Had the Olympic Games given out tin medals, CableVision would have a bucket full by now.Take away the commendable track and field coverage, on CableVision's channel 11 (VSB) and channel 514, there's little for which the company can complimented.In fact, for the most part it's been shambolic.CableVision pledged comprehensive coverage of what is regarded by many as the greatest show on earth.Football's World Cup might top the TV ratings but the Games appeal to a far wider audience.Viewers who don't normally watch sport are attracted to the Olympics because of its variety, the opportunity to view sports that normally don't get a look-in. ABC's once signature introduction, the 'ecstasy and the agony', encompasses everything that the Games offer.Unfortunately here in Bermuda we have had to endure little ecstasy and an awful lot of agony.Sports have been televised without commentary, we've seen events disappearing from the screen midway through the action, we've seen only partial coverage of some of the more popular events. The men's and women's cycling roads races and the women's triathlon come to mind.Last week a women's volleyball match between Brazil and Korea was shown as if the TV remote was on mute, we've had other programmes devoid of any sound, and as for results, in some cases we still know who's won what.On Saturday we were treated to the entire Brazil versus China basketball game. Rivetting stuff.There's a good argument to be made why basketball shouldn't be featured in the Games at all. We get a healthy dose of NBA action throughout the season, far more significant to the players and the fans than anything the Games can provide.As for a glimpse of our local Olympians. No such luck.We'd all like to have seen the women's triathlon featuring Flora Duffy. Instead, we got a few minutes of footage of competitors on the bike, and little else.Many were aware of the live feed provided on BBC Sport via computer and were able to watch the event in its entirety.It might be the best way to watch our other triathlete, Tyler Butterfield, tomorrow.As for interviews of the leading athletics shown on the Carib feed provided by CableVision, it's been a guessing game. No name of the interviewer and more importantly no name of the athlete.What they were saying meant nothing. We didn't know who they were. A few might have recognised Bermuda's Tyrone Smith but he wasn't identified.We've all moaned in the past about American networks which put so much emphasis on their own athletes, win or lose, to the point we were left wondering whether the Stars and Stripes was the only flag organisers had bothered to order.But again, take away track and field and the commentary of Caribbean expert Lance Whittaker, and the British commentary provided on channel 514, NBC, much criticised in previous Olympics, would have been a welcome replacement.It's ironic that local TV, through the services of Fox and ESPN, provides more live professional football, particlulary the English Premier League, than almost anywhere else the world, including England.And we had blanket coverage of the World Cup and Euro 2012.But the Olympic Games, that's been a different story for the most part a horror story.Luckily we did to get see Usain Bolt in the 100 metres, all 9.63 seconds of him complete with sound, commentary and clarity.But it hardly compensates for the random coverage of other events, which have been severed in mid-stream.If this is really the best CableVison can provide, we all deserve a rebate.ADRIAN ROBSON