On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:34 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess this belongs under our Olympic Blunder subject line, but I could > not > > resist changing the header. > > > > I am watching the US-Spain Water Polo match this morning, recorded > > yesterday, looks like at Noon PT on NBC. This is evidence that NBC > really is > > showing events like this live - with about 2'48" left in the first > quarter, > > they showed an underwater replay of a foul that resulted in an exclusion > - > > the foul was one player grabbing the swimsuit of another and, I'm sure > > surprisingly for NBC, the result in this case was a boob momentarily but > > clearly falling out if its encasement and being fully exposed. > > > > I thought I saw a nipple, went back and looked again, then did a search > and > > saw a story on it on deadspin: > > > http://deadspin.com/5930908/nbc-aired-a-bare-breast-during-live-water-polo-coverage-today > > > > Not sure if NBC has laughed about this on any of their studio shows > today, I > > am a bit behind on my Olympic watching. > > > > The color analyst (a former US player on the woman's team) is talking > over > > the replay about the rough and tumble of water polo, and then seems to > > notice the exposed boob, as she has the slightest hesitation and then > hint > > of a smile in her voice. Her male play by play partner does not seem to > have > > noticed the boob, as he follows up by saying something like: "well, its > got > > to really tick you off when you play so hard and somebody pulls your > suit". > > She handles it with grace and competence, and they go on without > addressing > > it directly. > > > > Who needs beach volleyball? > > I remember reading an article about the tactic four years ago during > the Olympics. Women tug opponents' swimsuits like that because it is > underwater and won't get called by the refs and the woman whose breast > is exposed will involuntarily cover up and thus not be in the play for > a second or two. NBC has to know this happens so the directorial > decision has to be to ignore it. If there is a stink about NBC can > confine their feed to cameras above the water level. > > All the main feeds are actually provided by OBS on behalf of all broadcasters including NBC. OBS then contract out the work to different international brodacasters. So while NBC crews *may* have been responsible for coverage it could just as well have been, say, a Hungarian crew. I understand that they use the most experienced international crews for any given sport. NBC would then supplements their coverage with their own camera angles. Hence cutaways to coaches or family more than the world feed would offer. An underwater camera position is almost certainly an OBS position, and the OBS director will have cut to it. So almost certainly NBC wasn't responsible if the video was live. Of course the rest of world - with perhaps some Islamic countries - would probably wonder what the fuss is about! Adam -- 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
