NBC is Already Ruining the Fun for 2010 Olympic Viewers, Limits Live Web Viewing

11Feb2010
Submitted by: The BURNED iN Crew

nbc-gets-the-finger"It seems only yesterday that NBC was annoying people, especially those on the West Coast, with its coverage of the Beijing Olympics. The peacock network takes pride in being able to censor your ability to watch Olympic events as they happen. It has done it for so many years, crowing that its so-called evening packages, featuring recorded highlights and potted documentaries of athletes, their loved ones, and their heartaches are what viewers really want.

 

While at Beijing, NBC at least allowed you to enjoy many Silverlight-enhanced events online--live, as they happened. In fact, there were more than 2,200 hours of live action shown online from Beijing.

 

However, not merely content with biting the hand that ultimately feeds it, NBC has, for the Vancouver Games, decided to take that hand, chop it into 2-inch pieces, slip it between pieces of bread, and eat it as if it were a succession of hot-diggity dogs." source

Our Take: It's about time NBC gets the shaft.  Is it so tough to just bring the viewers solid olympic coverage online and on TV? The viewers end up suffering and getting turned off, then NBC wonders why they aren't making the money that they expect. As the phrase goes: Keep it simple stupid!

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