On Friday, July 26, 2024, during the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, an artistic performance intended to be a part of the planned program was not broadcast in the United States.
At approximately two hours into the broadcast, shortly after the introduction of France’s athletes (the last group to be introduced), the program moved to a series of music and dance performances, including a floating disco and a Dionysian feast.
During this, the US broadcast cut away to advertising breaks and exclusive interviews with US-based athletes while audiences outside the US remained with the main program.
This video features a side-by-side comparison of this portion of the live broadcasts into Australia (via the broadcaster Stan.) and the United States (via the broadcaster NBC) to illustrate the differences between what was presented to each audience.
Audio for each broadcast has been isolated onto opposing audio channels (US on the left, Australia on the right), allowing viewers to use headphones to selectively listen to either channel alone, or both at the same time.
hardaysknight@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I really don’t understand why the white house hasn’t publicly talked about how bad NBC is butchering coverage of the Olympics. This is supposed to be a big event that promotes unity and you can’t even watch most of it without a streaming paywall. Not to mention the terrible announcers and general coverage.
IMO the Olympics should be broadcasted by public television.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Lex Fridman pointed out that they’re copyright striking people who share clips of the Games online. Kinda goes against the spirit of bringing the world together.
scytale@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Yep, clips/highlights of the men’s basketball games are taken down so fast they’re usually gone within 15 mins of getting posted.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 months ago
No, they only claim unity. The Commission is beyond corrupt. They are willing to overlook injustice, war crimes, etc.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
An organization that promotes unity by hosting sporting events … I would expect to overlook those things. All nations have engaged in injustice and war crimes.
The rest of the time, we don’t overlook those things. On the day the world comes together to do sports, we overlook them.
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My guess is that the Olympic coverage is a pretty low priority for the White House right now. They’ve been a tad preoccupied with Biden stepping down, Harris coming in, Trump’s assassination attempt, the rise of American fascism, wars with two allies, etc.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Yeah I’m not sure why it would be the white house to comment on NBC’s olympic coverage, more than anyone else.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Probably because NBC knows what gets the most viewers, and if most US viewers want to watch bullshit, that’s on them.