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I normally watch some of the Olympics or have it in the background on events that took my interest. This time I've not bothered. Because the media rights were s
by niffydroid 5y ago
I normally watch some of the Olympics or have it in the background on events that took my interest. This time I've not bothered. Because the media rights were sold the BBC can't do that much coverage.
I have a feeling this is probably going to have one of the lowest viewing figures ever for the games
- kace91 5y agoIs this why I can't find the opening ceremony on YouTube? I've tried searching for a couple of days and couldn't find anything, just found some 5minute long summaries. I've stopped caring, I'm always curious to see at least some event but this year they seem to have way too much friction in place for something that I'm really not that interested in.
- manderley 5y agoI can find the full opening ceremony on Youtube, uploaded by Eurosport. I assume you're in the UK and that video isn't shown to you because of that?
- kace91 5y agoI can only see a two minute long highlights video by eurosport. Perhaps I’m really bad at searching, could you share a link? I’m not in the uk, but I’m in Spain, and it was mentioned that the sellout was europe-wide.
- gregoriol 5y agoIf I remember well, the opening ceremony of London olympics wasn't available on YouTube at that time either, I kind of remember searching for it at the time...
- philjohn 5y agoDue to Discovery paying almost $1bn for the rights, the BBC can only show 2 sports at once. This is a far cry from London 2012, or Rio 2016, where they had 15 dedicated olympics channels and is a crying shame, as the coverage was usually top notch. I have Sky TV in the UK and so have Discovery+ free for a year, and the coverage is extensive - but mostly without any commentating.