On Jul 26, 2012, at 9:49 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there some technical reason why NBC is doing it this way, or is it > possible they really do want to discourage time-shifting as a way of > protecting their primetime coverage?
I don't think they're specifically being anti-DVR, I just think they're doing their Olympics listings the way they've always been done. I assume NBC's answer would be that the coverage on the cable channels really isn't being broken up into neat blocks of a certain length, and they don't necessarily know in advance exactly what sport is going to be on the air at exactly which time. Also, I could see it frustrating people to have to set their DVR to record five 2-hour blocks rather than one 10-hour block -- or worse, not realize that there were five 2-hour blocks in a row, and only get the first two hours of the block. Incidentally, I happen to have a copy of the July 27, 1984, issue of TV Guide handy; the prime-time block on ABC was 5 hours long, 7:00 to midnight Eastern, but as was TV Guide's custom for shows longer than 3 hours, they listed it as two separate items, "XXIII Olympic Games" at 7:00 and "XXIII Olympic Games -- Continue" at 10:00. -- Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> <http://www.ellwanger.tv/> -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
