Approximately how many hours of the Winter Olympics did you watch on TV?
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As I got to see the entire games live (from 9.00am to 11.00pm GMT) that would amount to 224 hours!
316855
It depends where you live.  In Canada I know I used to watch games on TSN (The Sports Network) but our local channels showed some games as well.  I dunno where it shows in the U.S.
1108340
the world cup is the largest and the most watch.  The olympics is very big as well
114063
Of the sports in the Winter Olympics, I have to admit that skeleton bob is quite mad, but not the maddest. I think that honour has to go to Speed Skiing in Albertville in 1992. It was only a demonstration sport, but the winner was clocked at 212kph (not a sensible speed by any stretch of the imagination)
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There are two versions you can see that are free of charge. The first one is a 65 second clip from the orginal footage shot by SOBO (Sarjaevo Olympic Broadcasting Organisation) with commentary from the BBC. The second version comes from ITV's Dancing on Ice and was broadcast this evening (March 4th 2006)
145846
no way! come on get a life. olympics come once every 2 years and winter olympics come once every 4 years! try something new. look at skeliten or downhill ski racing instead.
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Winter Olympics -- Skeleton ... I'm just amazed how they can fly down the track head first like that. Childhood sledding to the Nth degree.\n\nSummer Olympics -- Water Polo.\n\nNot that either sport is my favorite sport to watch that is part of the Olympics, but you can watch hockey and even skiiing and figure skating all the time and the same for swimming, basketball, baseball and even track and field. But other than when the Olympics are on can you see either skelton or water polo televised?
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I think one of the biggest mistakes that NBC did prior to the Olympics was advertising individuals instead of the games themselves.  Most of the individuals they highlighted did not win and lost badly.  With advertising these individuals, people were looking for them but when they heard at 2 o'clock in the afternoon that they had lost, why would they want to watch?\n\nAnother thing they could have done to improve ratings was to advertise the events that were being shown live rather than just the prime time coverage.\n\nRealistically though, the winter Olympics has an image problem (hear what Braynt Gumbel said about them?) and nothing that NBC could do would fix them.  The winter olympics is a stark contrast to the summer games in that many of the winter events are the games of rich people requiring lots of cash to be able to compete in them.  The olympics has lost its edge in the public perception due to the end of the cold war, no longer are we competing against Communism (if only we could teach the middle east to bobsled than maybe we can drum up some interest in that sport) we are competing against fellow wealthy nations who are the country's friends.
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Watching--3-3 1/2 hours per day (Cardinals game)\nWatching SportsCenter--1 hour\nFantasy Games--1 hour\n\nTOTAL--5-5 1/2 hours per day.  Slightly less on the weekdays, slightly more on the weekends.
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The closing ceremony of the XXth Winter Olympics in Turin will be at 2000 CET on February 26th 2006. As Turin is 6 hours ahead of Eastern, this converts to 1400 EST (2.00pm) on the same day.
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In my opinion the coverage for the olympics this year is a lot better than four years ago.\n\nFour years ago it was 95% figure skating and ice dancing\nFour years ago when they weren't showing figure skating they were showing weepy fluff pieces on the athletes' lives.\nFour years ago you wouldn't see an event unless an American was a medal contender.\n\nThis year they seem to be balancing out the coverage a lot better.  They're showing a wider variety of sports, and hardly any of the fluff pieces.  They're even showing sports where America isn't in contention.\n\nWhy are the ratings down?\n\nProbably because they're showing a wider variety of sports, and hardly any of the fluff pieces, and because they're showing sports where America isn't in contention.
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I dont know what was happening to NBC, but it was really annoying , not being able to watch the olympics from [i believe its "TORINO"....fine time to start having "technical difficulties", should have happened to program like THE BACHELOR ,instead of the olympics.:-[
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canada is a very large place.  their time is behind the uk anywhere from 4 hours in the east to 8 hours in the west.
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In case your counting, at my house, I watched both games with one of my dogs.  My other dog intended to watch the tape delayed version on Univision.
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This website contains some information about the Opening Ceremony in Torino, Italy. It also has the music that was broadcast during the Opening Ceremony.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics_Opening_Ceremony
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WINTER! hahaha, only one here who votes for winter. Love winter sports. Hockey, snowboarding, freestyle skiing, etc.\n\nSummer Games aint bad, mainly watch them for swimming though.\n\nFavourtie Games: X Games!
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The summer and winter olympics happen every 4 years.  They offset the summer and winter olympics in 1992 so that one or the other happens every two years.  As such, there was a winter olympic in 1992 and again in 1994, before resuming every 4 years again.