As a german what is being described here seems crazy, we have to pay taxes which pay for state financed Independent media and it is also required that all important sporting events can not be behind paywalls. You can watch a germany focused broadcast of the olympics all day with minimal ads which only play maybe every hour or you can watch live streams of all events online or trough their app. Most streams also have dedicated commentators that seem reasonably knowledgable about the sports and have quite extensive background knowledge about the athletes and the last years in the sport. It has honestly been a blast watching all kinds of events i would never watch and having someone who is really in to it take you along for the ride