will the games be "on demand" with NBC's website?
Just go to http://www.nbcolympics.com/video
I strongly recommend you install the 'Silverlight' plug-in to get the enhanced player. This allows you to get streamed text commentary, as well as watch multiple games with Picture-in-Picture etc.
Every game is live and/or on-demand. I watched USA v Japan earlier, and am watching China v NZ now.
Laurence
{Disclaimer: I work for MS on the Silverlight technology, so I'm probably biased, but that doesn't mean this isn't the coolest sport/streaming ever}
Just go to http://www.nbcolympics.com/video
I strongly recommend you install the 'Silverlight' plug-in to get the enhanced player. This allows you to get streamed text commentary, as well as watch multiple games with Picture-in-Picture etc.
Every game is live and/or on-demand. I watched USA v Japan earlier, and am watching China v NZ now.
Laurence
{Disclaimer: I work for MS on the Silverlight technology, so I'm probably biased, but that doesn't mean this isn't the coolest sport/streaming ever}
This guy ( http://www.justin.tv/cramex ) has the games with the actual commentary as broadcast. I'm not sure if that's a blessing though. One of the guys just referred to the Japanese National Team as China at about the sixth minute. I don't know if he has all the games, probably just the US games. I'm sure if you look around that site and others like it you could probably find pretty much everything with commentary. But I did check out silverlight and it is pretty good streaming. I just have a hard time watching without hearing the commentary, even if it is horrible.
Nothing to do with the fact that I work for MS, and work on the Silverlight technology used for the Olympics.
Just to do with the fact that the NBC paid the IOC for the rights to broadcast the content, and improve their brand/sell adverts as a result.
Someone illigitimately rebroadcasting that content is not something to be endorsed IMHO.
I don't think just because NBC paid a lot of money to have a "monopoly" on a specific subject means we, as consumers, can't look elsewhere. If NBC is at all struggling because of "illegal" low-quality streaming content maybe they should work on their own product. Not to mention, the stream linked here still streams all the commercials from the affiliate that actually did broadcast the game. In some ways you could almost consider it free global marketing of the guerrilla variety.
On that note, good job with silvernight -- I'm quite pleased with the quality and turned up crowd noise. http://www.talkceltic.net/forum/images/smilies/50.gif
I do _so_ hate the term Monopoly :)
Anyway, the process is that the IOC, who 'own' the Olympics, sell the broadcast rights to different markets.
NBC paid the ante to have the US broadcast. Therefore NBC have the rights to the US broadcast, and per the IOC, the only 'proper' place to get the content if you are in the US is from an NBC property.
Being in Australia, though, and seeing that the NBC site doesn't work for me, is there any way that you know of I can watch the USA v Holland match this evening online?
It's not being offered on free-to-air TV here, not on Seven nor on SBS.
It's nice that it has the commentary, but, for fear of sounding like the Olympic police, please remember that NBC (owned by GE) paid a lot of money for the rights to the content, and NBC (owned by GE) are probably in everybodies 401k. I know they're in mine! :)
In economic times like this it is better to help them make a profit on their investment than it is to channel the traffic to an illegitimate rebroadcaster, don't you think?
I figured you'd respond like this since you work for the company. But if anything I'm doing them a favor. I'm not going to click on any ads on their site, I'd just be using up their bandwidth and they wouldn't be getting anything from me for it. If my DVR hadn't crapped out on me I'd be watching it on my TV legitimately. Not all of us have 401ks by the way, I do, but not everyone does. Also, in economic times like this I think it's better to watch out for myself and make sure I can feed my kids and not worry about the bottom line of a multi-billion dollar company. ;)
Well, BT, you are not the only person among the 5.8 odd billion people living outside the US who wants to watch the game. Spit up the link, already! :D
This guy ( http://www.justin.tv/cramex ) has the games with the actual commentary as broadcast. I'm not sure if that's a blessing though. One of the guys just referred to the Japanese National Team as China at about the sixth minute. I don't know if he has all the games, probably just the US games. I'm sure if you look around that site and others like it you could probably find pretty much everything with commentary. But I did check out silverlight and it is pretty good streaming. I just have a hard time watching without hearing the commentary, even if it is horrible.
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It's nice that it has the commentary, but, for fear of sounding like the Olympic police, please remember that NBC (owned by GE) paid a lot of money for the rights to the content, and NBC (owned by GE) are probably in everybodies 401k. I know they're in mine! :)
In economic times like this it is better to help them make a profit on their investment than it is to channel the traffic to an illegitimate rebroadcaster, don't you think?
Nothing to do with the fact that I work for MS, and work on the Silverlight technology used for the Olympics.
Just to do with the fact that the NBC paid the IOC for the rights to broadcast the content, and improve their brand/sell adverts as a result.
Someone illigitimately rebroadcasting that content is not something to be endorsed IMHO.
Well, BT, you are not the only person among the 5.8 odd billion people living outside the US who wants to watch the game. Spit up the link, already! :D
Or along the shores of the Tasman Sea, for that matter! :p
OK, here's what I've got...
http://www.justin.tv/cramex
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/canal-cramex
Either of those are meant to work. The first one, treat as Plan "A", and the other as Plan "B"; that's what I've been told.
I actually tried that, with my mother's info back home.
No such luck.
That's one bug they have ironed out. :(
Hmmmm... I'm sure there's a way around it.
Anyway, just go to justin.tv or myp2p.eu
Should be able to find it there.
I do _so_ hate the term Monopoly :)
Anyway, the process is that the IOC, who 'own' the Olympics, sell the broadcast rights to different markets.
NBC paid the ante to have the US broadcast. Therefore NBC have the rights to the US broadcast, and per the IOC, the only 'proper' place to get the content if you are in the US is from an NBC property.
In so buying it, while the advertising opportunity is lucrative, perhaps as important is the branding opportunity. NBC after all have the Olympic rings on their logo etc.
They have the rights, pure and simple, that's not really a 'monopoly', it's a market and it's a case of one company bought those rights, period. Another entity, if rebroadcasting, the content is stealing those rights, and diluting the brand. It's like saying movie theaters have a 'monopoly' on the Dark Knight movie at the moment, because they are the only place you can see it...
It doesn't matter if they rebroadcast the commercials or not -- it's still wrong to do so on many different levels, and we cannot rationalizing by calling NBC a monopoly, or saying it's ok because the other service rebroadcasts the commercials...sorry, have to disagree with you here.
And thanks for the Kudos on Silverlight :) -- My book on the technology had a big bump in sales thanks to the Olympics, and the heightened interest in this great technology :)
They are on NBC via the web as well.
No, that's a silly way to choose broadcasting.
That said, the NBC stream is pretty damn good and the few seconds I listened to the commentary on that MSNBC stream I almost died laughing.
Hmmmm... I'm sure there's a way around it.
Anyway, just go to justin.tv or myp2p.eu
Should be able to find it there.
It's on justin.tv, as someone else has PM'd me a link. And I've bookmarked it.
Looking forward to enjoying the match tonight! :cool:
You could use a US proxy server and then put in a US zipcode and say you have DishNetwork. ;)
Moroney will tell you it's wrong, just ignore him. :p
I actually tried that, with my mother's info back home.
No such luck.
That's one bug they have ironed out. :(
Yes, they are, at least to those of us in the USA. i'm watching the full two hours of Norway/USA Women now. You have to enter your zip code and cable company, and it should work for you.
Added later: Also, i'm watching the standard viewer on WiFi! no need to do the DSL or cable connection thing. Really clear, with no lag. :D
I do _so_ hate the term Monopoly :)
...
They have the rights, pure and simple, that's not really a 'monopoly', it's a market and it's a case of one company bought those rights, period. Another entity, if rebroadcasting, the content is stealing those rights, and diluting the brand. It's like saying movie theaters have a 'monopoly' on the Dark Knight movie at the moment, because they are the only place you can see it...
Like the word or not, if people are pigeon-holed into consuming a product based on technicalities and availability it sounds an awful lot like a monopoly to me.
As for the last sentence, I'll point my wrath at ABC and the World Cup / Euros instead. :cool:
Monopoly:
A situation in which a single company owns all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service. This would happen in the case that there is a barrier to entry into the industry that allows the single company to operate without competition (for example, vast economies of scale, barriers to entry, or governmental regulation). In such an industry structure, the producer will often produce a volume that is less than the amount which would maximize social welfare.
so how do we watch games such as brazil and argentina tomorrow?
Being in Australia, though, and seeing that the NBC site doesn't work for me, is there any way that you know of I can watch the USA v Holland match this evening online?
It's not being offered on free-to-air TV here, not on Seven nor on SBS.
You could use a US proxy server and then put in a US zipcode and say you have DishNetwork. ;)
Moroney will tell you it's wrong, just ignore him. :p
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