Talk:Triplecast

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Contents 1 three screens on CNBC? 2 "in USA" 3 What's missing 4 TripleCast in the future

[edit] three screens on CNBC?

From the article: After viewers refused to order the package, NBC became increasingly desperate to solve the problems. By the middle of the games, they simulcast the Triplecast on CNBC utilizing a split-screen, showing all three channels at the same time.

I question this. In my area (admittedly, a podunk cable company in Southern Indiana), we never had a split-screen; we just saw one of the three channels. Red, IIRC. Lambertman 15:23, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I saw the split screen. It was only available after 5pm when the live feed stoopped and the replay began. MMetro 14:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "in USA"

I added "in USA" in the intro, to clarify that there wasn't a pay-to-view experiment in the whole world. The olympics are shown in most countries of the world, and Wikipedia shouldn't assume its readers are from USA and automatically it's their country that's being talked about. We can't have, in the GW Bush article, "Bush is the current President"; we need to say "of USA", too, as "the president" could refer to the president of South Africa (another english-speaking country) just as well as it can refer to the president of USA. --HJV 20:45, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I think it wounds better to say either "in the United States" or "in the US". You definately need an article and "in the USA" sounds a little odd. FYI. Swakeman 19:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What's missing

What the TripleCast entry fails to mention is that it was, by far, the best coverage of an Olympics ever offered in the USA, and well worth the $120.00 cost. The additional channels made it possible for individual events to be covered, live, from beginning to end, including all the preliminary rounds. And most of it without the wall-to-wall commentary we've become accustomed to in the usual Olympic programming in the USA.

The failure of the pay-per-view aspect can be blamed, in my opinion, on inadequate marketing. Before the Games even began, the TripleCast was being mocked by talk-show hosts, including NBC's own David Letterman. While promotional advertising for the TripleCast was massive, it lacked any real information about what extra value the TripleCast offered.

Part of the problem may also have been the fact that pay-per-view programming was not yet as widespread as it is today, and NBC's potential market was virgin territory.

The most negative result of the failure of the TripleCast may be the reluctance of future Olympic broadcast rights-holders to invest in such bold experiments.

[edit] TripleCast in the future

There is no mention of NBC saying they wouldn't bring this back in the future. The reality is that the TripleCast was ahead of its time. Nowadays, PPV sporting events are all the rage. NFL Sunday Ticket, MLB Extra Innings, PPV Boxing, etc. -- all big money makers now. Were the TripleCast offered today, would it see better results?