Comments on: 2008 Olympics Equestrian TV Coverage on NBC

By: Gambling news online

Gambling news online — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:46:08 +0000

Various pages just aren’t loading for me and since TV seems to skirt this wonderful and most difficult sport (shame shame), I would like to catch any coverage they show, regardless of time of day or night!! Even at night or early day there, the poor riders/horses upon entering the ring need buckets to catch that sweat! Shocker for them both to have AC stables, facilities and training rings and then BAM! Out into the Hong Kong heat.I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well. In fact your creative writing abilities has inspired me.Really the blogging is spreading its wings rapidly. Your write up is fine example of it

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:44:08 +0000

Gloria- Don’t feel too bad… no wait, go ahead! I actually called to upgrade my cable- I told them I didn’t care if I had to pay for the biggest package out there I wanted the Oxygen network so I could watch the ONLY sport I was interested in in the Olympics… no can do. Apparently it’s not requested enough and got dropped from their lineup. Period.

You can watch clips now at http://www.nbcolympics.com/equestrian/ But beware! Unless you have a super fast internet connection you are going to be frustrated! They have some highlights and then rough footage that’s 5 hours long and jumpy videography at best.

*sigh*

By: Gloria

Gloria — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:34:36 +0000

Coverage? NBC Coverage? What coverage? Unless you have cable there was NO COVERAGE OF THE EQUESTRIAN EVENTS!!!…even though we were assured NBC was covering them and they would be televised. The best coverage was the ‘84 Olympics in LA…since then the equestrian events have barely been shown. Had I known this, I would have upgraded my cable to get the channels showing them PARTIALLY…how many times do we have to watch Phelps winning the same race over and over…or the mugs of the newscasters in beijing going over and over the same tired material…or disect a dive 20 times…or the same races over and over and NOT ONE equestrian event…which is truly equal competition with men and women in one with their horses competing equally against each other…SAD…SAD…SAD…but you see the horses and riders will upstage their mugs without question…so can’t waste time showing something truly beautiful!!!

By: T. Hunter

T. Hunter — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:55:25 +0000

Agree that we need a more complete coverage of all the equestrian venues. Perhaps they could use the Horse Network at the next Olympics or make another TV deal.. Regardless, this coverage was better than I have seen in the past.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:56:18 +0000

I agree that more coverage is needed for the equestrian events! People like to see these challenging events and I don’t understand why NBC doesn’t cover more of it. THere used to be times to go to TV to watch certain events in a schedule but now it seems more cumbersome which is ludicrous considering all the venues there are to watch now compared to before. Anyway, I would hope that NBC or whoever does cover the next Olympics will take these comments into consideration and cover the equestrian events which are classic in the Olympics – not beach volleyball!

By: Kerry Searle

Kerry Searle — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:21:37 +0000

I finally found some videos of equestrian events only to find that unless I had OS X 4.0 or higher, I was out of luck. 10.3.9 so I guess I’m out after all that. Doesn’t seem right.

By: Cass Jordan

Cass Jordan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:19:47 +0000

I don’t know who that woman is announcing, but for the love of GOD please put the mic down and walk away. Your voice is like nails on a chalk board only worse and you are to dam close to the mic. Some announcers should stick to print, you are one of them.

By: shanelle

shanelle — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:54:13 +0000

Hi,
Can anybody help with this? I cannot get any coverage on the dressage events, I live in Bahrain and I ve tried online NBC ect.. and I am not able to get on. My couch is riding in the dressage today, and i am so frustrated that I am not able to see him!!

Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!!

By: ana

ana — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:52:50 +0000

HI
Iam in Thailand can you help ? what’s the site where i can see the olympics dressage online ?

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:48:32 +0000

Jill,

Amy Tryon fell off of Poggio early in the cross-country course, and 2-3 other riders also came off. I think the guy from China was one of them. Most were just from getting bad spots and the horses tripped over the fences. A lot of them were falls where the horses went down too; I absolutely hate seeing those. Fortunately they all walked away in one piece.