quote:#NBCFail: Opening Ceremony Ratings Low, Network Busted on Major Edits Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to show off as much as he could during the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. However, the ratings took a hit in the United States and were down from the 2010 ceremony in Vancouver.
The ceremony managed a 18.5/30 in metered-markets, which is 8% below the 20/30 ratings in Vancouver. The ratings were highest in northern cities: Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, Salt Lake City, and Denver. Fort Myers, FL was the only non-northern city in the top 10.
Plus the streams are time delayed (I saw a "live" event 1:30PM that actually occurred at 11:30AM). Can't run NBC app on Roku = can't airplay mirror and can't use the HMDI adapted on the ipad to stream to tv. What a crock