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You make it sound like NBC is some sort of obscure specialist service, but it turns out that they're actually a mainstream national broadcaster, available not j
by roryirvine 9mo ago
You make it sound like NBC is some sort of obscure specialist service, but it turns out that they're actually a mainstream national broadcaster, available not just over the air but also on just about every satellite, cable, and streaming provider in the country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC
Not only that, but they're the official Olympic broadcaster in the USA! Around 22m watched it on their broadcast services, and a further 3m on streaming.
In reality, an overwhelming majority of Americans watching the opening ceremony were doing so via NBC.
- seanmcdirmid 9mo agoThe opening ceremony in real time? I’d be surprised if they have double digit viewership numbers, let alone “most Americans”.
- johnnyanmac 9mo agoYou're surprised sports in America has high viewership? Yes, the #1 reason people still have cables these days is for athletics.
- _i1gd 9mo agoYou obviously don’t understand the role of sports in American culture. Or how the major television networks operate.
- seanmcdirmid 9mo agoSports events sure, opening ceremony? They are just going to get highlights on YouTube mostly.
- qnleigh 9mo agoNBC alone had over 20 million opening ceremony viewers this year (TV + Peacock streams)[0]. TV is a huge huge part of US culture. See also the Super Bowl, which just happened today. So maybe not most, but a lot. [0] https://www.cbs19news.com/entertainment/olympics-opening-ceremony-scores-record-audience-for-nbcuniversal/article_a1d910bd-0192-545a-8e15-3d71cb72daac.html https://www.cbs19news.com/entertainment/olympics-opening-cer...