Digital Olympics

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…

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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…

Olympics to Have Broad Online Offering - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 06 Aug 2004 09:08 PM PST

Well, another example of how Europeans are ahead on sports right online and on mobiles, than U.S. where rights holders want to control it to the point that they don’t…

Wish List For Olympics Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 05 Aug 2004 12:09 AM PST

In U.S.: “Provide downloadable video of all sports, regardless of whether or not they aired on TV.” Of course, it is not going to happen anytime soon, at least not…

NBCOlympics.com ‘By-The-Numbers’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Aug 2004 11:09 PM PST

Some interesting projected figures for NBCOlympics.com, for August, the month of the Olympics… 1,210 - Hours of Olympic broadcasts (televised on the seven NBC Universal networks) that can be sorted…

Going for Network Gold in Athens - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Aug 2004 11:09 PM PST

Really? That’s news… Anyway, NBC Universal Networks Group President Randy Falco: “I love wireless. I think that in the future people are going to be watching MSNBC on their cell…

Ovid’s Database To Open Up For Olympics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 03 Aug 2004 11:08 PM PST

An interesting promotion by B2B info vendor: it will provide free access to SIRC SportDiscus, a premier sports medicine database, to physicians, coaches, athletes and sports administrators throughout the Olympic…

Dutch Public Broadcaster To Webcast Olympics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 02 Aug 2004 11:09 PM PST

(by Jak Boumans): The Dutch public broadcaster NOS will webcast the Olympic games. For this, it is tying up with the Dutch incumbent telco KPN, where all ADSL subscribers to…

The Net-TV Balance At Olympics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 01 Aug 2004 07:09 PM PST

(via Lost Remote) Well, balance is a slightly generous word, because TV networks and rights holders still want to tightly control online distribution of Olympics coverage… NBC will feature online…

U.S. Olympic Committee Launches Premium Fan Club - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 22 Jul 2004 12:08 AM PST

The United States Olympic Committee has relaunched its website and introduced personalization. In addition, the site will also lauch a premium online fan club: for $29.99, Fan Club members will…

Olympics: Coming to a PC Near You - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 13 Jul 2004 12:08 AM PST

A roundup of online coverage of the upcoming Olympics...including the official NBC site, the BBC Online‘s coverage.

Going to Olympics? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 09 Jun 2004 12:06 PM PST

I am thinking of going to the Olympics for about a week, to cover technology’s affect on sports and sports coverage, focusing on things like audio, video, wireless content and…

Inside The Launch Of NBCOlympics.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 09 Jun 2004 12:06 PM PST

A detailed interview with Rex Sorgatz, interactive director for IBS, about the challenges and innovations behind NBC’s newest site, NBCOlympics.com. On NBC local affiliates providing news to the site: “An…

BBC’s Olympic Bet - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 07 Jun 2004 10:07 AM PST

(reg. req.) Will the BBC’s Olympic webcasts revolutionise the way we watch sport on TV? And can they tempt us to buy broadband? Andrew Thompson, BBC’s head of development, new…

Starting New Category: Digital Olympics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 May 2004 07:06 PM PST

I’m starting a new category, “Digital Olympics”, covering the digital media-related aspects of the upcoming Olympics...this will be the first true digital Olympics, and you’ll see a lot of activity,…

I-mode to go for glory at Olympics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 18 Apr 2004 07:05 PM PST

(sub. req.): Thanks to a recent deal with Greek operator Cosmote, one of the main sponsors of the Olympic games, DoCoMo’s i-mode mobile internet service will get big international exposure,…

Spot-On For the Olympics - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 19 Mar 2004 07:03 AM PST

Microsoft should go in for the kill with its SPOT watches, and focus on the Olympics, writes Joe Wilcox. “The Summer Olympics event is a golden marketing opportunity for Microsoft.…

BBC’s Creative Archives To Launch in Autumn 2004; Plans To Put Olympics Overage Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 02 Mar 2004 10:03 AM PST

BBC’s Creative Archives, the controversial plan by the Beeb to launch its archives online, for free, will launch sometime in Autumn this year, according to Ashley Highfield, the head of…

Olympics Face Pressure Over Digital Media Rights - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 20 Feb 2003 07:03 AM PST

EU competition authorities are concerned the IOC did not offer any rights to new media and mobile phone providers for the last Olympic games in Sydney for fear such a…