Comments on: NBC Olympics app lets iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users watch every event live

By: silverhawk1

silverhawk1 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:50:49 +0000

The reviews on iTunes are not good for these apps.

By: silverhawk1

silverhawk1 — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:44:27 +0000

The US is a little bit larger than SA or Germany. That could be part of the problem.

By: wsharp

wsharp — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:11:09 +0000

Ugh. Looks like it’s been pulled from the U.S. store.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:57:07 +0000

‘U.S. Premium TV-Radio’ app is UK only.

By: KenC

KenC — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:55:21 +0000

I remember Quokka. America’s Cup, Indycar, very promising for the times.

By: tivo

tivo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:55:34 +0000

Get a TiVo. I record tons and tons of stuff I want to watch.

By: steveH

steveH — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:25:52 +0000

Note that the quality of which you speak includes both high- and sadly low-quality programming.

By: steveH

steveH — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:24:18 +0000

Sort of our version of their chavs, innit?

And while pAp likes to have someone at which he/she may safely sneer, there are more than enough of the aforementioned dental hygiene-challenged types in his/her cherished Blue State America.

By: rolf

rolf — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:47:55 +0000

go figure.

BBC, a semi-government co. by the way, is more ahead/advanced than us, how embarrassing. they had live and AD-free tv apps before our Mummy Dearest NBC, who just announced its online divorce from history’s silliest marriage with MS…

so, why are we so behind in tech. South Africans even had cell phone banking before we had online (pc) banking. even 3rd world is ahead of us.

as for cellular tech: you can’t even call a guy 1 foot away in use without reception issues, but you can call a guy inside a mall in germany without any cell reception issues. go figure.

all that money in our nation. where is it all wasted?! our infrastructure is terrible…

By: mtngoatjoe

mtngoatjoe — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:47:17 +0000

I will still monopolize the TV.

By: rolf

rolf — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:42:33 +0000

finally!

now starts ModernTV! ; )

live!
in your (iPad) lap!

let’s hope:
- less or no ads
- resolution high enough
- stream without sluggishness

By: WSharp

WSharp — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:36:50 +0000

There is an app called Premium TV that carries BBC stations and a ton of others. I use AirPlay to watch on my HD tv. I think it’s .99 or 1.99 but streaming is free. I watched a lot of Wimbledon coverage not available here in the states.

By: Ellis D.

Ellis D. — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:33:26 +0000

12 years ago I worked for SF company Quokka.com, who was hired to create the first NBColympics.com site.

At that time, we thought streaming video capability was only a couple of years out.

Ten years after, It’s about time NBC.

By: progressiveagentprovocateur

progressiveagentprovocateur — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:09:07 +0000

Having visited the UK a number of times and working in healthcare in the US, I don’t think that’s accurate.

Out in Red State America the gap (pardon the pun) in dental care is quite profound. Between those who don’t brush & floss, heavy smokers and the crystal meth heads it’s pretty bad.

By: progressiveagentprovocateur

progressiveagentprovocateur — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:06:19 +0000

And yet NBC will plaster the Olympics crap all over every one of their networks.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:04:47 +0000

Your ONE month payment of a 1001 channels of crap amounts to more than a whole years worth of quality BBC programming for a whole year.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:00:36 +0000

Yeah, that just about sums it up, you really have no idea.

By: Bricktop Polford

Bricktop Polford — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:56:04 +0000

@Nick: Maybe, but neither do we have to pay a mandatory annual TV license fee even if I never watch one second of the BBC.

By: LordRobin

LordRobin — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:53:43 +0000

Gonna download both of these the instant I get home. I’m a confirmed Olymp-a-holic. My wife is gonna be so glad for all the streaming options because it means I won’t be monopolizing the TV for every waking hour.

——RM

By: XS

XS — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:51:57 +0000

We’re so lucky to have dentists here in the US. You guys in the UK have no idea!!!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:46:18 +0000

We’re so lucky to have something like the Beeb in the UK. You guys in the USA have no idea!!!!! NO ADS!

By: mark briton

mark briton — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:38:09 +0000

The BBC has an app with 24 hour live streams of the Olympics for UK viewers too.