Competition in the comfort of my own home

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:43:41 -0800

The Gotham Gal wants more out of NBC Olympics coverage:

I'd be thrilled to pay for the opportunity to sit on my couch and watch the entire day of snowboarding. No ads, no play by play, perhaps a small interview with the athlete that won the medal (small being the optimal word here) and NBC would make their money through the viewers. My guess is, in time, that they would have more viewers and make up the costs. They could also stream over the Internet and you could pay to have access to that too.

I guess NBC's video on demand for the Olympics isn't what she had in mind: she wants more unfiltered, and more coverage of everything.

Tech Talk: watching ALL of the Olympics with video on demand

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:55:21 -0800

PVR Blog talks about NBC, the Olympics, and Intel's new Viiv platform. NBC is launching this video on demand system so we never have to miss a single bit of the Olympics.

NBC is doing a couple things to help fans keep up. One is Video On Demand. My Comcast HD DVR finally got the "On Demand" service enabled this week, and I have to admit that after years of not finding VOD very interesting, having a bunch of free movies and sports programs ready to go is a nice addition. NBC has already loaded up the sports VOD section with Olympics previews -- but more importantly NBC is promising at least a 10 minute daily highlight reel and hours of extra coverage will also be available on demand, available on DirecTV, Dish, Time Warner, Comcast, and Charter systems.

Vancouver 2010 Olympics Coverage Daily - NBC

Competition in the comfort of my own home

Tech Talk: watching ALL of the Olympics with video on demand