NBC will stream the closing ceremony live online, but the TV broadcast will be tape delayed.
NBC haven't done themselves any favours during the olympics; cutting away from victim tributes, getting complainers banned from twitter, disrupting boxing matches. Tossers
NBC haven't done themselves any favours during the olympics; cutting away from victim tributes, getting complainers banned from twitter, disrupting boxing matches. Tossers
Our biggest "complaint" here in Japan is most of the events we've wanted to see started somewhere between 1 and 4 in the morning, ensuring that many people looked really bright eyed and bushy tailed for work in the morning! Why did the earth have to be round??? I haven't had a real good sleep since the beginning of the Games. Fortunately, a long holiday has started in Japan that lasts to mid-week, so I (and likely many others) will catch up on rest after the closing ceremony.
But, at least we were able to see the events live!
If I can say one thing it is an audio problem. The stadium announcers come through loud and clear, so we adjust the volume accordingly. Then they switch to the studio and it's so faint we have to turn up the volume. Then it switches back to the stadium, blasting our ears. This has happened on three different channels here (yep, several companies carried various events).
The Olympics are over. Finally, I can get some real sleep.
NHK carried the closing ceremony live from 5:00am to after 8:00. Anybody with a TV could watch. I must say, however, that all TV owners in Japan are required to pay a fee to NHK, about $175 per year, even if you never watch NHK. Just how it is here.
Very nicely done ceremony and it went off very well.
London held a very good games and they should be proud. Even the weather cooperated for a large part, which is impressive, I hear.
NBC will stream the closing ceremony live online, but the TV broadcast will be tape delayed.
Probably just as well. NBC wouldn't have wanted their precious audience to hear the word shit in "always look on the bright side of life"... Mainstream American tv is so odd, any hint of profanity or naked flesh (read: Janet Jackson's wardrobe failure) and they run around like Victorian prudes but glamorizing guns and violence is fine.
Congratulations to the US for having a fantastic Olympics, beating out China for the top spot in medals. It gets a bit tedious for smaller nations to see the Americans win so often, but if you look at the numbers the smaller nations actually do quite well.
The UK for instance with 5 times less the population than the US, got 29 golds (US 46) 17 silver (US 29) and 19 bronze (US 29).
If you take just a few European countries (not including high medal winning Russia, even though nearly all it's population live in the European part of Russia) and add up there medals they quickly have far more medals than the US.
So with about the same population as the US, European countries get (not even including big medal winner Russia)79 golds (US 46)71 silvers (US 29) and 78 bronzes (US 29).
The best from Europe are undoubtedly the worlds best .
Obviously too in team events (of which there are many), picking the best of the best from these European countries would mean much stronger teams than they could get now, meaning even more medals (especially golds). That alone would more than offset the fact there would be fewer actual teams and competitors competing.
If I'm reading the news here right, it seems that FIFA has decided not to make a big case of this because, in their opinion, lots of problems would come up (other teams and issues?).
The medal won't be given to the guy, but the Korean Olympic Committee deems that he does not have to serve in the army because he was on a team that met their criteria of 3rd place or above.
Japan claims that Korea sent a letter of apology. Korea claims they didn't apologize, but that they did send a letter.
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Korea's president asked today that, during his upcoming trip to Korea, the Japanese emperor apologize for the war. Or he shouldn't bother visiting.
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Originally Posted by Bergermeister
NBC will stream the closing ceremony live online, but the TV broadcast will be tape delayed.
NBC haven't done themselves any favours during the olympics; cutting away from victim tributes, getting complainers banned from twitter, disrupting boxing matches. Tossers
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Originally Posted by hungover
NBC haven't done themselves any favours during the olympics; cutting away from victim tributes, getting complainers banned from twitter, disrupting boxing matches. Tossers
Our biggest "complaint" here in Japan is most of the events we've wanted to see started somewhere between 1 and 4 in the morning, ensuring that many people looked really bright eyed and bushy tailed for work in the morning! Why did the earth have to be round??? I haven't had a real good sleep since the beginning of the Games. Fortunately, a long holiday has started in Japan that lasts to mid-week, so I (and likely many others) will catch up on rest after the closing ceremony.
But, at least we were able to see the events live!
If I can say one thing it is an audio problem. The stadium announcers come through loud and clear, so we adjust the volume accordingly. Then they switch to the studio and it's so faint we have to turn up the volume. Then it switches back to the stadium, blasting our ears. This has happened on three different channels here (yep, several companies carried various events).
The Korean player received the poster from a fan and then held it up. Korea is trying to say that it was out of excitement that he made a mistake.
Here he is holding the sign so all his teammates can see and nobody is trying to stop him; they all know the rules.
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/essay/data/2012/08/0811korea/
It's quite possible FIFA will ban him from soccer. I wonder if there was pre-planning.
The Olympics are over. Finally, I can get some real sleep.
NHK carried the closing ceremony live from 5:00am to after 8:00. Anybody with a TV could watch. I must say, however, that all TV owners in Japan are required to pay a fee to NHK, about $175 per year, even if you never watch NHK. Just how it is here.
Very nicely done ceremony and it went off very well.
London held a very good games and they should be proud. Even the weather cooperated for a large part, which is impressive, I hear.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bergermeister
NBC will stream the closing ceremony live online, but the TV broadcast will be tape delayed.
Probably just as well. NBC wouldn't have wanted their precious audience to hear the word shit in "always look on the bright side of life"... Mainstream American tv is so odd, any hint of profanity or naked flesh (read: Janet Jackson's wardrobe failure) and they run around like Victorian prudes but glamorizing guns and violence is fine.
NHK just ran the video of the Korean player.
He received the placard from a supporter.
He held it up and the entire team saw it and some smiled.
The team was holding a huge Korean flag.
He placed the placard on the flag and they walked around.
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Regarding the US women's soccer team:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2186568/U-S-womens-soccer-team--Winners-spark-anger-gloating-victory-T-shirts.html
Congratulations to the US for having a fantastic Olympics, beating out China for the top spot in medals. It gets a bit tedious for smaller nations to see the Americans win so often, but if you look at the numbers the smaller nations actually do quite well.
The UK for instance with 5 times less the population than the US, got 29 golds (US 46) 17 silver (US 29) and 19 bronze (US 29).
If you take just a few European countries (not including high medal winning Russia, even though nearly all it's population live in the European part of Russia) and add up there medals they quickly have far more medals than the US.
Here's the results-
GB- gold 29, silver 17, bronze 19 (population 62 million)
Germany- gold 11, silver 19, bronze 14 (population 81 million)
France- gold 11, silver 11, bronze 12 (population 65 million)
That comes to 51 golds, (US 46) 47 silvers, (US 29) and 45 bronzes (US 29) from a population with about 100 million people less than the US.
If you include more countries to catch up to Americas population, the medal tally climbs again-
Italy- gold 8, silver 9, bronze 11 (population 60 million)
Hungary- gold 8, silver 4, bronze 5 (population 10 million)
Netherlands- gold 6, silver 6, bronze 8 (population 16 million)
Ukraine- gold 6, silver 5, bronze 9 (population 45 million)
So with about the same population as the US, European countries get (not even including big medal winner Russia) 79 golds (US 46) 71 silvers (US 29) and 78 bronzes (US 29).
The best from Europe are undoubtedly the worlds best .
Obviously too in team events (of which there are many), picking the best of the best from these European countries would mean much stronger teams than they could get now, meaning even more medals (especially golds). That alone would more than offset the fact there would be fewer actual teams and competitors competing.
Keeping it classy:
Regarding the Korea player:
If I'm reading the news here right, it seems that FIFA has decided not to make a big case of this because, in their opinion, lots of problems would come up (other teams and issues?).
The medal won't be given to the guy, but the Korean Olympic Committee deems that he does not have to serve in the army because he was on a team that met their criteria of 3rd place or above.
Japan claims that Korea sent a letter of apology. Korea claims they didn't apologize, but that they did send a letter.
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Korea's president asked today that, during his upcoming trip to Korea, the Japanese emperor apologize for the war. Or he shouldn't bother visiting.
The war ended 67 years ago today.