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    We didn't go for the app

    Maybe next year? Reshared post from +Larry press Review of NBC's Tour de France app — three stars, five suggestionshttp://cis471.blogspot.com/2014/07/nbcs-tour-de-france-coverage-three.html At first, new media mimic old media and NBC's earlier attempts at covering live sporting events online was shaped by their traditional TV coverage — shoot video and insert commercials. This year, they have developed good ancillary data capability to go along with their video and dropped the commercials for a flat fee. Once they get the video and data synchronized and archived and I can lean back and watch the video or lean forward and play with the data,…

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    Review of NBC's Tour de France app — three stars, five suggestions

    We didn't go for the app. Maybe next year? Originally shared by +Larry press Review of NBC's Tour de France app — three stars, five suggestionshttp://cis471.blogspot.com/2014/07/nbcs-tour-de-france-coverage-three.html At first, new media mimic old media and NBC's earlier attempts at covering live sporting events online was shaped by their traditional TV coverage — shoot video and insert commercials. This year, they have developed good ancillary data capability to go along with their video and dropped the commercials for a flat fee. Once they get the video and data synchronized and archived and I can lean back and watch the video or lean…