[TV orNotTV] Again with the live-v-taped Olympics...

2010-02-26 Thread Bob in Jersey
ESPN, again, tells the NYT it would scrap the tape-delay if it wins the 2014/2016 Games... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/sports/olympics/25television.html -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or

Re: [TV orNotTV] Again with the live-v-taped Olympics...

2010-02-26 Thread Jason Carpio
Um, I thought NBC was a 4th place network? Who is below them? On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: ESPN, again, tells the NYT it would scrap the tape-delay if it wins the 2014/2016 Games...

Re: [TV orNotTV] Again with the live-v-taped Olympics...

2010-02-26 Thread Tom Wolper
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: ESPN, again, tells the NYT it would scrap the tape-delay if it wins the 2014/2016 Games... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/sports/olympics/25television.html ABC Sports has been branded as part of ESPN and I wonder

Re: [TV orNotTV] Again with the live-v-taped Olympics...

2010-02-26 Thread Jim Ellwanger
Tom Wolper wrote: I've seen a lot of carping about live streaming only hockey and curling on NBC's website. What I haven't seen mentioned is that not everybody can see those events on their website. They restrict it to NBC partners only. I have Comcast Basic and when I tried to watch a game,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Again with the live-v-taped Olympics...

2010-02-26 Thread David Lynch
I suspect that coverage on ABC would be a part of any bid. I'm not sure the USOC is willing to lose the small but significant fraction of households without cable or satellite. Even if everything is shown live on one channel or another, I kind of actually hope that the big, bloated prime time