Posted on 08/12/2012 11:16:20 AM PDT by the scotsman
'American broadcaster NBC has been told to cease ringside commentary after amateur boxing's governing body complained to Olympics organisers that their presence was disrupting officials at the arena.
NBC, a unit of Comcast Corp, was the only broadcaster allowed to commentate from the ringside floor and the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said they disturbed officials sitting next to them throughout the competition.
It recommended to the London organising committee (LOCOG) that NBC's commentary team leave their position. They were offered a space with the other media but decided to leave instead, AIBA said.
"NBC commentators were offered a booth in the media tribune like other broadcasters because they were very disturbing for AIBA officials - even during bouts they were not broadcasting - being located at the edge of the Field of Play," an AIBA spokesman said.'
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I watched more Olympics these games than ever before on my time, not theirs.
In fact, most days I had one channel playing on my tv and two streams on the computer. It was Glorious!
Ah, yes. I tried to find the throwing events on their web site. When I found them and clicked on the videos they froze up. And before you ask, yes, I have DSL.
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