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Just so you know - you can cancel Peacock at any time. Also, the only streaming for U. S. Nationals will be on Peacock and a VPN will not help you watch.en
Last year there was additional streaming of US Nationals by someone. The ISU? I don't know. Ben Agosto did commentary. There was also Japanese coverage with Japanese commentary. I remember that because someone who was watching said that the Japanese commentators were crying while or after Gracie was skating. The ISU (I guess?) also showed the gala and I don't think Peacock did.
 
Last year there was additional streaming of US Nationals by someone. The ISU? I don't know. Ben Agosto did commentary. There was also Japanese coverage with Japanese commentary. I remember that because someone who was watching said that the Japanese commentators were crying while or after Gracie was skating. The ISU (I guess?) also showed the gala and I don't think Peacock did.
I had no idea U. S. Nationals was streamed anywhere but on Peacock. I know parts of the broadcast were on NBC and the Olympic channel but I only have an antenna so really didn't pay much attention to those.
 
Last year US Nationals were streamed on the Olympic Channel YouTube. But I believe it was only available to watch outside of the US (unless, of course, you had a VPN).
 
Seems like we will need to go retro this year and wait for likely limited television coverage of all figure skating events this season. Apart from Skate America, has NBC or its networks like USA revealed if and when they will air the other Grand Prix events, Nationals, Europeans and Worlds?

Can live streams on Peacock be recorded? Instead of waking up at, say, 2 AM to watch a live event, I wonder if you can program a DVR or Peacock itself to record these events for later viewing.
 
I had no idea U. S. Nationals was streamed anywhere but on Peacock. I know parts of the broadcast were on NBC and the Olympic channel but I only have an antenna so really didn't pay much attention to those.
I only know because it came up on the boards. I don't think they've done it before. I was annoyed the ISU got Ben and we got nothing.
 
Seems like we will need to go retro this year and wait for likely limited television coverage of all figure skating events this season. Apart from Skate America, has NBC or its networks like USA revealed if and when they will air the other Grand Prix events, Nationals, Europeans and Worlds?

Can live streams on Peacock be recorded? Instead of waking up at, say, 2 AM to watch a live event, I wonder if you can program a DVR or Peacock itself to record these events for later viewing.
I'm not going retro. I'm using a VPN:). There isn't any way to record things on Peacock itself. If you have a DVR and you get up and start the stream I would think it would record it. But my expertise is computer software, not TV. The live streams ISU provides are replayable. At least they always have been in the past.
 
It is the latter because repeated emails (and sometimes tweets) over 6 months to Peacock/NBC and U.S. Figure skating asking for an explanation of why the Olympics and every competition before then were removed. Now question about what fans can expect for this season have gone (in my case) unanswered. I received 1 reply from NBC Sports in the spring and was told to ask Peacock. Peacock never replied. I have now jumped to the conclusion that it all ties into the lawsuit about the music. But, of course, I could always be wrong.

And I apologize if I've come off as ranting and raving but it just so frustrating to ask questions over and over and not get a reply. Are there going to be replays....yes or no??
You are not wrong. This bravo sierra /cluster/fubar is gonna cost NBC lots of bucks. And my donations to the USFS are NOT going up...I am very disappointed in them. They could at least say that their lawyers have told them to keep their pie holes shut. They could tell us in a de facto sense what is going on. "We are developing a new way that skaters get their music OKed for use at different skating levels" for instance. Without getting political, I can say that the last few years have made me very disappointed in the Sport as a whole as far as certain factors in the sport but mostly how I am treated as a person who has put over $100,000 into the sport in various ways. (This next season probably $5,000 alone. ) From the IOC to the ISU and down to the USFS. My skating buddy "Howard" who has roomed with Frank Carroll in their skating days has given up on attending events entirely and cruises instead. After 8 cruises, I can see why...it is nice to be treated like a person who is cared about.....and there are still pretty girls to talk to! :)
"Would you like another lobster tail, Mr. Coyote? Its not problem....!"
How about some clothes line candied Canadian bacon?
 
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I'm not going retro. I'm using a VPN:). There isn't any way to record things on Peacock itself. If you have a DVR and you get up and start the stream I would think it would record it. But my expertise is computer software, not TV. The live streams ISU provides are replayable. At least they always have been in the past.
I will just mention this in passing. There are ways to record anything that comes over the web, if you are tech savy enough.....or your equipment is old enough. Who remembers when TVs had RCA output jacks for audio and video. PaulE does. I have recorded thousands of hours of radio shows onto cassettes which I still play. I didnt even mind buying used CDs and DVDs of things I wanted to watch. Now Magnavox has stopped producing their exquisite tuner/DVR/ DVD burner DVD recorder DVD player. I am hoping they outlive my two....
Streaming is tightly controled so you cant record it. Unless you know the right people....
I dont mind paying for things...I mind entities buying the rights and then NOT making the content available.
 
Two things can be true at the same time: Elton John was thrilled with Nathan’s music use AND Nathan’s team made sure that Nathan’s music use was approved before he competed with it.
Yeah, now if only someone who write an article about the secret squirrel process where by a skater can purchase/ask/whatever to use a piece of music. Even if its Indian
 
The fact that USFS website has not even put up the TV Schedule for the Grand Prix, or even Nationals for that matter, season is worrying me because I saw something on NBC a couple of Sundays ago now. I was a show called 2024 Gold and basically it was an hour long clip show of many sports all put together from what I saw. I missed the first half basically I know they are running it on the 16th of October so maybe we may get the schedule at that time. If they planning not show anything but on a network I can DRV I am going to be furious. I mean I understand the fear of lawsuits but this will be going to far. I seems that last year we got two hours of highlights from each Grand Prix event every Sunday that I could DRV if I chose to. How this comprise NBC put the events on live on a Network that we can DRV if we want to. Stop putting us fans though this and just play the events and stop the nonsense and allow to us to see it.
 
Using a web browser on a computer, you can probably screen record. But it's not the most legal option.

It would also probably be annoying as you wouldn't be able to use that device for the duration of the event. Also, the files would probably be huge.
 
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Using a web browser on a computer, you can probably screen record. But it's not the most legal option.

It would also probably be annoying as you wouldn't be able to use that device for the duration of the event. Also, the files would probably be huge.
how do you screen record on a computer? thought you could only do that on a phone.
 
The fact that USFS website has not even put up the TV Schedule for the Grand Prix, or even Nationals for that matter, season is worrying me because I saw something on NBC a couple of Sundays ago now. I was a show called 2024 Gold and basically it was an hour long clip show of many sports all put together from what I saw. I missed the first half basically I know they are running it on the 16th of October so maybe we may get the schedule at that time. If they planning not show anything but on a network I can DRV I am going to be furious. I mean I understand the fear of lawsuits but this will be going to far. I seems that last year we got two hours of highlights from each Grand Prix event every Sunday that I could DRV if I chose to. How this comprise NBC put the events on live on a Network that we can DRV if we want to. Stop putting us fans though this and just play the events and stop the nonsense and allow to us to see it.
This is the best resource for coverage that I know of (other than the forums here). https://www.soyouwanttowatchfs.com/
 
A fan shared Peacock and USFS’ contact information here. They even created a sample script you can use. https://www.instagram.com/p/CigqfqkuRLR/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I looked at this and this is just the basic email addresses. They are just going to round file them. I was looking for - there is someone at USFS who is in charge of streaming rights/dealing with Peacock - who is it, what is their emailing address. There's someone at Peacock who deals with streaming rights/dealing with USFS - who is it, what is their contact info. I suppose I can call USFS and ask.
 
I have a solution to this whole problem. If it is vocal music, Starr can sing it. If it is classical, Jimmy Ma can play it. Pay both something reasonable They get money to train and no lawsuits.
Love your idea, and for another option skaters can also use YouTube Audio Library and YouTube many channels offering copyright and royalty free music. In short, there are many ways skaters can get GOOD music without violating copyrights AND it will be OKAY to broadcast and replay on YouTube and Peacock w/o issues! There really is no need for skaters to use commercial music anymore.
 
Yeah, now if only someone who write an article about the secret squirrel process where by a skater can purchase/ask/whatever to use a piece of music. Even if its Indian
It’s very simple. Your team (or your fed) submits a request to the publishing company that is listed for the song. It’s a standard process that started around 1830.
I have a solution to this whole problem. If it is vocal music, Starr can sing it. If it is classical, Jimmy Ma can play it. Pay both something reasonable They get money to train and no lawsuits.
In either case, permission would still be needed from the person who wrote the music.
 
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