Editing 2004 Summer Olympics (section)

===Online coverage===
For the first time, major broadcasters were allowed to serve video coverage of the Olympics over the Internet, provided that they restricted this service geographically, to protect broadcasting contracts in other areas.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pfanner |first=Eric |title=Athens Games beating Sydney in TV race |work=International Herald Tribune |date=30 August 2004 |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/08/30/tv30_ed3_.php |access-date=18 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912020526/http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/08/30/tv30_ed3_.php |archive-date=12 September 2007 }}</ref> The International Olympic Committee forbade Olympic athletes, as well as coaches, support personnel and other officials, from setting up specialized [[weblog]]s or other websites for covering their personal perspective of the Games. They were not allowed to post audio, video, or photos that they had taken. An exception was made if an athlete already has a personal website that was not set up specifically for the Games.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=You're Athletes, Not Journalists |magazine=Wired News |date=20 August 2004 |url=https://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64650,00.html |access-date=18 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101145107/http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64650,00.html |archive-date=1 January 2007 |url-status=live  }}</ref> [[NBC]] launched its own Olympic website, NBCOlympics.com. Focusing on the television coverage of the Games, it did provide video clips, medal standings, live results. Its main purpose, however, was to provide a schedule of what sports were on the many stations of NBC Universal. The Games were shown on television 24 hours a day, on one network or another.