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Not enough Olympics already

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Not enough Olympics already

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Postby moorfield » July 26th, 2021, 7:13 pm

I have to say the BBC's coverage has been pretty patchy. I understand it's to do with TV rights but I would have expected better for my licence fee money.

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby Redmires » July 26th, 2021, 10:45 pm

Though not as bad as Channel 4's British Lions rugby highlights on Saturday night. A one hour programme with 20 minutes of the match, the rest spent telling us about the match. Truly dreadful.

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby dionaeamuscipula » July 27th, 2021, 3:15 pm

moorfield wrote:I have to say the BBC's coverage has been pretty patchy. I understand it's to do with TV rights but I would have expected better for my licence fee money.


Eurosport paid out $1.3bn for the rights in most European countries. Not sure that BBC would have ever been able to match that. Believe the BBC are limited to two channels max, while Eurosport have essentially unlimited channels. We've paid £7 to get the coverage.

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby zico » July 27th, 2021, 10:06 pm

I think BBC's coverage has been pretty good. Don't forget the licence fee has been pretty much pegged in real terms over the last 10-20 years and you certainly can't say the same for Sky fees!

I particularly like the BBC's "Japan" studio in the heart of Salford!

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby Watis » July 27th, 2021, 10:11 pm

zico wrote:I think BBC's coverage has been pretty good. Don't forget the licence fee has been pretty much pegged in real terms over the last 10-20 years and you certainly can't say the same for Sky fees!

I particularly like the BBC's "Japan" studio in the heart of Salford!


I had wondered whether the studio was in Tokyo, or in a barn somewhere with lots of CGI providing the set. If you're correct I was right to be concerned

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby moorfield » July 27th, 2021, 11:13 pm

zico wrote:I think BBC's coverage has been pretty good. Don't forget the licence fee has been pretty much pegged in real terms over the last 10-20 years and you certainly can't say the same for Sky fees!

I particularly like the BBC's "Japan" studio in the heart of Salford!


Well I think it's been patchy. Earlier tonight they were asking viewers to send in their sporting "mishap" clips, it's not "You've been Olympically framed"!

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby Howard » July 28th, 2021, 12:45 am

I just looked at the Matt cartoon in the Telegraph. It pictures a Covid briefing from No. 10.

Caption is "Our medal tally has doubled in 24 hours, if this trend continues, by mid August everyone in the UK will be an Olympic champion."

I'm not a subscriber but anyone can see the headlines and the cartoon at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby mc2fool » July 28th, 2021, 1:38 am

moorfield wrote:Well I think it's been patchy.

15 hours of live events on BBC1 per day, plus 4 and a half hours of recap on BBC1 and another 1h45 on BBC2, plus 24 hours per day coverage on the red button, mostly live while Japan's awake, and all the catchup on iPlayer of course...

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby tjh290633 » July 28th, 2021, 11:04 am

mc2fool wrote:
moorfield wrote:Well I think it's been patchy.

15 hours of live events on BBC1 per day, plus 4 and a half hours of recap on BBC1 and another 1h45 on BBC2, plus 24 hours per day coverage on the red button, mostly live while Japan's awake, and all the catchup on iPlayer of course...

Why do they not devote all of BBC2 to the Olympics, and save everyone the trouble of switching channels? Alternatively put it on BBC Parliament while they are not sitting.

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby pje16 » July 28th, 2021, 4:03 pm

Charlotte Dujardin won dressage bronze to become the most decorated British female Olympian
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57993948
No credit to the horse (that does all the hard work :roll: )

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby Watis » July 28th, 2021, 4:15 pm

pje16 wrote:Charlotte Dujardin won dressage bronze to become the most decorated British female Olympian
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57993948
No credit to the horse (that does all the hard work :roll: )


To give Charlotte her due, she didn't fall off.

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby pje16 » July 28th, 2021, 4:17 pm

So a gold medal for balance then :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby moorfield » July 28th, 2021, 4:59 pm

pje16 wrote:Charlotte Dujardin won dressage bronze to become the most decorated British female Olympian
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57993948
No credit to the horse (that does all the hard work :roll: )



Yes and No. She will be continuously using some very subtle hand and leg movements there asking the horse what she needs, that most of us simply can't see which is what makes it look effortless. The equestrian events by the way are the only ones in which men and women of all ages (20s-50s) compete against each other.

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby Corvid » July 28th, 2021, 9:08 pm

The BBC providing far too much coverage of dressage which is a very minority sport both tonight and last night.

Hardly any coverage of the rugby 7s.

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby didds » July 29th, 2021, 1:02 pm

Watis wrote:
pje16 wrote:Charlotte Dujardin won dressage bronze to become the most decorated British female Olympian
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57993948
No credit to the horse (that does all the hard work :roll: )


To give Charlotte her due, she didn't fall off.

Watis



id be amazed if Charlotte Dujardin didnt credit the horse in her interviews.

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby didds » July 29th, 2021, 1:05 pm

Corvid wrote:The BBC providing far too much coverage of dressage which is a very minority sport both tonight and last night.

Hardly any coverage of the rugby 7s.


If the former was a criteria we'd see football, athletics, maybe triathlon, tennis, errr... errr...

lets face it - rugby 7s is pretty minority itself. From personal "experience" many rugby 15s supporters etc view 7s as at best a bit of light relief and a p***-up. Others MMV being fair. (that deosnt eman its not highly skillful - but so is weightlifting, tae kwan do, target shooting, archery et al)


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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby mc2fool » July 29th, 2021, 8:40 pm

Watis wrote:
zico wrote:I particularly like the BBC's "Japan" studio in the heart of Salford!

I had wondered whether the studio was in Tokyo, or in a barn somewhere with lots of CGI providing the set. If you're correct I was right to be concerned

Well at least the table's real ...

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https://twitter.com/chrishoy/status/1418581742810767362

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby zico » July 29th, 2021, 11:30 pm

didds wrote:id be amazed if Charlotte Dujardin didnt credit the horse in her interviews.
didds


She did, in the interview I saw. She said it was a young inexperienced horse, so basically the horse's fault for them not getting gold!

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby pje16 » July 30th, 2021, 6:12 am

mc2fool wrote:
Watis wrote:
zico wrote:I particularly like the BBC's "Japan" studio in the heart of Salford!

I had wondered whether the studio was in Tokyo, or in a barn somewhere with lots of CGI providing the set. If you're correct I was right to be concerned

Well at least the table's real ...
https://twitter.com/chrishoy/status/1418581742810767362

I have always wondered just WHY presenters need to be at the scene of what they are reporting about
In the case of Olympics\WorldCup\any other major sporting event, it's just a jolly for the lucky presenters
It's the same with news reporters what value does it add to have the hack outside a landmark or he the scene
I think Colin Baker would agree with me :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVYhCBVKfW8
and there was a joke in the army that if BBC reporter Kate Adie turned up on the scene, they knew they were in trouble. :D

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Re: Not enough Olympics already

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Postby servodude » July 30th, 2021, 6:50 am

pje16 wrote:In he case of Olympics\WorldCup\any other major sporting event, it's just a jolly for the lucky presenters
It's the same with news reporters what value does it add to have the hack outside a landmark or he the scene


For the majority of the reportage that's true
- BUT there's always got to be someone who starts the chain of data through the fourth estate
- and sometimes that's done exceptionally well and everyone wants the opperchancity to be the next... dunno... Steve Backshall seeing a whale? ( https://youtu.be/T2Xsfb4cT9Y and what a job he did off the cuff)

-sd


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