Since NBC does not live live the Olympic Games, Americans who watch BBC using VPN successively

ByBig Fat Rat

NBC, one of the three largest networks in the United States, gets the broadcasting rights of the London Olympics for $ 1.1 billion (about 86 billion yen) and is exclusive broadcasting in the United States. However, due to the time difference with the UK, live broadcasting of the game loses time when nobody is in the morning or in the day, because it is recording broadcasting at the prime time where advertising revenues can be expected without live broadcasting I have received great criticism.

US Sports Fans Using Proxy Servers to Watch Olympics on BBC - International Business Times UK


Even the opening ceremony which is very exciting just like the competition decided to make a delayed broadcast even at the opening ceremony, the American net users got furious, tweets with a hash tag "#NBCFail" overflowing on Twitter It was.A Twitter account is frozen as a reporter of an independent paper tweets NBC executive's email addressThe incident also occurred (now freeze has been lifted).

ByCarine 06

NBC is doing live streaming not only on television broadcasting but also on the net, but this is what people who subscribe to CATV pay for option fee. In other words, people who do not want to pay money on cable television are in a state of having to look at the delayed broadcast of NBC.

On the other hand, looking overseas, the BBC in the UK has opened 24 Olympic relay channels on the Net. Unlike NBC's streaming here, there is no need to attach option fee to cable TV. However, the site monitors the IP address and is accessible only by the person living in the UK.

An avid sports fan living in the United States seems to be watching BBC, watching here, using a service that makes a proxy server, or makes it look like it is accessing from another country.

ByWonderlane

"Hide My Ass!According to COO's Danvers Bailieu, VPN service has been offered at a monthly charge of $ 4.99 (about 390 yen), the tremendous increase in users has been seen in the United States since last Friday when the Olympics began, Britain However, the number of users is increasing. Because BBC does not allow viewing from outside the country, these acts are against the rules, but it is too regrettable that it is not a live broadcast though it is such a global event ....

By the way, in Japan, NHK is doing similar work as BBC and live broadcasting on the internet also on events that are not relayed on TV.

NHK London 2012 Olympic Net Live Live (live streaming) Top Page