Number crunching the Winter Olympics and NBC
86: The number of years since the first Winter Olympics 84: The number of years since the first public television broadcast $2.3 billion: The profit that NBC Universal made in 2009 3: The number of hours that I have to wait before NBC shows coverage of a Winter Olympics event 0: The time zone difference between where I live (California) and Vancouver 2012: The year when NBC's current deal for Olympics coverage ends. $200 million: The amount of money that NBC expects to lose from covering the Winter Olympics 0: The number of tears that I will shed for NBC
