Speaking of the olympics, it boggles me that any company thinks everyone wants to watch so-called live streaming as...
Speaking of the olympics, it boggles me that any company thinks everyone wants to watch so-called live streaming as their only option, never mind live broadcast TV.
Firstly, it's not often truly "live", since no matter where the olympics happen, it's the middle of the night somewhere. Plus, it's not like they have it on 24/7 covering every moment of every event. Secondly, I don't know about other countries, but our very special licensee is quite selective in what they bother to broadcast and I'm guessing they don't even record a lot of events. They certainly have very little officially accessible online if you don't watch their "live" feed. Thirdly, I cannot honestly imagine that most people genuinely want to watch every moment of every event.
Maybe they think limiting what's officially freely available will force people to pay for streaming services or whatever, but since you still can't necessarily pick and choose what you want to watch or when you watch it, why? I'd rather find a way to pay to watch the coverage from other countries of things I know I want to see. Especially since there are still ads on the "free" content. Between every single clip. Or find a source where I can watch when I want to.
I don't know how you monetize coverage of the olympics, but this can't be it.
Firstly, it's not often truly "live", since no matter where the olympics happen, it's the middle of the night somewhere. Plus, it's not like they have it on 24/7 covering every moment of every event. Secondly, I don't know about other countries, but our very special licensee is quite selective in what they bother to broadcast and I'm guessing they don't even record a lot of events. They certainly have very little officially accessible online if you don't watch their "live" feed. Thirdly, I cannot honestly imagine that most people genuinely want to watch every moment of every event.
Maybe they think limiting what's officially freely available will force people to pay for streaming services or whatever, but since you still can't necessarily pick and choose what you want to watch or when you watch it, why? I'd rather find a way to pay to watch the coverage from other countries of things I know I want to see. Especially since there are still ads on the "free" content. Between every single clip. Or find a source where I can watch when I want to.
I don't know how you monetize coverage of the olympics, but this can't be it.
Very tricky/ difficult to navigate for sure. That said, the time difference this time round has naturally put a fair bit of "good" sports in Eastern Prime Time, even better for the west coast. And while some of the skaters are complaining, they scheduled it so we could see it live.
ReplyDeleteAlso, while yes, there are fewer winter sports than summer sports, the number of broadcast hours seems to be even proportionately less than it should be.
ReplyDelete(I actually blame the NHL for some of that)
Definitely. The potential of the internet is sort of wasted, though, if you can't choose when to see what from the entire slate of potential events. Some people would probably like to watch at 2 am, some at 2 pm. And NBC keeps posting clips, which makes me want to punch them. I don't mean heartwarming moments clips, like the end of the cross country skiing, either. Those are fine, that's what clips are for, but not major events. And who knows. Maybe I want to watch the entirety of the Norwegian men's curling team matches. I mean, they are the living embodiment of #PANTS.
ReplyDeleteI also frankly prefer some of the foreign coverage to the American coverage. We're so skewed to entertainment for the attention impaired, it even affects the commentary.
ReplyDeleteThe Canadian curling commentary is epic.
ReplyDeleteTalking about not as many TV hours...local Detroit broadcast NBC has a forking paid spot on right now.
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