DirecTV & NBC queue up Olympics HD video on-demand

by Richard Lawler, posted Jul 17th 2008 at 9:05PM

A nation full of DVR subscribers with access to DirecTV On Demand have something new to watch, now that a partnership with NBC is pushing a special Olympics package on the service in SD and HD. Consisting of athlete features, Beijing previews and other related content, there should be ten VOD titles each week, with more than 500 by the time the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are over. It's been a couple of weeks since the service exited beta status, are you not entertained?

Filed under: DVRs, NBC, Sports, New content

Tags: directv, directv on demand, DirectvOnDemand, hd vod, HdVod, olympics, video on demand, VideoOnDemand, vod

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Scott @ Jul 17th 2008 9:13PM

For Free? Something smells fishy...

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lucyfan62 @ Jul 17th 2008 10:57PM

FREE? I doubt it. You have to pay for the other NBC On Demand titles like "30 Rock."

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jsr @ Jul 18th 2008 9:53AM

Free seems about right.... no one would pay to watch mens gymnastics.

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