DirecTV's Olympic Coverage

Written by Synergy Legal, Inc. on 5:46 PM

DirecTV is offering Olympic coverage on Channels 750-756. The service conveniently stacks all of NBC's channels offering coverage into one page on the guide. DirecTV-HD subscribers will also get all available channels in high-definition. There are also interactive feature like a full guide for each channel (somewhat easier to navigate than the standard DirecTV guide, but doesn't offer recording options for DVR customers), and up-to-the minute medal count and a daily trivia quiz. Good stuff for the Olympic junkies out there.

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As good a time as any

Written by Synergy Legal, Inc. on 1:06 PM

If I'm going to start a blog about sports and television, it might as well be the week leading up to the Summer Olympics and a month before football season. So here goes.

I'm really not a fan of the Olympics.....at least not anymore. For me, the Olympics lost their appeal at the end of the Cold War. It was much more compelling to tune in back then, when the hope of seeing good triumph over evil truly made for must see TV. And until Al Qaeda or Hamas decide to assemble Olympic teams, the hatred and loathing of The Enemy that stirred up my patriotism and made me set aside the rest of my life for the Olympics just won't be the same.

But now there's finally be another villain in our midst. The Chinese have made it clear that they intend to dominate the medal count in the first Games held on their soil, and they may well do it. And with their history of human rights abuse, censorship, and exploding demand for energy that is contributing to the shakedown I get everytime I visit the gas pump, I say "Screw the Chinese! U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!"

OK, so now I finally have a reason to watch something (anything) on NBC, does anyone know what channel they are on DirecTV in Portland, OR? Where's my remote? Is NBC still blocked from my guide?

And let the games begin!

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