Comments on: Olympic TV Coverage https://www.wi-ski.com/skiing/competition-skiing/olympic-tv-coverage/ Ski Banter Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: mark https://www.wi-ski.com/skiing/competition-skiing/olympic-tv-coverage/#comment-58 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:54:41 +0000 http://www.wi-ski.com/?p=1408#comment-58 I’ve went to the NBC website you mention, but they require MS Silverlight and the version of Silverlight available to this MSphobe is not capable of viewing the online stuff. As you say, the coverage is provided free of charge and NBC has to make it at least pay for itself. My guess is the Olympics are viewed as a loss leader and hope they can make it up by enticing viewers to tune in for the shows they are pushing in the advertising.

A lot of the people I am following on Twitter make a lot of noise about the coverage and are in general derisive of the non-ski events, especially figure skating. As bad as the coverage is, normal world cup skiing gets about 0 TV coverage in non-Olympic years and this is a case of appreciating what little we get. I need to get a new DirecTV receiver or remote so I can view my program search. One of my searches is on skiing and I used to watch World Cup skiing regularly, but now I am unable to access the search results.
Cheers!
Mark

]]> By: mountainskier https://www.wi-ski.com/skiing/competition-skiing/olympic-tv-coverage/#comment-57 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:08 +0000 http://www.wi-ski.com/?p=1408#comment-57 I do not have TV reception where I live, So I cannot really speak to NBC’s coverage. But since it is broadcast for free and not something you have to subscribe to on ESPN, then I guess we really have no room to complain. I have been checking http://www.nbcolympics.com regularly and find the coverage and playback video of key runs to be exceptional. I have watched Bode’s Gold medal run like five times so far since it was posted to the web. Since there is no competitor that is also covering the games, we really have nothing to compare to. But, I have been happy myself so far with NBC.

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