Peacock Will Stream All NBCUniversal Coverage Of Beijing Olympics, Including Live Events, Via Premium Tier

maureenfarone

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Since I couldn’t watch the pairs sp while eating breakfast this morning, I tried to watch the mens sp since it was over. NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPLAY on Peacok so far. What is going on. peacock used to get replays up very quickly. Grrrrr!

I didn’t hear the hot mic comments…only the tweet from Megan about it. Yikes! Truth be told I’m not that picky about commentators but Nicky Slater is awful. He could not even remember the difference between a counter and a Choctaw while commenting on Mariah Bell’s skate. They are just too outdated in their knowledge and commentary. I was muting during the replays. Glad they are gone if true. But Ted Barton???? He was the official English commentator for Russia Channel One so I’m not sure I support him either.
Mens SP is available for replay now.
 

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Has anyone in the US found a way to watch a replay of the Pairs Short Program from the World Championships? It is not listed on Peacock, I can't find it on Youtube, and it is not scheduled to be shown on TV on either USA or Olympic channel. If anyone has a link as to where we could watch it, I would greatly appreciate it!
 

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Has anyone in the US found a way to watch a replay of the Pairs Short Program from the World Championships? It is not listed on Peacock, I can't find it on Youtube, and it is not scheduled to be shown on TV on either USA or Olympic channel. If anyone has a link as to where we could watch it, I would greatly appreciate it!
You need to use a VPN and set it to Canada or Spain or some other country that will allow you to watch the video on the ISU's YT channel. As I posted on the last page, I suggest downloading the Opera browser for free and turning on the free VPN setting it has. Once you do that, you'll be all set to watch anything on the ISU YT channel.
 

ChillSkate

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You need to use a VPN and set it to Canada or Spain or some other country that will allow you to watch the video on the ISU's YT channel. As I posted on the last page, I suggest downloading the Opera browser for free and turning on the free VPN setting it has. Once you do that, you'll be all set to watch anything on the ISU YT channel.
Thank you for repeating the instructions! I had never used Opera before, but this worked really well! I set the VPN on "European" and was able to view the Pairs Short on Youtube. It reminded me of the old days when we had to get a subscription with Ice Network to watch figure skating on the computer!

Does anyone know why the Pairs Short is not being shown on Peacock or on US TV? I didn't hear any "hot mic" issues on the European ISU feed - couldn't they have just shown that version? Is it because of the issues with Knierem and Fraser's music violating copywrite?
 

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I downloaded the Opera browser to my iPad but can’t find where to change the VPN settings. 🥺 Maybe it’s not set up for use on an iPad?
 

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I downloaded the Opera browser to my iPad but can’t find where to change the VPN settings. 🥺 Maybe it’s not set up for use on an iPad?
I use it on a desktop (Firefox), so this might not apply, but once you enable the VPN on the settings, the letters "VPN" appear next/left to the URL. Click on the letters and a drop-down appears where you can choose your continent.
 

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Thank you for repeating the instructions! I had never used Opera before, but this worked really well! I set the VPN on "European" and was able to view the Pairs Short on Youtube. It reminded me of the old days when we had to get a subscription with Ice Network to watch figure skating on the computer!

Does anyone know why the Pairs Short is not being shown on Peacock or on US TV? I didn't hear any "hot mic" issues on the European ISU feed - couldn't they have just shown that version? Is it because of the issues with Knierem and Fraser's music violating copywrite?
NBC is not showing the Pairs SP because of the lawsuit over Knierim/Frazier's SP music. Peacock was using the ISU stream which did show Knierim/Frazier's SP but it will not be available for replay.
 

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I note that the Olympic Channel showed 2021 Skate America yesterday, 5/23. One of the broadcasts was Mens and Pairs short. In that pairs short was Knierim/Frasier skating to "House of the Rising Sun".

I have been assuming that part of the reason NBC pulled all of its Olympics/Worlds/Nationals etc. videos was because of legal issues concerning the law suit about "House of the Rising Sun". Well, either someone didn't notice or remember when they scheduled Skate America replays or my assumption has been completely wrong. I can't think of any reason to pull all of those videos that makes any sense and I am still frustrated that NBC has offered absolutely no explanation.

Whatever the reason, I need to remember to cancel my subscription to Peacock in the next few days.
 

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