The NBC Olympics coverage is a total, commercial-filled nightmare
 

The NBC Olympics coverage is a total, commercial-filled nightmare
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It was never going to be pretty: an Olympic opening ceremony with ** GIFs, hours of commercials, a massive delay and overbearing anchors.*

Welcome to NBC's 2016 Rio Olympic coverage. The network filled its primetime coverage of the opening ceremony on Friday night with thousands and thousands of commercials. Because when you pay $1.2 billion for the digital and broadcast rights, you wanna get that hard cold cash back somehow and the people will always tune in.*

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Here's a tip for Americans frustrated with NBC's coverage: Get a VPN and watch Australia's Channel 7 or the UK's BBC coverage live with your friends around the world. You'll also save yourself from dying in a filthy swamp of ads. Read more...

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