NBC:
I write to tell you how your Olympics coverage disappointed me and my family. Your Olympics coverage is the worst in the entire world, literally. Try google
http://www.google.com/search?q=2008+olympics+NBC+sucksBefore I go into the specifics, I want make it very clear that my criticism is entirely dedicated to the profit-driven business people in your company, and has nothing to do with the creative talent and the working people doing the actual work. Your business people made a decision to maximize profit and minimize public interest, and it has made your coverage the worst in the entire world.
We are the richest country in the world and we have the largest presence in Olympics, yet you offer almost zero live broadcast. You consistently fool the audience by having the "Live" sign in your replays when the result is all over the news. You take the thrill out of every single game. What a shame!
No other countries do this to their fellow citizens and to their athletes who are competing for the honor of their countries. Our closest neighbor Canada has everything live. So are every European countries, so are the third world countries like Brazil, Ukraine ...
Even in your replay, I am stunned by the amount of commercials. There are more commercials than the games.
And you jam all the games into 1 channel and 1 time period. Why? Existing technology is all there to allow you to have multiple channels to show more games, for example, you have a few channels for "bigger" sport like basketball and soccer, but they are all under-utilized when there are no games. You could easily add more channels or even use existing channels to show more games. But no, you want to maximize the ratings and the profit for your most monetized channel, and you don't care about the public interest.
To this day, I don't understand why you don't broadcast the opening ceremony live. The show was early in the morning. You could simply broadcast it live and then replay it at night. No, you are too greedy. You want to make high ratings and sell more ads so you force everybody to watch this great show 12 hours after the world has already seen it. No other countries has ever done this. This is no longer Olympics, this is just making money.
Completely disappointed,
Weizhen
