foundhockey
Registered User
Not sure if this should go in this forum. Does anyone know if NBC plans to time-delay coverage of the Olympics in the US?
Not sure if this should go in this forum. Does anyone know if NBC plans to time-delay coverage of the Olympics in the US?
It only makes sense to tape delay things. It is a 9 hour difference to the east coast and 12 to the west. So if a game was on at 7PM it would be 7AM west coast time. How many viewers to you expect to watch then on a weekday when people work?
What's the problem with tape-delay?
If you want to watch it live, don't they stream it online and on an app?
Well if there's a hockey game starting at 7h00PM Sotchi we will get it at 11h00AM EST, not bad at all.
Social Media is going to be a ***** for those earlier games though
Social Media is going to be a ***** for those earlier games though
I don't understand why NBC puts hockey games in less of a priority than the other sports. Alot of Americans feel hockey is the best winter Olympic sport.
The gold medal game had 30 million viewers in the US in 2010.
I don't understand why NBC puts hockey games in less of a priority than the other sports. Alot of Americans feel hockey is the best winter Olympic sport.
The gold medal game had 30 million viewers in the US in 2010.
Because it doesn't translate to viewership among key feminine demos.
And why would you show 1 hockey game on tape delay in prime time when you can show whip around coverage of multiple things and have a full overview of the day?
A US medal round game is 1 thing, but Russia vs Slovakia in group play isn't going to pull what figure skating or bobsledding will.
FWIW, the Gold Medal Game is always the very last event of the Olympics at 7am that Sunday, so I'm sure NBC will carry it on the main channel with nothing else going on.
I get what you are saying, but you don't think a medal round game involving Russia, Canada or the US wouldn't draw well? I remember in 2010 there was controversy because NBC put US-Canada on MSNBC instead of the main network.
I'm pretty sure the figure skating still destroyed the hockey game in ratings though.
Exactly. To be able to not get games spoiled, I'm effectively going to have to alter my normal internet habits just to avoid the live tweets and forum comments, which is hardly ideal or convenient.
Considering the horrendous issue NBC had tape delaying the first US-Canada hockey game from Vancouver, especially in California, they ended up showing the remaining hockey games live in 2008.
AIUI, all hockey games (they choose to 'cast) will be broadcast live on NBCSN (primary mens hockey channel).
Exactly. To be able to not get games spoiled, I'm effectively going to have to alter my normal internet habits just to avoid the live tweets and forum comments, which is hardly ideal or convenient.