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My NBC Olympics rage continues.

I'm normally someone who much prefers watching content on a company's site or Hulu or Netflix, or buying the DVDs rather than simply downloading something. (Or, shock of all shocks, as it airs.) It's only fair, after all, to let the company have the ad/sales revenue from the product they spent lots of money on making.

But NBC's failtastic choke-hold on the Olympics makes me glad it's losing millions over it. If it's anything like prior Olympics (since I'm still on my NBC Olympic boycott this year), it processes and repackages everything into an empty calorie chicken nugget while holding most of it hostage. The sick thing is that NBC already has the rights for the 2012 Olympics as well, so absolutely nothing will change for the London games.

NBC?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_b_-adCQNE

(No, it's not lost on me that this is from an NBC show.)

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I wasn't as annoyed for the Beijing games or other games because the East Coast is on tape delay too. The thing that bothers me is that it is ON THE WEST COAST THIS YEAR. I mean, I understand WHY NBC is doing this. They get more money for advertising during prime time. So holding off the most popular events until it is prime time in each of the timezones makes sense. But it's still obnoxious.

TOTALLY obnoxious. Couldn't they have it available online for West Coast types, complete with ads?

You know, by 2012 I will (ACCORDING TO MY PLAN) have a place of my own and I MIGHT EVEN PAY FOR A TV LICENSE. So you can totally come and stay with me and watch on the Beeb!

JUST AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TRY AND MAKE ME WATCH.

And then you can send an angry letter to NBC saying "FU I GOT ON A PLANE TO ENGLAND".

*Pets*

I get the business reasons for doing it, but it just seems shitty.

BWAH!! Will the Doctor be carrying the torch? Will he? :D

I get the business reasons for doing it, but it just seems shitty.

I haven't heard of other countries being this crappy about coverage. Presumably they've got a business model as well.

THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT COULD GET ME INTERESTED IN THE OLYMPICS.

And yes, but while I can't speak for every country, the BBC's business model is "piss as many people off as possible and then lol because they still have to pay the license fee". And, you know, I say this as a fan of the Beeb.

You'd think NBC could play it live and then do prime time reruns, or something? And sort of package the ads so they're the same for both?

And yes, but while I can't speak for every country, the BBC's business model is "piss as many people off as possible and then lol because they still have to pay the license fee". And, you know, I say this as a fan of the Beeb.

XD

You'd think NBC could play it live and then do prime time reruns, or something? And sort of package the ads so they're the same for both?

In all honesty, think they could. They could run the live stuff - with ads - online and then air it on TV during prime time or whenever they want.

XD

They FIXED THE VOTING of a poll for a CHILDREN'S SHOW to NAME THE NEW PET CAT. TRY TO TELL ME THERE IS NO FAIL THERE.

Say what now?

The BBC has confirmed children's show Blue Peter broke guidelines in a vote to name its cat, as it revealed three other breaches of editorial rules.

The cat was called Socks after staff changed the results of an online poll. Viewers wanted the cat named Cookie.

SRSLY.

Cookie is a better name than Socks.

XD Do not underestimate the good taste of droves of small children.

God, I used to watch Blue Peter. I even won a badge (which is a Big Deal in this country). I WAS SO BETRAYED BY THIS.

Socks is so cliche~

I remember discussing this before because of that... contest they're having for the TARDIS or something. WHAT IF THAT IS ALSO RIGGED?????!???!?????

This might explain the Absorbaloft...

LOL. The children of Britain came up with something brilliant and the BBC rigged it to get... the Absorbaloff.

THAT IS TRUE CORPORATE EVIL.

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XD XD XD

And I think contests like that can't be rigged because they have a judge, as opposed to viewer voting. YOU CAN REST EASY KNOWING THIS.

I am too old to take part in their competitions any more, anyway. *CRI CRI*

Isn't the judge supposed to be Matt Smith? WHAT IF THEY ...GET SOMEONE ELSE???

...

BWAH!

Losing millions!? What did they think was going to happen?
...Losers!

Maybe it would occur to them that they're over-producing it if they're losing that much money?

lol, go you! By the way I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at the fact that something from The Office is quite fitting. You know, the way things are delayed in Vancouver, it's like we're getting them 3 hours later, too. Oh my God, it's NBC's fault! GET THEM!!! *grabs pitchfork and torch*

RAWR! *SHAKES FIST*

I bet NBC caused global warming too!

Probably. :D

At the very least their shows tend to dumb people down.

Hmmm. Alien plot?

Definitely. *nods*

According to some of the comments, NBC has even edited the content they're selling on iTunes - to the point that they're cutting out entire figure skating performances. Go NBC.

*ROLLS EYES*

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