Sure is a small audience for Olympic event. Thursday, Someone blamed that on the fact that the Olympics hadn't officially started, but that is no longer true.
Found a stream here: http://nutjob.eu/njtvx5.html it sounds like BBC. A brief disclaimer- I use adblockers and anti-tracking add-ins in my Firefox browser, so I can't tell if this will open extra tabs etc for you.
the brit commentators sure do dissect things well. notice the forum is slowing down:disapp:
you're right. trip to Sochi (by car) takes 2 days even from European part of country! It isnt a big pleasure in Winter.it doesnt help that Sochi is quite far from the city so traveling/hotel must be expensive for the russians to watch live.