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Why are US TV Broadcasters so idiotically stupid?
I want to watch the Olympics (sorta in general, this time I don't have a specific event or person I'm following.) In the US, NBC has the broadcast rights.
Yes, they broadcast over the air for free - but then you're limited to their choice of what events or people to show. Want to see all the competitors from elsewhere in the world? They stream everything, but you MUST log in with a cable provider login.
I don't have cable. I've never had cable. In the place I want to watch, Cable isn't an option without a couple million dollars of fiber to string along a few miles of roads. Satellite TV isn't really an option without cutting down a bunch of trees to give a view of the damn satellite. I DO get DSL (for really slow values of DSL) over the phone lines.
BUT I CANT BUY ACCESS TO NBC over the DSL. They won't sell it EXCEPT as part of their damn cable package.
I have a Roku stick, but still, access to NBC sports stuff still requires a cable login. SlingTV only gives access to The Olympics channel, which as far as I can tell, is again a live stream (with no going back to watch anything they didn't choose to broadcast.)
Why can't they actually provide a service I can buy? I'd be willing to pay a fee for access to everything online - might even be willing to pay a whole month's cable equivalent bill for the summer games, but I'm not really as interested in the winter games.
Every time olympics roll around, I keep having this stupid rant. Why won't they sell something lots of people want?
Grrr.
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