NBC blasted for ad-filled Opening Ceremony coverage

NBC has been criticised for its coverage of the Olympics Opening Ceremony in Rio, with viewers complaining that the network was delayed and cut to too many ad breaks.
Bosses at NBC – which had paid $1.2bn for the digital and broadcast rights – decided to broadcast on a one-hour tape delay in the Eastern time zone, and a four-hour delay in the Pacific time zone.
Confusion ensued as some of the estimated three billion people tuning in live took to Twitter to talk about the hi