Comments on: 157 Million in USA Have Viewed Olympics Coverage Through Four Days http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/12/157-million-in-usa-have-viewed-olympics-coverage-through-four-days/4667/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:20:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikey http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/12/157-million-in-usa-have-viewed-olympics-coverage-through-four-days/4667/comment-page-1/#comment-257555 Mikey Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:22:27 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4667#comment-257555 Thanks Robert. As you know I work for an NBC competitor but in this case my hat is off to them. They've done a good job getting this complex info out and being fairly transparent about it, although I do think they're being just a bit evasive with the time spent viewing online numbers.<br><br>I can probably get you those figures for average time spent viewing the Olympics on TV, at least on NBC Prime. I'll look into it tomorrow. Thanks Robert. As you know I work for an NBC competitor but in this case my hat is off to them. They've done a good job getting this complex info out and being fairly transparent about it, although I do think they're being just a bit evasive with the time spent viewing online numbers.

I can probably get you those figures for average time spent viewing the Olympics on TV, at least on NBC Prime. I'll look into it tomorrow.

]]> By: Mikey http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/12/157-million-in-usa-have-viewed-olympics-coverage-through-four-days/4667/comment-page-1/#comment-14499 Mikey Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:22:27 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4667#comment-14499 Thanks Robert. As you know I work for an NBC competitor but in this case my hat is off to them. They've done a good job getting this complex info out and being fairly transparent about it, although I do think they're being just a bit evasive with the time spent viewing online numbers.<br><br>I can probably get you those figures for average time spent viewing the Olympics on TV, at least on NBC Prime. I'll look into it tomorrow. Thanks Robert. As you know I work for an NBC competitor but in this case my hat is off to them. They've done a good job getting this complex info out and being fairly transparent about it, although I do think they're being just a bit evasive with the time spent viewing online numbers.

I can probably get you those figures for average time spent viewing the Olympics on TV, at least on NBC Prime. I'll look into it tomorrow.

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/12/157-million-in-usa-have-viewed-olympics-coverage-through-four-days/4667/comment-page-1/#comment-14498 Robert Seidman Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:18:11 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4667#comment-14498 Mikey, I agree with you, I doubt we'll get this info soon, but I will see what I can do. I'd probably be more interested in knowing with the 157 million watching TV coverage, how many average minutes per person have watched. but I'd love to know both... Mikey, I agree with you, I doubt we'll get this info soon, but I will see what I can do. I'd probably be more interested in knowing with the 157 million watching TV coverage, how many average minutes per person have watched. but I'd love to know both…

]]> By: Mikey http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/12/157-million-in-usa-have-viewed-olympics-coverage-through-four-days/4667/comment-page-1/#comment-14014 Mikey Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:51:11 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4667#comment-14014 If you guys have a contact at NBC it would be worth asking them what the average length of those 13.5 million video streams has been. It makes for a more complete comparison of online viewing of the Olympics to TV viewing of the Olympics. If you guys have a contact at NBC it would be worth asking them what the average length of those 13.5 million video streams has been. It makes for a more complete comparison of online viewing of the Olympics to TV viewing of the Olympics.

]]> By: Anonymous http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/12/157-million-in-usa-have-viewed-olympics-coverage-through-four-days/4667/comment-page-1/#comment-304312 Anonymous Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:03:00 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4667#comment-304312 This is the first time I have watched nothing but the Olympics since I was a kid. If my input is indicative, I would say: one, the America first grating chauvinism has been toned down. I root for whom I choose to root for. Two, its not stupid to stress womens' sports. For so long it was nothing but gymnastics - one of the most boring, formulaic, rigid sports, like ice-skating, and synchronized swimming. I was fascinated by the womens' synchronized diving. Womens' beach volleyball seems to be moving out of the guilty pleasure shadows - its just a fun sport. Phelps is just a truly great and dominating athlete. It's been a surprisingly good Olympics. We're all so sick of politics and its cancerous spread to every domain. Give us a break. Its far more edifying to watch young people striving for glory than getting drunk and flashing us at Carnivale time. This is the first time I have watched nothing but the Olympics since I was a kid. If my input is indicative, I would say: one, the America first grating chauvinism has been toned down. I root for whom I choose to root for. Two, its not stupid to stress womens’ sports. For so long it was nothing but gymnastics – one of the most boring, formulaic, rigid sports, like ice-skating, and synchronized swimming. I was fascinated by the womens’ synchronized diving. Womens’ beach volleyball seems to be moving out of the guilty pleasure shadows – its just a fun sport. Phelps is just a truly great and dominating athlete. It’s been a surprisingly good Olympics. We’re all so sick of politics and its cancerous spread to every domain. Give us a break. Its far more edifying to watch young people striving for glory than getting drunk and flashing us at Carnivale time.

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