Thanks to NBC, I discovered Sportstrick.com. I ranted about NBC not carrying live action certain track and field races and blocking videos of them on Youtube. If you were a member of the Caribbean Diaspora living in the US you would have been particularly pissed about this. We did not see Usain Bolt record breaking performance live and a couple others.
I have gave 5 reasons why mainstream media like NBC must never again be given exclusive rights to cover major events like The Olympic Games and how I used Seth Godin’s book to prove it. But it’s all good. Thanks to NBC’s short sightedness and pre-digital era values - I discovered Sportstrick.com which describes itself as the first Video uploading News and Blogging website that dedicates its entire content to Sports.
I got a sweet link to sportstrick.com from a friend of a friend in Facebook that showed me crystal clear, brilliant sound, full video clips of the races and reactions of Usain Bolt whooped the American athletes ass and score a Gold medal and World Record for the 100m. They also showed me the total wipeout of American athletes again by the three Jamaican women in their 100m race. And clearly I told my friends in Facebook and my friends in the US and the Caribbean about it. Thanks sportstrick.com for not making me wait 24-48 hours to see this action.
That site saved me from busting a blood vessel when NBC didn’t carry many of the track and field action live for us Caribbean-Americans living in the United States, those same Caribbean Americans with over US$40 billion dollars in spending power and those 40 million people of Caribbean descent living globally. Aiy sah!
Watch the 100m Women’s race HERE
Watch Usain Bolt’s 100m world breaking race HERE
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August 20th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Thanks for that
I will be on that website.
August 20th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Yep, my friend in Jamaica called me this morning to clue me in as well. Been watching the 200m over and over - still in awe at the donkeylense.
Can’t wait to watch more videos in the next few days. What media companies fail to realize is that the web cannot be compartmentalized into geographic regions and countries.
With proxy servers, we can still watch the live stream on BBC from the US and so it means that companies like NBC need to simply to do a better job of providing service to their customers.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:09 am
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August 25th, 2008 at 7:21 pm