NBC going after Olympic broadcasts on the internet

of course they should but if (nbc) didnt try to capitilize on this then, lets face it somebody else would.!

It is simply easier to check on my PC to get updates and video, that is my prefered method to receive Olympic updates so get over it NBC.

All the reporters do is talk sh*t.. they are so annoying! They say stupid things about the teams that nobody gives a damn about and have nothing to do with the Olympics. NBC is full of sh*t and sh*tty reporters.

simple answer, yes. everyone should be able to view it at real time

NBC keeps losing their audio feed of the announcers...although I guess thats not all bad hehe.

And im with sgwhites...i wish they would show some stuff from other countries as well as the US. Yes I understand theres a lot to cover so they cant show everyone, but Id like to at least see the other top contenders.

Im rootin for Lithuania...I really want to see them win more than 3 medals this time! hehe

It's apparent that NBC's quest for total domination has reached an all time low

Perhaps if they if they made it clear when events would be shown, and actually broadcast more than highlights of US athletes (and a few from select other countries) people would watch more. If I want to watch gymnastics, I want to see gymnastics, not a couple of routines from US athletes, then a token few from other countries before suddenly switching to beach volleyball.

I want to watch Ping Pong. NBC sucks.

I hate the NBC announcers and sick of hearing them talk about other irrelevant issues about the athletes...and showing more footage on US athletes than needed. So what if people want to see the Olympics through the internet...sounds like another corporate control issue to me.

Announcers shouldn't be allowed in the Olympics.

and your complaint being!!

Honestly, I'm sick of watching the Olympics on NBC. The announcers are annoying, and we miss half the action because they decide to broadcast some ridiculous report or another about a back story. I want to watch the Olympics. Not reporters. Not news segments.

900 million dollars gives them the right to whine. They paid to whine.

If NBC really want to compete properly they should put their own footage online as well, rather than be a spoilsport and try and stop others who got there first.

Sue NBC! There is no other answer.

Internet, the final frontier.

Keep up this worldwide spread of free information, don't let corporations or governments regulate news!

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!

My parents watched the Olympics when they were the gem of ABC. They quit watching them when NBC took over them. There is too much coverage on NBC regarding the "trivial" matters of athletes. Who really cares if Shannon Johnson is from West Des Moines, Iowa? The majority of Americans hate Iowa, and those I know who live in Iowa want out, despite every state politicians' mission to "keep young people there." Reality check: The 80-35 festival that was held there back in July wasn't all that great compared to the fantastic Lalapalooza last weekend. It will only be great if they get Radiohead to come to Iowa, and Radiohead never will. Jim McKay is gone and Bob Costas will never, ever replace him. Forgive my ranting, but NBC needs to deal with a "free and open internet." It is 2008, not 1976.

Is it not enough that NBC (successfully) lobbied the IOC for swimming finals to be held in the mornings??? Get a grip!!

Finally, the televisors are feeling the aftereffects of the internet(s). Everything smells fresh again.

We should be able to watch it live. If NBC is too dumb to show all the events live then they should expect us to get a live feed by other means.

I think that they should finish the events in Beijing then, take them on tour throughout the world to every major city and reenact them at all the biggest arenas so we can each see them "live"...sort of.
Granted, it would be a tad expensive, but...

Ok... well.. I understand with this but isn't it the same as Tivo? You wanted to watch Grey's Anatomy but you went out instead but you Tivo'd it and watched it later and... you were still happy... right? BUUUUT I Do understand... maybe they should show "Big events" more than once... once live and once again in prime time...?

I guess current is not a greedy capitailist corporation?

God bless big oil
God bless america

Another greedy corporation who wants it all. There has got to be a law against sheer greed and abuse.

Stop being a d*ck nbc and use quicktime, so everyone can watch the olympics!!
(Only windows users and mac users who have windows installed can watch the olympics streaming because nbc's player requires Silverlight, a windows based program)

You can't stop the internet.

just another case of corporate control.

So now if it doesn't go their way they want the law to stop us from "accessing information: in the intrests of corporate greed and profits. IE advertising dollars

If its anything like the oil companies they will get their way

i see a lot of parallels to other issues here

But of course, this was a free country not too long ago.
Quite frankly NBC's anouncers for the opening show were quite annoying.