Comments on: NBC is Effing with Tennis Fans Once Again http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/07/nbc-is-effing-with-tennis-fans-once-again/ Your One Stop Source for All Things Sports Media Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:07:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: NBC Continues to Eff With Us http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/07/nbc-is-effing-with-tennis-fans-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-14 NBC Continues to Eff With Us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:25:38 +0000 http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=63#comment-14 [...] I went over this on Wednesday when NBC chose to air the completed Roger Federer-Ivo Karlovic match over any possible live matches because it did not want to blow away the Today Show. [...] [...] I went over this on Wednesday when NBC chose to air the completed Roger Federer-Ivo Karlovic match over any possible live matches because it did not want to blow away the Today Show. [...]

]]> By: A Mid-Week Link Thing http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/07/nbc-is-effing-with-tennis-fans-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-9 A Mid-Week Link Thing Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:42:56 +0000 http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=63#comment-9 [...] today, I wrote about NBC’s decision to tape delay the Roger Federer-Ivo Karlovic match across the country while [...] [...] today, I wrote about NBC’s decision to tape delay the Roger Federer-Ivo Karlovic match across the country while [...]

]]> By: Jason Coyote http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/07/nbc-is-effing-with-tennis-fans-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jason Coyote Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:27:34 +0000 http://fangsbites.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=63#comment-8 I'm afraid once the Peacock realized that tape-delaying the Olympics garnered bigger ratings, they decided it was okay to do the same thing with all of their sports coverage, especially the odd workday matinee stuff. Surprised they didn't try doing the same thing with their US Open golf coverage when the rains pushed back the finish to Monday. I'm with you, Ken. NBC has USA and Bravo at their disposal to do what you suggested. They could even put a crawl under the 17th hour of 'Today' and tell people the tennis is on another channel should they want to watch. Now that we're well into the 21st century and most kids under the age of 10 think tape is only good for fixing things, should we come up with a new word/phrase for 'tape-delay'? I’m afraid once the Peacock realized that tape-delaying the Olympics garnered bigger ratings, they decided it was okay to do the same thing with all of their sports coverage, especially the odd workday matinee stuff. Surprised they didn’t try doing the same thing with their US Open golf coverage when the rains pushed back the finish to Monday.

I’m with you, Ken. NBC has USA and Bravo at their disposal to do what you suggested. They could even put a crawl under the 17th hour of ‘Today’ and tell people the tennis is on another channel should they want to watch.

Now that we’re well into the 21st century and most kids under the age of 10 think tape is only good for fixing things, should we come up with a new word/phrase for ‘tape-delay’?

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