute-wasnt-about-america> > > > Why am I willing to bet every penny I have that the 2002 opening > ceremony, which was so heavily symbolic of the 2001 US terrorist > attacks including the World Trade Center flag, wasn't cut down like > this by any other nation? > > Also, NBC really doesn't give a rat's ass about the complaining. So > much so the head of digital programming actually retweeted this: "the > medal for most Olympic whining goes to everyone complaining about what > happens every 4 yrs., tape delay.” > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/sports/olympics/nbc-olympics-delay-and-streaming-bring-complaints-on-twitter.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all > > > "The Olympics! It's a movement, and everyone needs one, every day!" > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Karla S. Robinson, Ph.D. > <[email protected]> wrote: > > THIS is ridiculous. I was on vacation last week, so I missed the > opening > > ceremonies. I figured with NBC's supposedly wall to wall video > coverage, > > I'd be able to watch it on delay. > > > > No such luck. Only two or three short clips are available. Really? > > Seriously? I would have watched it with commercials and all, it is a > > once-every-four-years event. I just can't understand it. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Joe Hass > > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 3:54 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC's Olympic blunders... > > > > Mashable nails the fact that NBC and the IOC have effectively decided > that, > > if you didn't actually watch the Opening Ceremony, you're shit outta > luck. > > > > http://mashable.com/2012/07/27/nbc-ioc-share-olympics/ > > > > > > > > -- > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
