Olympics

That was their whole reason? They didn't elaborate with examples of why?

That was their whole reason? They didn't elaborate with examples of why?

Oh it gets worse. Their refusal to live stream the opening ceremony was because we are apparently too stupid to understand it:
"It was never our intent to live stream the Opening Ceremony or Closing Ceremony. They are complex entertainment spectacles that do not translate well online because they require context, which our award-winning production team will provide for the large prime-time audiences that gather together to watch them."

Now if you actually watched the Opening Ceremony on NBC, you would know that the "context" provided by their award-winning production team was basically Meredith Vieira refusing to shut her fucking mouth the whole time, even though she admitted during the broadcast that in several instances she had no idea who people were or what was going on.

The only good thing to come out of NBC's broadcast of the Opening Ceremony? The commentators using the terms "money shot" and "g-spot", apparently not being aware of their meanings.

I suddenly feel upset I missed that.

And pissed off that everyone who puts stuff to do with the olympics on the internet gets censored by NBC who managed to obtain rights to everything. No idea how one can own rights to the olympics but whatever.

I guess the IOC auctions the rights to broadcast in each country. Over here, the BBC are showing everything, and have set up an extra thirty or so HD channels so that everything can be broadcast, rather than making users go through the red-button menu to choose a sport.

No idea how one can own rights to the olympics but whatever.

An approximately $1.1billion per Olympics payment to the International Olympic Committee is how.

Ironically, countries where no media company bought the rights to air the games get everything live streamed over YouTube. For Free.

Ironically, countries where no media company bought the rights to air the games get everything live streamed over YouTube. For Free.

I'm curious, in the countries that get everything streamed over YouTube for free, do they have to watch advertisements?

i'm curious, in the countries that get everything streamed over youtube for free, do they have to watch advertisements?

everything in that song is just bad luck!

Yes, I think he was pointing out that technically I was using "ironically" incorrectly. Just like the song.