What do you think of the TV coverage of the Olympics so far?

Sunday 10th August, 08:47 AM JST

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Pukey2 at 10:25 PM JST - 10th August

One of my friends has suggested, the ONLY JAPAN MATTERS broadcast style is a Japanese nationalistic reaction to China hosting the games. I guess she may be right.

I guess you weren't here when they broadcast the Athens Olympic games then?
koroke at 11:03 PM JST - 10th August

boring,i just checked the online results for the winning results.
javnation at 10:04 AM JST - 11th August

If you like seeing very few events about 20 times, then good.

Jav
Richard_the_First at 04:52 PM JST - 11th August

The Kitajima gold is going to make for excruciating TV tonight. Fully deserved by him by the media is going to go into 'Ganbare Nippon' meltdown...
chibaman at 11:43 PM JST - 11th August

It's bloody awful. Showing the same winning moments again and again and again...almost amounts to a human rights violation. Is this country that desperate for sporting success? Look at Fukuda's comments today, you'd think Japan was a lesser developed country.

Or is it look we're the best in the world at something? Not that we're interested in the rest of the world and how they're competing, but let's give our collective selves 127 million pats on the back. What a bizarre self-obsessed island Japan is.
Richard_III at 12:06 PM JST - 12th August

There's about 30 different sports in the olympics. Watching Japanese TV you'd think it was only 3: judo, swimming, badminton. No mention of any other sports at all.

If I paid for it, I'd be even more disappointed.
nigelboy at 12:20 PM JST - 12th August

Let's get to the bottom line, shall we?

The only people that are complaining about the coverage of Olympics in Japan are foreigners in Japan.

True or False? Let the debate begin.
helloklitty at 12:33 PM JST - 12th August

I heard this guy complain about baseball coverage. After Matsui bats, he says, they replay every pitch. Then, there was the female teacher who was waiting for a bus. She says, oh, why do they have to write it in kanji? Yes, we're in Japan and they are going to show Japanese athletes as much as possible in the Olympics. I never complain when I see Kimura Saori on the volleyball team. Wow, what a woman!
chibaman at 01:14 PM JST - 12th August

The only people that are complaining about the coverage of Olympics in Japan are foreigners in Japan. True or False? Let the debate begin.

I'll go with true, just to placate you.
Richard_III at 03:14 PM JST - 12th August

The only people that are complaining about the coverage of Olympics in Japan are foreigners in Japan.

Well, this is a news service provided in English.... I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere on the internet there is a Japanese based forum of cyclists, archers, sailors etc. that are equally as disappointed with the Japanese TV coverage as the gaijin.
nigelboy at 03:42 PM JST - 12th August

Well, this is a news service provided in English.... I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere on the internet there is a Japanese based forum of cyclists, archers, sailors etc. that are equally as disappointed with the Japanese TV coverage as the gaijin.

You're right. All minority sports enthusiasts probably are frustrated with the coverage in their home country.

But seriously. Why would a TV station go out of their way to cover such a minority sport where ratings would surely be a disaster?
Richard_III at 04:34 PM JST - 12th August

But seriously. Why would a TV station go out of their way to cover such a minority sport where ratings would surely be a disaster?

There is such a thing as a programme that provides "highlights". In one of these programmes a condensed version of events over a certain number of hours are presented. For instance, you can grasp in say 15 minutes what happened over, say, a 5 hour match or game.

It's a quite unique format that is totally lost on the Japanese television programmers.
Sarge at 09:22 AM JST - 13th August

Today in woem's volleyball, China plays Cuba, and Japan plays Poland. I really want to see the China-Cuba match, but being in Japan, I guess I'll have to settle for seeing only the Japan-Poland match. Grrrrr!
Sarge at 09:25 AM JST - 13th August

Today in women's volleyball, China plays Cuba, and Japan plays Poland. I really want to see the China-Cuba match, but being in Japan, I guess I'll have to settle for seeing only the Japan-Poland match. Grrrr!
helloklitty at 05:44 AM JST - 14th August

I used to think, well, this IS Japan and they should feel free to show Japanese events only to maximize their viewership, but now I think this is the OLYMPICS so they should be exposing their provincial people the world. It might make them more "international".