{"id":303,"date":"2008-08-13T14:10:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T19:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/13\/live-2008-olympics-coverage\/"},"modified":"2018-08-04T23:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T03:40:24","slug":"live-2008-olympics-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/live-2008-olympics-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Live 2008 Olympics coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t seem to find much Olympics coverage on TV. NBC apparently has the exclusive broadcast rights in the US. They&#8217;re showing a few hours a night, mostly previously recorded. 1000 cable channels, loaded with junk, and they can&#8217;t take over 3 or 4 to give at least some tiny modicum of coverage?<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: I&#8217;ve found lots of information at http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com. You just have to dig in a little bit. I have just shed a tear watching the U.S. women&#8217;s soccer team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/video\/player.html?assetid=0812_hd_fbw_en038&amp;channelcode=sportfb\">score against New Zealand in the FIRST MINUTE<\/a>. A long shot from Heather O&#8217;Reilly while the keeper was snoozing. Absolutely beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Check my <a href=\"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/14\/2008-olympics-us-womens-soccer\/\">next post<\/a> for women&#8217;s soccer info.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; all these ugly &#8220;workarounds&#8221; are no longer necessary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/howto.wired.com\/wiki\/Watch_the_Olympics_Online<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.sportizo.com\/sports\/olympics\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.mightyfootball.com\/category\/beijing-olympic-2008-football\/<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/techblog.dallasnews.com\/archives\/2008\/08\/how-to-watch-the-olympics-live.html<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/underwire\/2008\/08\/viewers-eager-t.html<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 2018:\u00a0<\/strong>There\u2019s a great story on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenreviews.com\/olympic-athlete\/\">becoming an Olympic athlete<\/a>, on Jen Reviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t seem to find much Olympics coverage on TV. NBC apparently has the exclusive broadcast rights in the US. They&#8217;re showing a few hours a night, mostly previously recorded. 1000 cable channels, loaded with junk, and they can&#8217;t take over 3 or 4 to give at least some tiny modicum of coverage? UPDATE: I&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/live-2008-olympics-coverage\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Live 2008 Olympics coverage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumption","category-rants-and-raves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-4T","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":305,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/2008-olympics-us-womens-soccer\/","url_meta":{"origin":303,"position":0},"title":"2008 Olympics US Women&#8217;s Soccer","author":"m","date":"August 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"U.S. Women's soccer was my choice Olympic event. 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