August 16, 2004
Results of Olympic Advertising
I posted earlier about the lack of advertising for the Olympics. Now the olympics are upon us and it seems like NBC is shoveling the events on us 24 hours a day, but I still don't know what to watch. Every now and then i'll stay and watch for a few minutes, but there isn't much staying power.
A few things I've noticed.
1. Where's the new technology? I haven't seen any new places where they've hidden cameras or any new camera angles we haven't seen before.
2. Where are the fans? Granted I don't expect the gymnastics to bring in packed crowds, but it seems like all the events have been hurting. (1st news source | 2nd news source)
3. Where are the always popular exhibition games? They should have brought in NASCAR or naked street luge.
I hate to say this, but anything short of a terrorist attack and this is going to be a boring and uneventful olympics.
Posted by Bryant at August 16, 2004 03:33 AM