HRTS: NBC Expects Profit on Winter Olympic, Will Stream Most Events Live

After losing money in Vancouver four years ago and facing criticism for not airing the games in real time, execs expect better results this time around. NBC expects to make a profit from its broadcast of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in February – unlike the games in Vancouver four years ago on which it suffered a loss -- and doesn’t expect the kind of criticism it got the during the last games from viewers who demanded everything be presented as it happened. “There were a group of ...