NBC: Online Probably Helping Olympics On TV. But We're Still Going To Guard Our Eyeballs.
So why not show all events live, as they happen, on the Web? Responding to the question on a conference call with reporters, NBC research chief Alan Wurtzel said he doesn't really know "the underlying contractual reasons" the network is embargoing events online.
This doesn't sound convincing to us. Here's a more plausible argument: Going into the games, NBC had no idea what kind of audiences they would get for an Olympics held on the other side of the globe, in the era of YouTube. So it erred on the side of limiting Web footage, for fear of canabilizing its TV audience. As it turns out, the TV ratings have been startlingly high, and are on pace to exceed the Atlanta games 12 years ago.
Still, TV is the cash cow and by far the biggest source of audience. NBC says 90% of Olympic audiences are watching on TV only, versus 10% watching both TV and online. NBC's estimate of their total audience on TV, online, mobile and on VOD are in the document below. Note the online numbers jump on Monday, when presumably more people watched, or attempted to watch, while at work. These are not unduplicated numbers, so there's plenty of overlap, especially between TV and online.
Another factoid: Olympic TV ratings have been highest on the West Coast (San Diego is the strongest market) meaning audiences either don't know how Michael Phelps has done, or they do know and don't care -- they just want to watch him on TV. Since NBC doesn't get penalized, except on cranky blogs, expect tape delays -- and other restrictions on Olympic viewing -- to continue at least until the next Olympiad.
NBC Olympics Ratings- TV, online, VOD, mobile - Free Legal Forms
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There are some sports that I'll watch even if I know the results, but soccer isn't one of them. Because scoring is so rare in soccer, it's the threat of a score that you keeps you tuned in, even though most of the 90 minutes is them just kicking the ball up and down the field. Once you know how many goals were scored and who scored them, it takes all enjoyment from the game. I don't mind avoiding the web spoilers to make sure that the game is exciting, but when you can't even log into the video online without NBC telling you the score, it's hard to enjoy the games. Would it really have been so hard to make part of the site off limits to updates, so that web viewers could at least feel like they were watching it live even though it was delayed?
The bummer is that people who are actually swimming or gymnastics fans and are perhaps interested in more than just the US team have no options besides the highly selective TV coverage.
It’s an unnecessary limitation, and from what I can tell, no other news website does this. They even provide for lower-end XP systems.
This kind of technologically narrow-mindedness (or Micro$oft marketing strategy?) effectively skews your data. Certainly, at least, the numbers at the website are probably much lower than they would have been otherwise.
Let’s hope other media conglomerates don’t make the same mistake NBC did.
Web videos are for short-term viewing experiences, although Hulu seems to drive people watching full-length shows from TV to Internet.
Thanks for the reflection.
TV1Turtle
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