Summer Olympics to be Broadcast on YouTube

Part of the trouble with watching the Olympics every other year is how the broadcast rights are handed out. If you happen to dislike the broadcaster who has been granted broadcast rights for your country or territory, you are stuck with poor coverage of the event. Add to that the fact that no broadcaster, no matter how many television channels they have, can cover every medal event live. This is in addition to the long, frequent commercial breaks.

Luckily for viewers in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be broadcast on YouTube. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that live streaming coverage of the games will be available on the IOC YouTube channel for fans in countries where the broadcast rights for the event have not been... [via WebProNews]