YouTube To Get Some Olympic Content

Thanks to the International Olympic Committee and YouTube, sports fans in Botswana, Cambodia, and Mongolia - along with 74 other territories - are set to have a better-than-expected August.  The two organizations have paired to air clips of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Timo Lumme, the IOC's director of Television and Marketing Services, explained in a statement, "The IOC's priority is to ensure that as many people as possible get to experience the magic of the Olympic Games and the inspirational sporting achievements of the Olympic athletes."  And indeed, it seems like a nice move.

Ah, well.  NBC's coverage may satisfy most Americans' appetites, anyway.  Also, this isn't much of a money-making grab on YouTube's part;