The Decline of Ancient Civilization

The 2006 Winter Olympic Games have apparently ended. I confess to having not watched any of it and to having read preciously little as well. My wife and ten-year-old daughter watched about fifteen minutes of ice skating early on and then abandoned it. They did watch every minute of "Dancing with the Stars" for the last three weeks, though. I predict that the next round of bidding for television rights is going to be postponed once or twice before a "new paradigm" of broadcasting is announced, with the television rights going for a fraction of the current rates and one or more companies picking up iPod and other digital media rights.