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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by imsofuture on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:56AM (#12262682)
I watch weightlifting pretty closely, and most of the globe's networks seem to stream the BBC feed. It's one of the better broadcasts out there -- really knowledgeable commentators, completely neutral, just there for the joy of the sport and competition.
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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by yoshamano on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @01:14PM (#12263313)
All of the globe's networks are actually using one stream from the Olympic Broadcasting Services http://www.obs.tv/

I found the making of videos they have on that page interesting. Basically the OBS are the ones doing the actual filming and broadcasting of all the Olympic events , and then all the broadcasters of the world rebroadcast that. They also provide all the onscreen graphics.

So NBC could send down a tech crew and an uplink truck and we would still get full coverage of the Olympics minus all the color commentary.

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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by imsofuture on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:02PM (#12265723)
Oh awesome, thanks for the info. I'm watching a CBC stream and it's CBC branded -- but I know NBC and BBC show the same footage, and at least BBC the same commentators.
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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by Bartweiss on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @12:01PM (#12262728)
My first thought seeing this article was "Since when? NBC streamed gymnastic coverage in place of showing weightlifting".

The BBC feed for weightlifting has been excellent (and it's a sport that needs it, with more 'meta' strategy than many things), while NBC's coverage has been US-obsessed and tepid-to-awful for pretty much every competition.

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Re:Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage by honkhonkpants on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @12:01PM (#12262725)
The BBC feed is great. When the Olympics are current I rent a linode in the UK so I can stream it. There's probably another way, but it only costs a few bucks.
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