Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site CSL-Vax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!CSL-Vax!brain From: brain@CSL-Vax.ARPA (Sam Brain) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: American sportscasting sucks! Message-ID: <2790@CSL-Vax.ARPA> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 01:37:26 EDT Article-I.D.: CSL-Vax.2790 Posted: Mon Aug 20 01:37:26 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 01:43:58 EDT References: <361@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP> <336@watdcsu.UUCP> Organization: Stanford University Lines: 12 As an additional point to the ABC coverage: The U.S. got 180 hours of Olympic coverage, Aussie got about 230, New Zealand about 280, and the U.K. 250. (source: The L.A. Times) Add to that the fact that these other countries have MUCH fewer commercials (some not at all, e.g. U.K. since it was the BBC), and you will see that the U.S. got a very small amount of Olympic T.V. That of course is why ABC showed only U.S. althletes. There wasn't time for the others. (Written by an expatriate Brit. Does it show?)