Without knowing what type of DVR you have, I can only relate this to my own TiVo, which gets its listings data from the Tribune Company, meaning Zap2It.com reflects the same data.
Checking their online site's Olympics coverage, it is exactly as you stated. The schedule shows a block of time with a list of what sports are likely to be covered within that block of time. As an example, the 4:00am to 2:00pm (PT) block on MSNBC for Sunday lists "From London. Soccer, men's: Brazil vs. Belarus, Senegal vs. Uruguay, Great Britain vs. United Arab Emirates; volleyball, men's: Russia vs. Germany, Italy vs. Poland; water polo, men's: Hungary vs. Serbia; handball; table tennis; badminton." All the listings are in that format. I suspect NBC is just sending a list of events they expect to cover at some point within that block on that channel, and they aren't being more specific because (as we all know) sporting events do not tend to adhere to nice orderly time slots. And, like my "neighbor" Jim Ellwanger (he lives only about five miles from me) I don't recall the Olympics being listed differently in the past, either electronically or in that archaic print magazine TV Guide. (That last part is for Jim to chuckle at, as he has a nice collection of that magazine from when it was actually useful.) On Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:49:00 PM UTC-7, PGage wrote: > Is there some technical reason why NBC is doing it this way, or is it > possible they really do want to discourage time-shifting as a way of > protecting their primetime coverage? > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
