want to watch the Olympics online?

Frustrated that you cannot see the coverage you want from where you live?

Silicon Alley Insider may be the best source of information on how to watch the NBC Olympics stream online. And others — including the BBC. Check these two posts:

… NBC … paid $800 million for the U.S. rights to the Beijing Olympics alone, and $3.5 billion for five Olympic games through 2008. The Olympics are a vast money-losing operation for NBC, meant to provide a ratings halo for the network’s other shows and help promote the fall TV season. NBC expects to lose even more money on the online broadcast, but nevertheless sees it as an opportunity to build an audience that will surely seek coverage elsewhere if NBC doesn’t provide it. …

NBC’s Online Olympics Policy: Big Win For Pirate P2P Sites – Silicon Alley Insider

How To Watch The Beijing Olympics LIVE On The Web — Even If NBC Doesn’t Want You To – Silicon Alley Insider

The Beijing “piracy fest” may be the beginning of the end for ludicrously complicated internet broadcast restrictions. Death to the lawyers negotiating those contracts.

UPDATE

… Looks like I’ve got NBC streaming on my MacBook Pro using the Safari browser. Could not get it working on Firefox 3. I’m in the USA right now.