On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:17 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> NBC Sports & YouTube (under the banner of the now renamed Versus >> network) tried releasing streaming feeds of Le Tour De France online >> and via iPad apps for the previous two years, and they were unable to >> cope with the bandwidth and other technological needs for the live >> feeds. > > ESPN3 carried streams of World Cup matches in 2010, which has an > audience comparable to the Olympics and they didn't have any problems > that I know of. When I tuned into the first match I thought there were > audio problems, but it turned out to be those stupid vuvuzelas. > > If NBC Sports & YouTube aim for the streaming capacity of the World > Cup they should be fine.
For two weeks now I have been trying to watch Community and Smash on nbc.com and I can't get a stream. This doesn't bode well for the Olympics. I eventually went to Hulu, but nbc.com doesn't take commercial breaks. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
