I swear, NBC would tape delay the Super Bowl

[pokerfan]

NBC Will Tape Delay the 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony and Nearly All Events

The 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony will be tape delayed for the West Coast. Tape delayed; even though the Olympics are in the same time zone. It's almost too unbelievable to fathom, and flat out ridiculous that NBC has no confidence in their programming. The fear that viewers won't tune in to a 6:00 p.m. coverage of the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony has caused them to push back coverage to begin at 7:30 p.m. on NBC. Yes Washington State, even though you are mere miles from where the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are taking place, you won't be allowed to watch it live.

That's not the end of the tape delays though, as NBC will be tape delaying nearly every event at the 2010 Winter Olympics. It will be a very rare event that the West Coast gets to see live, and every big medal event is going to be tape delayed if you live in the Pacific or Mountain Time Zone. If you live on the East Cost or in the Central Time Zone you don't have to worry, because NBC will be bringing you just about every event live. For the time zone where the Olympics are actually being held, NBC is giving you a big middle finger, because they don't care if you find out the results of events before they are even shown on television in your time zone.

This was supposed to be a year where everyone in the U.S. could enjoy the Winter Olympics on our own time schedule with the games held in Vancouver. For half the country that is going to work out just fine, but for the West half it is going to be the same-old story of NBC disrespecting its viewers by pretending that they are going to give live coverage but not actually providing it. Don't forget to read the small print if you are looking at any television listings for the next two weeks, because even though the Olympics are in the PST, it doesn't meant residents in the PST will be able to enjoy anything live. Did you think the three hour delay on the Opening Ceremonies was bad? Wait till the results of every Olympic event are spoiled for you before you can watch them.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2691513/nbc_attempts_to_ruin_2010_olympic_coverage.html

[Tripper11]

1. Like everything else NBC does

They find a way to fuck it up...check that SUPER fuck it up!!!! Christ what a bunch of assholes.

[TheMightyFavog]

2. What would we have to do to get the IOC to revoke NBC's contract?

Who would we have to bribe to get ABC, CBS, or FOX to take over?

[kentauros]

3. Personally, I'd rather C-SPAN took over

so we could see the games without the commentary, biographies, filler, commercials and so on...

[pokerfan]

4. ABC would get my vote

Their association with ESPN would provide a small constellation of cable and satellite channels: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN America, ESPN Classic, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews, ESPN Plus, TSN, ESPN360.

And last but not least:

[MadBadger]

6. NBC Is set to lose $250 Million. I dont think any of them would want it.

[cbayer]

5. This is infuriating!

I was excited that we were in the same time zone and would be able to see live events, and we can't?

I though they might have tape delayed the opening ceremonies, but would certainly show events live. People are already posting spoilers, too.

What a stupid, stupid decision on their part.

:grr: