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YouTube streams Olympics to 64 nations "Thank you #YouTube for the Olympics Channel, I can watch my favourite live events like beach volleyball & synchronized swimming without DStv," Kirima N. posted from Kenya. The effort did not require Google's YouTube unit to shoulder tremendous costs, because the infrastructure was either already there or was being built to power NBC's online stream to pay-television subscribers in the United States. In turn, an IOC official acknowledged, it could spur broadcasters in Asia and Africa to pay the IOC for exclusive online rights and then profit from those online streams in future Games the way NBC has already done in the United States. In Jakarta, Indonesia, journalism student Andhika Adha watched the second-round tennis match between Maria Sharapova and Laura Robson on YouTube since the local broadcaster, like NBC in the United States, has focused on showing sports in which Indonesia is a top competitor. [...] I am impressed.