US Olympians

Rich S · February 16, 2006, 02:37:54 PM

Just watch...they'll fill the net vs Khazakstan (sp?)!

jkahn · February 16, 2006, 02:42:08 PM

[quote Rich S]I din't see the game and haven't yet read an account. Who saw it and can offer an opinion on the US goaltending?

Coming in, that was thought to be a question mark, right? As said before...we need Richter![/quote]
I watched last night (TIVO) and thought Grahame was excellent and better than I'd expect. On the two even strength goals, once Schneider and once Chelios (who were playing together) got way out of position. Grahame made some really good saves as the quality of the Latvian shots was pretty high. My guess is that on an average NHL goalkeeping night, Latvia would've had 3.7-4.2 goals. A lot of defensive mistakes by the U.S. team.

Rita · February 16, 2006, 06:58:14 PM

I was just listening to Market Place on NPR and they were discussing NBC's poor ratings for their evening Olympic coverage. Diana Nyad (?) the Sports/Money expert thinks that by the 1212 Summer Olympics each event will have live streaming so you can just watch over the internet and will not have to deal with commericals and network special interest stories. I would think that they should be able to have live streaming before 1212 (as long as they don't hire anyone affiliated with CSTV ;-)). I wonder how they would price an ALL-Olympic access package like that.

Bummer they can't do any "trials" with the hockey games at this Olympics.

Beeeej · February 16, 2006, 07:05:40 PM

[quote Rita]I was just listening to Market Place on NPR and they were discussing NBC's poor ratings for their evening Olympic coverage. Diana Nyad (?) the Sports/Money expert thinks that by the 1212 Summer Olympics each event will have live streaming so you can just watch over the internet and will not have to deal with commericals and network special interest stories. I would think that they should be able to have live streaming before 1212 (as long as they don't hire anyone affiliated with CSTV ;-)). I wonder how they would price an ALL-Olympic access package like that.[/quote]

I think the 1212 Summer Olympics were broadcast by elephants traversing the Alps.

Beeeej

Rita · February 16, 2006, 07:13:47 PM

[quote Beeeej][quote Rita]I was just listening to Market Place on NPR and they were discussing NBC's poor ratings for their evening Olympic coverage. Diana Nyad (?) the Sports/Money expert thinks that by the 1212 Summer Olympics each event will have live streaming so you can just watch over the internet and will not have to deal with commericals and network special interest stories. I would think that they should be able to have live streaming before 1212 (as long as they don't hire anyone affiliated with CSTV ;-)). I wonder how they would price an ALL-Olympic access package like that.[/quote]

I think the 1212 Summer Olympics were broadcast by elephants traversing the Alps.

Beeeej[/quote]

Ah yes, the precedessors of CSTV. I think I meant 2012 Olympics.
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billhoward · February 16, 2006, 07:21:38 PM

[quote Rita]I was just listening to Market Place on NPR and they were discussing NBC's poor ratings for their evening Olympic coverage. Diana Nyad (?) the Sports/Money expert thinks that by the 1212 Summer Olympics each event will have live streaming so you can just watch over the internet and will not have to deal with commericals and network special interest stories. I would think that they should be able to have live streaming before 1212 (as long as they don't hire anyone affiliated with CSTV ;-)). I wonder how they would price an ALL-Olympic access package like that.

Bummer they can't do any "trials" with the hockey games at this Olympics.[/quote]
Where'd anyone get the idea streaming would be commercial-free? It might start out that way but eventually they'll try to slip in an ad here and there that you can click-to-skip. Really old alumni may remember when movies had no ads (not movie trailers). I thought if everyone booed the ads they'd go away the following year. Didn't happen.

By 2012 streaming should be the equal of today's high-def signal, certainly equal or better than standard def. By then high def will probably be 4000 lines (pixels) across, not today's 1920, which still looks darn good. Even the Cornell webcast might look decent.

jtwcornell91 · February 17, 2006, 12:32:10 AM

There was a PPV stream of all the games in the Ice Hockey World Championships. I think this is the way it will go. (IIRC it was only $75 for the whole tournament, so the biggest downsides were the amount of time it sucked up and listening to the terrible Austrian commentators.)

Trotsky · February 17, 2006, 12:35:54 AM

Live streaming is the way to go for *all* sports. A world without the overhead and garbage of sports television is a world worth living to see.

RatushnyFan · February 17, 2006, 01:08:29 AM

Dany Heatley goal against Germany was pretty sweet. Video highlights are a great way to catch up on the game scoring if you didn't "work" at home/watch the games. If you put your face very close to the screen you can even see the puck. http://www.nbcolympics.com/results/1501465/detail.html

schoaff · February 17, 2006, 07:42:48 AM

Just to tie this in to Cornell a bit, during the men's figure skating last night they mentioned Matt Savoie will be going to Cornell Law School.

DeltaOne81 · February 17, 2006, 07:59:34 AM

[quote Trotsky]Live streaming is the way to go for *all* sports. A world without the overhead and garbage of sports television is a world worth living to see.[/quote]

You were thinking of checking out on us otherwise, but now you decided its worth sticking around, huh? ;-)