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On the other hand, the CBC[1] has no trouble attracting Olympic viewership. From other discussions I have read, it seems America's youth who are interested in t

On the other hand, the CBC[1] has no trouble attracting Olympic viewership. From other discussions I have read, it seems America's youth who are interested in these sports are oft being turned away because of poor production done by NBC, with some even claiming to be tuning into CBC's coverage stateside. [1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/gold-medal-worthy-ratings-for-cbc-amid-rio-olympics/article31452976/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/gold-medal-wo...

privong 10y ago
Anecdotally, that is essentially it. I don't watch the NBC coverage of the Olympics because it's so terrible. I want to see the sports (preferably live) and I want to spend a minimum amount of time hearing about the life stories of select athletes (I can get a lot of that by going online and looking them up). To sum it up, I'd be more interested in watching the Olympics if they actually showed more of the Olympic events. I guess now they stream a lot more of the events online now. But after many years of bad NBC coverage I tend to just ignore that the Olympics are happening, so I don't remember that the options to watch (may have) improved.