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it's been a while since ABC had the Olympics but didn't they used to air a mix of live and taped events on the network feed?

Posted by poochinski (aka chris) Feb 12 '10, 09:58

you would think with all the money that NBC pays for the games, they would want to get as much bang for their dollar.

show it live for people who want to watch it live and you can still do your recap show at night for people who just want the highlights

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they have farmed some of the stuff out to cable affiliates though -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 10:09 9
- i know but it's the freakin Olympics. what else are you going to be running during the day? soaps and Judge Mathis - poochinski Feb 12, 10:11 8
  - I'm sure they did some kind of research and found that soaps would get better ratings. - Ender Feb 12, 10:14
  - as I posted down below - wouldn't they have saved some money by not buying two weeks worth of soaps? -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 10:12 6
    - Which would be offset by the increased production costs to put together the olympics broadcast. - Ender Feb 12, 10:16 3
      - but wouldn't they have cameras and crews there already doing stuff for tape and their cable affiliates? -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 10:17 2
        
        It still takes money to turn camera feeds into a telecast, plus added satellite time to beam it out to headquarters. -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 10:20 1
        
        true, the finances of TV are a mystery to me -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 10:21
    - not sure that the contracts would let them just opt out of episodes here and there -- nm - zork Feb 12, 10:14 1
      - they've known for years that they were hosting the Olympics - they could have done something back then -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 10:16
"People who want to watch it live" must be a much bigger set than "People who actually *could* watch it live." -- nm - mara Feb 12, 10:06
Some events will be aired live on NBC's web site, but not the marque ones (and you need to log into your cable account to see it). -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 10:02
In their mind the tape delay IS getting the most bang for their buck. - Ender Feb 12, 10:01 2
- plus the ability to insert commercials and to take out performances by non-USA athletes -- nm - zork Feb 12, 10:11
- I know that's what they think/what they bank on, but they miss that many will alter plans for big events. - b. Feb 12, 10:05
it's irksome that we're in the same time zone but won't see most things live. -- nm - b. Feb 12, 10:01
I would think that they would have made arrangements for two weeks to suspend their soap operas during the day and at least save the production costs. -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 10:01
NBC is determined to suck. Except for Chuck. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 10:01 5
- you're gonna be a figure skating zombie -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 10:02 4
  - I'm convinced I'll fall asleep before they get to it. -- nm - Diva Feb 12, 10:03 3
    - I don't understand why they would do that. Isn't figure skating the ratings behemoth? Why wouldn't they show it in prime time? -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 10:09 2
      - I noticed during the summer olympics they'd spend the evening building up events all night and then show them much later. - Diva Feb 12, 10:13
      - you guys just live in the wrong time zone - its in prime time for me -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 10:10
I've assumed every Olympics I ever watched were both lived and taped. (Particularly ones halfway across the world.) -- nm - mara Feb 12, 10:01

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