http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-and-2016-olympics-wed-show-everything-live/1 ESPN and, now, Fox are on records as promising to show Olympic events as they actually happen should they win the tv rights. Is anyone at NBC listening?
Will be kind of hard when some big events will be shown live in the early hours of the morning in the states. Unless they have a replay and as well as live coverage for every event.
That is presently what NBC does. Show some events live in the wee hours of the morning and replay or show previously recorded events at prime time. If the men's 100m final takes place at say 2:00 pm EDT on a Friday it would be rebroadcast in prime time.
It should be stated that NBC has had the nasty habit of not showing the marquee events live if they take place during non-prime time hours. They did it again on Saturday with the Swimming Finals. Really poor form on the part of NBC.
it's too bad NBC can not be criminally prosecuted for what they are doing. In countries where they have a Minister of Sport this would not be allowed to happen. I'm not saying we should have a Minister of Sport here, but how do we punish NBC for what they've done? The whole "but NBC is getting record high ratings" argument is a red herring. They have a monopoly on the games, of course people have to tune into them.
In Australia we have an anti-siphoning list that requires the rights for certain 'significant' sporting events to be held by a free-to-air network, and requires them to be shown live. The Olympics is one, as is the World Cup and qualifiers, plus the Rugby World Cup, domestic Test and ODI cricket tours, the Ashes, and a few other things.
NBC is doing a bangup job with Internet streaming. You can watch the entire Olympics live, or replay if you wish. As long as you have a cable/satellite subscription. The TV coverage blows though.