Digital Olympics

Olympics Relaxes New Media Rules To Grant Unlimited Photo Use - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Apr 2008 02:39 AM PST

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has gone some way to avoiding the kind of embarrassing new media reporting restrictions imposed by some sporting events over the last year, allowing accredited…

IOC Exec Warns China Against Internet Censorship During Olympics - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 01 Apr 2008 07:47 PM PST

With the Beijing Olympics roughly four months away, Kevan Gosper, vice chairman of the IOC coordinating commission, is warning organizers that the internet must be open during the games and…

Beijing Olympics: Chinese State Broadcaster Makes Online Plans With MySpace China, Tudou.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 28 Feb 2008 10:45 PM PST

An intriguing move by China Central Television ... the Wall Street Journal reports that the state-run broadcaster is tying up with MySpace China and online-video site Tudou.com for an interactive…

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Athlete Blogs Are OK At Olympics, But Barely So - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 17 Feb 2008 09:56 PM PST

The International Olympic Committee, still sitting high on its all-rights-are-ours horse, has opened up a little, allowing athletes to blog at the Olympics for the first time, in time for…

Internet Ad Spend Will See A Tiny Bump From Summer Olympics: Analyst - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 25 Jan 2008 01:22 PM PST

Internet advertising will attract only $70 million in ad spend related to the summer Olympics, out of a total $1.5 billion in expected expenditures for the Beijing event, according to…

IOC Grants China’s CCTV.com 2008 Olympic Games Digital Rights - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 19 Dec 2007 08:35 AM PST

State broadcaster China Central Television’s CCTV.com, which already has over-the-air rights for the Beijing Olympics, now has the internet and mobile rights as well. In a decision that mirrors the…

‘Official Internet Sponsor’ Sohu.Com Tries To Control ‘08 Olympics Online Ads - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 15 Aug 2007 12:26 PM PST

Two years ago, Chinese site Sohu.com beat out the competition with an estimated $30 million bid to become the exclusive internet sponsor of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. What that…

Tencent, Sina And NetEase Team Against Sohu On Olympics Coverage - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 20 Jul 2007 02:49 PM PST

This is pretty interesting and you won’t see this ever happen here: Chinese portal Sohu is the official news provider and sponsor of the 2008 Olympics being held in the…

Beijing Olympics Online Streaming By NBCU Mostly Ad-Supported - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 29 Mar 2007 09:52 PM PST

Last November we had a post about NBCU planning 1,000 hours of live streaming online with the next Olympics. Now USAT has some follow up. “The vast majority will be…

Ebay Looks To Social Nets For Growth: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 01 Mar 2007 06:30 AM PST

With the majority of eBay users between the ages of 35-44, the online auctioneer hopes to attract younger demos though a partnership with teen-focused social nets like Bebo, the WSJ…

Winter Olympics Broadband Streaming Data From Europe - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 09 Mar 2006 09:04 PM PST

The European Broadcasting Union has released some data on online streaming in its member countries during the Winter Olympics held last month. The country broadcaster included in this were: ORF…

Olympics 2004 on Usenet - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 24 Aug 2004 06:09 PM PST

(via PVRblog) Yep, not BitTorrent, as most of us expected, but on the age-old Usenet...Olympics coverage is being digitized and circulated through Usenet, especially through the newly formed alt.binaries.olympics. The…

NBC’s Sucked The Fun - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 24 Aug 2004 08:08 AM PST

I have to post this...I would probably make this into a T-Shirt slogan as well, if it was shorter… Norman Chad at The Chronicle has put it so rightly about…

Broadcast Rights Signed For 2010 And 2012 Olympic Games - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 22 Aug 2004 08:09 PM PST

In Europe, that is...The agreement covers 51 countries, excluding Italy, and a wide range of media categories, including for the first time multi-media and mobile telephony. The agreement is valued…

Record Numbers Follow Olympics Via Web and Interactive TV - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 22 Aug 2004 06:09 PM PST

(reg. req.) In UK, that is. More than 6 million people have clicked on their remote control red buttons to use the BBC’s interactive TV coverage of the Athens Olympics,…

Olympics Web Coverage Disappoints - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 22 Aug 2004 06:09 PM PST

A review of Olympics coverage online, from NBCOlympics.com, Athens2004.com and others..."The Internet is good for getting results and learning the mechanics of obscure sports but it fails to capture the…

NBC’s Olympic Video Offering Doesn’t Make It to the Medal Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 20 Aug 2004 01:09 PM PST

My feelings exactly...die, broadcast, die.

European Open Up Olympics Coverage Online & On Mobiles - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 19 Aug 2004 01:09 AM PST

Why can’t U.S.? Yeah, yeah..I know the reasons. Rights, DRM, blah, blah, blase, blase. It’s ain’t easy, I know, but we could have tried better… Anyway, the European Broadcasting Union…

Digital Olympics: A Roundup - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 18 Aug 2004 03:08 PM PST

Some facts and fiction on the online and wireless coverage of Olympics… -- Early signs that Games are web hot: You can’t be serious… -- Samsung network aims to keep…

BBC’s Multicast Trial For Olympics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 17 Aug 2004 03:09 PM PST

Well, it is here, but you can’t watch it if you’re outside UK. Interesting experiment with multicasting, though… As it says, “Multicast is a potential solution but previous trials in…

Net Radio Loses Olympic Stream - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 16 Aug 2004 02:09 PM PST

Some Australian broadcast outlets have been forced to shut down their Internet radio broadcasting streams to avoid breaching the International Olympic Committee’s strict rules governing use of games material. The…

Olympics site wins with real time - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 15 Aug 2004 10:09 AM PST

Another profile of sucky NBCOlympics.com...god awful coverage offline and online....

Let the Web Games Begin, Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 13 Aug 2004 08:09 AM PST

The Web is worldwide, but that isn’t stopping Olympics officials from trying to set up regional boundaries. However, you may be able to watch live event coverage even though NBC…

BBC On Mark For Online Olympic Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Aug 2004 10:09 AM PST

The 50th story on how BBC is planning to cover Olympics online, with broadband playing a major part...The BBC sports site offers live coverage and highlights to the desktops of…

NBC’s ITV Plans For Olympics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 08 Aug 2004 09:09 PM PST

Well, NBC’s trying hard… it has announced a series of partnerships and new interactive services it will use to help viewers navigate its planned 1,210 hours of coverage across NBC/Universal’s…