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Olympics to Have Live Online Coverage, But Not For Americans

Posted by michael on from the because-they-hate-you dept.

Rytsarsky writes "According to this AP story (mirror), live video from the Olympics will be viewable online. However, 'the footage will be highly restricted to protect lucrative broadcast contracts, which are sold by territory - $793 million paid by NBC alone. Web sites must employ technology to block viewers from outside their home countries, so U.S. Web surfers won't benefit from the BBC's live coverage. They'll have to settle for highlights posted after NBC broadcasts, which are already largely tape-delayed.'" Interestingly, this AP wire story was picked up by CNN.com (it was at this URL and this URL), ran for a few hours, and now has been removed - I guess CNN didn't think it was newsworthy. *shrug*

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  1. new planet, please by accessdeniednsp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ok, i'm taking offers for relocations to Star #46132. anyone wanna move with me?

    this planet sucks. it's gone to hell.

    "next!"

  2. This is actually true. by UncleRage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know that this might not be the place, actually... nevermind, this is Rick James we're talking about. More info can be found here:

    http://www.rickjames.com/

    It's a sad day. One of my favorite American trainwrecks of an icon just passed away.

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    #SickNotWeak
  3. Free all the dope! by Snaller · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No more problem with doping then. They use it anyway, so LET THEM - its not as if these athletes have much in common formwise with ordinary people anyway so let them go the whole nine yards, shoot themselves full of stuff and see who mixes the best batch. And the excitement is back! Who can create the best superman - place your bets gentlemen (and nerds)!

    --
    If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
  4. welcome by Un+pobre+guey · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I, for one, welcome our same old entertainment media overlords.

  5. Who gives a rat's ass by melted · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I mean, really, who cares.