```json
{
    "title": "Olympic Broadcasting: One Feed Does Not Serve Them All",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2008/08/12/olympic-broadcasting-one-feed-does-not-serve-them-all/",
    "datePublished": "2008-08-12",
    "dateModified": "2008-08-12",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "In the community of voices I follow online, one of the continuing themes is the narrowness and antiquated coverage provided by NBC(I launched into a screed on the topic this…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# Olympic Broadcasting: One Feed Does Not Serve Them All

In the community of voices I follow online, one of the continuing themes is the narrowness and antiquated coverage provided by NBC(I launched into a [screed](http://newestindustry.org/2008/08/10/olympics-and-the-concept-of-live-tv/) on the topic this weekend).
I have also heard that many people are using the tools at their disposal (open proxy servers being the most notable) to circumvent the geo-location tools of the providers to view coverage from other national providers. I thought I would share some of my experiences with two of the providers, [BBC](http://bbc.co.uk/) and [CBC](http://cbc.ca/).
**BBC**
Finding proxy servers in the UK turned out to be relatively simple, and I was able to get to the BBC site and view, with substantial performance penalties, some of the video on the site. This was a tactic I have used before, as I am a fan of English Football, and need to use this method to gain access to highlights and match-day broadcasts.
**CBC**
I am, well, disappointed with the lack of success I have had with the CBC. I hear from people in the homeland that the coverage makes NBC looks like the US is the only country in the Olympics, where the CBC provides a true global perspective. However, finding a proxy server that can fool the CBC video servers has been impossible. Therefore, I continue to not watch any Olympics at all.
I am sure that there are other means (P2P, Torrents, etc.), but I am finding that, well, I don't care that much. It is the events in South Ossetia / Georgia, Zimbabwe, and other hot-spots that I am finding far more relevant to my day-to-day life.
So while I appreciate some of the challenges posed by circumventing the monopoly of the mind that NBC wants to claim, once that was achieved with the BBC, I found that I was in a *So what?* position.
But before I give up, has anyone had any success with getting the CBC feeds to work outside Canada?