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The Games will only be viewable online to Windows Vista users and will not stream on Mac, Linux or XP browsers.
10 commentsMonday, June 30, 2008
By Mike Sachoff
NBC will provide over 2,200 live hours of the Beijing Olympic Games for online viewing, along with live blogging, daily recaps, and 3,000 hours of highlights on demand.
NBC paid $3.5 billion to the International Olympics Committee to broadcast five Olympic Games through 2008. The event will only be available exclusively on NBCOlympics.com, with no other Web sites allowed to feature video from the Games online.
Some media outlets have been critical of NBC saying that it's being stingy in enforcing its exclusivity to cover the games. Other television networks are allowed to broadcast limited Olympic highlights. The network is allowing video of some Olympic trials to be streamed on other Web sites, but each site has to link to NBCOlympics.com, and all of the video must be removed by August 7, the day before the Beijing Summer Games begin.
No events that are scheduled to be televised on NBC will be made available online until after they air on TV.
The Games will only be viewable online to Windows Vista users and will not stream on Mac, Linux or XP browsers. Events that are televised will be available online about 12 hours after they air. Real time viewing will only be available on television on the NBC network.
MSN will be promoted on NBCOlympics.com. The Olympics will also be prominently featured on MSN.com.
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Metric Measurements
I don't know if this will reach the right personnel at NBC, but maybe you can help me.
In the past all of us used to the metric system have been left in the dark concerning the Field sports. All track events are already metric. I estimate there must be at least 50 million potential viewers, who grew up with the metric system, and who don't want to take 10 steps backwards by using the old English system.
Therefore could you please arrange for NBC to include the metric measurement for all jumps and throws? It could look like 22.25 meters (72 feet 11-1/4"). Thanks for any help you can give us who have been neglected for much too long.
Bengt Lorentzson