BBC viewers who tuned into BBC One on Sunday morning were left reeling over the gymnastics coverage, branding it "bland" and "disappointing" as they could not watch all of Team GB compete in the sport. The BBC is no longer the Olympic Games ' primary broadcaster, meaning no more than 250 hours of live coverage can be streamed compared to Discovery+ which is able to air 3,800 hours. Taking to Twitter while watching the gymnastics qualifying rounds, one viewer asked: "So disappointing not to be able to see all Team GB gymnasts competing because, according to the presenters, BBC coverage has 'no control over the pictures'.
Why can't they have their own camera crews there?" A disgruntled Yvonne fumed: " BBC coverage of the #Olympics is awful, glad I signed up to discovery+ shame it came to this. What is the licence fee actually for..
. Definitely reconsidering that?" A third wrote: "The Olympics selling their rights is so frustrating because the whiplash the BBC are giving me jumping from sport to sport because they can only show 2 streams at a time??? You're settled watching gymnastics then BOOM, you're rowing." Warner Brothers Discovery beat the BBC to acquire the European TV rights for a reported £1.
1 billion which is why the Games are being stripped back by the Beeb. Dave raged: "The BBC not showing the men's artistic gymnastics subdivision 2 and subdivision 3, beyond evil #olympics." However, other viewers seemed thrilled with the BBC 's coverage, with one person writing: " .