And the ratings are in https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/nbcuniversal-tokyo-olympics-make-goods-advertising-1235028563/
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 12:26 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Adam! This was really helpful. I thought the lack of national > boosterism was just British reserve and good manners, but I should have > know that never stopped the British Empire from looking after its own > interests. > > Definitely some of the NBC commentators are at home in the US, but there > are some on site. It seemed to me that the main commentators for the > cycling road races (which I watched on USA tv I think) were not anywhere > near the course; (they did have an on site reporter near the finish line), > to which I attribute their failure to describe/comment on an interesting > feature of the end of the women’s race. Also, in a newsworthy development > in the gymnastics competition today (I got up early this morning to watch > it near- live on the website) the commentators seemed to not be on site, > and getting information fed to them piecemeal. While the NBC Gymnastics > crew seems to be on site, even though everything they show is like 12 hours > old on tape. > > On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 at 8:50 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 4:12 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Adam, do you think it is this Discovery coverage that NBCOLYMPICS.COM >>> is streaming? The commentators all seem to have some sort of British accent >>> (my ear is not good enough to rule out an occasional Australian or South >>> African, and there was at least one Irish accent, though not sure which >>> one). >>> >>> >> No - I think that mix of accents, which will include people from multiple >> English-speaking countries, is being provided by Olympic Broadcasting >> Services (OBS). They're the company that provides everyone with the basic >> feeds of the sport. Obviously larger broadcasters can supplement those >> feeds with their own camera positions, close-ups of coaches etc. But the >> idea is that if you buy coverage, you get a basic minimum. >> >> One part of that offer is what in the trade is usually called a "World >> Feed" commentary team. And I think that the majority of sports get these >> commentators. When someone hear earlier this year posted the big NBC press >> release about who was calling what, that release noted that there would be >> some "World Feed" commentary teams in place. Tell-tale signs are neutrality >> about favoured nations (although they may cover English-speaking countries' >> competitors a little more), and no reference to the network they're being >> carried on. >> >> I watched the mountain bike races and there was a South African man and a >> Australian woman doing the coverage. In the UK, both Eurosport and the BBC >> used that World Feed commentary as neither really had their own experts. I >> also saw some of the Women's Triathlon earlier on Eurosport and that too >> sounded like a World Feed to me (Irish man/Australian woman, I think). >> >> One key thing to note is that the World Feed commentators from OBS are >> often at the venues - which is much rarer this year. And even in normal >> years, a lot of commentary comes from booths in the massive media centre, >> rather than actually in booths at the events themselves. I'm not sure how >> many people NBC have in Tokyo, but many events on the BBC and Eurosport are >> being called from the UK/France (Eurosport's HQ is in Paris) rather than in >> Japan. That's pretty unusual. Obviously there are still reporters on the >> ground for interviews/features. But far fewer. >> >> If you want to learn lots of technical detail about how OBS operates, >> there's a lot here: >> https://www.sportsvideo.org/2021/07/27/live-from-tokyo-olympics-obs-technical-area-offers-inside-look-at-how-the-games-come-together/ >> >> It's all being made in 4K, although in the UK nobody is showing it that >> way. The audio is captured 5.1.4. The 5.1 is regular Surround Sound and the >> .4 is for "ceiling" speakers - think Dolby Atmos without the branding. >> Apparently there are 16 "channels" of sport being produced from Tokyo. 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