I don't think it was NBC/Peacock's fault. Every time the feed cut out it was remarked upon by our Canadian friends watching on CBC Gem also. It seemed very much like it was an on-site issue happening in Prague.
For me it's "mesmeric". Mark said the word so much it no longer has any meaning.
Yeah, Minerva’s sbs jump in the LP not being on camera was a lowlight.
Yeah, the feed was also lost on Eurosport. The commentator at least said that the cause was in Prague.
I didn't say whose fault it was. I said that what happened was inexcusable.
I just want them to stop having outages every competition. For a GP, okay. But for Worlds, there should be more backup. And people stop pushing the wrong buttons (like when we get some sound from two sources at once, as also happens a lot during the GP).
It’s not that she doesn’t know what she’s doing. It’s that her voice isn’t made to shout and all she does is shout.
Amazing skating, arena and crowd. Had such a fantastic time. As always, far too little time to rest, eat, etc. but all worth it. I think I saw over 12 hours of skating on Saturday alone 
You hold on to "showcased", and I'll lock up "mesmeric".
I sat next to the kiss and cry. One thing I noticed was that ALL the skaters were out of breath when they finished their program. Even some of the English speakers cold barely put two words togeather. One thing that helped is that the Polish, Slovakian and probably a couple others could understand Czech. But, yeah there needs to be a solution for those poor Asian skaters who were exhausted and embarassed at the end.
. The LED boards didn't bother me as much as the screaming presenters and introducing skaters as if they were boxers preparing for the fight. Btw, does anyone know the name of the third presenter/announcer working with Ashley and Tomas? 
.. Btw, I find it hilarious that one could buy really good wine at nearly every stall, but it was barely possible to get a cup of tea..
Years ago in Australia during the 2000 Olympics we had HG and Roy who did a comedy series called "The Dream" which was shown late at night on TV here. It was hilarious. But they definitely talked about the use of the word Showcase a lot.
I think it might be only in the US. CBC uses the world feed with Mark and Tonia and during some of the dances they didn't talk at all but waited until it was over. Could have done with more of that, esp for ID, but at least for some of the higher level dances Mark was silent. Sometimes Tonia was, and sometimes she didn't get the memo.
And you didn’t peep in?Btw, at some point, I saw @tony talking to Igor Lukanin
And you didn’t peep in?
BRB becoming a judge for
. And I didn't want to interrupt a conversation, Igor seemed quite determined to catch you . ! I've already given up on hoping that Poland would organise an ISU event bigger than the Warsaw Cup challenger...
I believe that the some broadcasters do not have any such requirement and that the reason for having commentary during the programs is simply because casual viewers and even many full-on fans won't understand what is going on very well without it. This is particularly true for commercial broadcasters that show advertising while the official feed is showing a replay of portions of the program.
People say this all the time. But I think it's a myth.
Yeah, his chattiness increased as the week wore on and by the FD, I was noticing that he wasn't editing his post-skate remarks as concisely as he had earlier in the week.I normally like Mark, but he was too talkative this time. Maybe he was just punch drunk from all the hours of commentary.
Ted said one time, when commenting a senior event for the ISU, that they were instructed to talk during programmes for seniors, but not juniors. He didn't give the exact reason.
Some they stayed away from - Amber and Chan/Howe (I think) didn`t have to go through that. Also, some just opted out and didn`t go for the intereview. Sat in K&K during playback waiting for score.
