There has been a debate going on for the past few days about
the tape delayed Olympics on NBC. I want to state my position and defend NBC
for this reason:
With NBC only having one main news channel and the others
business/unrelated (CNBC, MSNBC) which have preference in airing their
programs, it would be unfair to focus on just one event to do live. NBC wants
to have coverage of all of its events but cannot due to the limited number of
channels they have on TV. In saying this, if ABC was to buy the rights to cover
the games, having them tape delayed would not be in their best interests
because they own more channels (ABC, ABC Family, ESPN, ESPN2, etc.)
Let’s give some credit to NBC as they are doing all they can
to please their viewers, the TV coverage may not be great, but social media and
the internet are two very important aspects of everyone’s lives for getting
news out quickly. Quit complaining and enjoy the games.
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