Nbc coverage 2010 olympic games

Yan, 27, is a Notre Dame graduate and a center for the St. Louis Blues, and can recall watching close-up shots of his father on TV carrying the Slovakian flag for his country. Paul, 24, plays center for the Colorado Avalanche. Needless to say, it can be used in a manipulative manner. It's no secret that NBC treats the Olympics less like an international sporting event and more like a reality TV show that happens to revolve around sports.

Specifically, John Miller, the chief marketing officer, stated that they formatted it as such because, "The people who watch the Olympics are not particularly sports fans. More women watch the Games than men, and for the women, they're less interested in the result and more interested in the journey. It's sort of like the ultimate reality show and mini-series wrapped into one.

While it is natural for a country to be biased towards it's own athletes, NBC takes it too far by giving much less focus to foreign athletes, even when they do exceptionally well, and instead try to stoke up more of the flames of drama and to reinforce nationalistic feelings in American viewers. To add insult to injury, the coverage tends to be insulting of other nations at the same time. In the Sochi competition, figure skater Evgeni Plushenko had to withdraw due to injury.

Despite this, for the next several hours, NBC still advertised that he would be skating. During the Pyeongchang competition, NBC had its hosts mispronounce the name of the city for reference, the last syllable was pronounced as "-chang", when it should've been "-chong". The hosts can, at times, range from oblivious to downright cruel when it comes to talking about other athletes, which makes you question how they got to such a professional pedestal.

Verizon broadband customers can catch up on all the action online at www. Customers will be able to see HD coverage of every event, including alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross-country, curling, figure skating, ice hockey and snowboarding. During the games, NBCU will offer more than highlight clips - approximately 15 per day - in addition to up to five full-length daily event replays. The Vancouver Olympic Winter Games will run for 17 days and nights, covering every sport, medal, champion and riveting moment.

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