Olympics: US Senator demands that NBC explain its online streaming policy

[MayDay]

I'm glad that someone in a position of power is (kind-of) calling NBC out on this matter.

http://vancouver2010.blogs.nytimes....-to-explain-internet-restrictions/?ref=sports

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[Otter]

The Olympics are getting more messed up every year. Exclusive rights have really hurt the games (used to be that public stations and several major networks split the coverage and we had choices of what we wanted to watch). And having pros in hockey isn't cool either in many ways.

 

[Koss]

Like many last generation media and entertainment powers - they the IOC and its partners really haven't learned how to market in the 21st century yet. The youtube clip bans are the most prominent issue here. Why would the IOC want to continue to frustrate the fans of its events but not allowing them to see what's happening at the games. I'm not saying that whole replays of events should be allowed on youtube - but clips of important plays that fans would like to see again would be huge. I guess the IOC is waiting for Google to partner up with them.

Currently they are protecting their product from the fans that want to see it which is insane