Apophenia’s Danah Boyd has an interesting post on wanting Olympics 2.0:
Everything about how NBC has covered the Olympics has been abysmal.
I want an Olympics where the “best” is broadcast on TV, like now. But I also want an interactive version. Take gymnastics. I want to know on each apparatus who is up live. And I [...]

We’ve published several articles looking at how NBC & the Olympics are losing viewers with the restrictions they’ve placed on online coverage, and noted that millions may be turning to unofficial sources like BitTorrent or skipping the Olympics altogether as a result.
Some think that NBC has a winning strategy, though: use online video to drive [...]

Teens are skipping the Olympics this year.

Only 46 percent of teens surveyed by Harris Interactive showed any interest in watching the Olympics.

Here’s why.

Last week, while we were wondering whether NBC risked losing the online audience with all the barriers it puts in front of people wanting to watch the Olympics, everybody else seemed to be worried that NBC’s Olympic coverage might melt the Internet.
Three days into the Olympics, the Internet hasn’t melted and it’s starting to look [...]

NBC’s Olympics coverage appears to be getting a boost in interest from its Web presence, according to the company:

More viewers tuned in to watch the first two prime-time Olympics telecasts on NBC than any Summer Games in a decade.
Friday night’s taped opening ceremony attracted 34.2 million people, up 35% from the last summer games.

“The early [...]

The Olympics are traditionally one of the biggest events in television, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics is sure to carry on this tradition.
However, people’s attention is moving from broadcast television to on-demand Internet television. The Olympics, with all the restrictions it has placed on Internet viewers, risks losing the attention of the online audience.
Here are [...]

As mainstream media promotes itself to new heights (depths?) over the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Beijing, and with the International Olympic Committee raising hackles with its severe restrictions on blogging, podcasting and new media, it seemed like a good time to look at citizen media efforts coming from China itself. This week’s edition of [...]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued guidelines (pdf) regarding blogging and other user generated media at the 2008 Beijing Olympiad. And while the Olympics may be a celebration of athleticism and global togetherness, they aren’t going to be a celebration of personal expression.
The IOC’s guidelines address rules for blogging and other user-generated media for [...]

At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates used his last keynote to offer his take on the future, talk about the first “digital decade” and what the future offers. He was joined by Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, who helped Gates demo his mad Guitar Hero [...]