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December 07, 2005
Dance on the Web: CBS announced today a terrorist plot to destroy North American corporations but not until next March.
posted by billsaysthis to basketball at 10:19 PM - 10 comments
wow, that sounds fantastic, but only out of market games? what's the rationale for that?
posted by ninjavshippo at 12:36 AM on December 08, 2005
They'd rather you watch the games on the TV than on the internet.
posted by panoptican at 01:18 AM on December 08, 2005
Finally. And truly awesome. If I had a favorite team, or a region that was underserved I'd be ecstatic. But I don't, so I'll probably watch whatever game they'll broadcast.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:03 AM on December 08, 2005
Very smart. Hopefully other online broadcasters will follow suit (I'm looking at you, Bud).
posted by DrJohnEvans at 08:38 AM on December 08, 2005
Great idea. I was actually dumb enough to pay for the On Demand shit. I just hope I can actually get some work accomplished during the Madness. Now, if other sports would only do the same....oh well, dare to dream.
posted by willthrill72 at 09:04 AM on December 08, 2005
I have used this the last couple of years. Even when they charged, it wasnt much (10 or $20 i think) and it beats the HELL out of going to a sportsbar and trying to see your game on one little screen through the crowd of drunk dumbasses. The picture is suprisingly good and there werent any major technical problems. There is a delay of a few minutes from the TV broadcast, though, so I found that when i watched another game on TV, the score update on the upper right would end up showing the score of my game ahead of what I had seen so far on the computer. I ended up putting a post-it over that part of the TV.
posted by drjimmy11 at 04:34 PM on December 08, 2005
Move to the Philiipines. Free to air Final Four. No-one gets any work done as TVs are brought into the office. Definitely an out-of-market experience.
posted by owlhouse at 01:14 AM on December 09, 2005
Philiipines Whoops! Sorry, but you can work it out, I'm sure.
posted by owlhouse at 01:15 AM on December 09, 2005
Owl, the Final Four are cleared nationally as are the Elite Eight. It's the first weekend's games (and maybe the second Thursday/Friday) that cause problems since they overlap. Also, I think the Manila-USA airfare would be a lot more cash than PPV but the point of this article is that from this March all matches will be available either over air or web.
posted by billsaysthis at 04:28 PM on December 09, 2005
And I was excited last year when CBS made highlights available. This makes so much sense that thinking about it makes my head hurt. I'll be interested to see productivity numbers for March.