NBC and YouTube will team up to deliver the Olympics online this summer. …
MSN provided the video player for the 2008 and 2010 Olympics, but its deal with NBC ended after the Vancouver Games. …
Hurray.
MSN used Silverlight technology, often problematic. YouTube will be far more reliable. Fast streaming.
NBC has not announced how many hours of live video it will offer this summer, but NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus said that all events will be broadcast live online or on TV. During the Beijing Games, NBC offered more than 2,200 hours of live video coverage and more than 20 simultaneous live video streams at peak times. …
There has been a steady decline in young viewers for NBC’s broadcasts of the Olympics in recent years. The average age of a Summer Olympics prime-time viewer has risen by nine years since the Barcelona Games, according to data from Magna Global. Cordella and others at the network see the relationship at YouTube as a way to reverse that trend. …
So does that mean we can watch the Olympics on YouTube for FREE.
Not necessarily. Details are yet to be clarified.
This is another step in the trend to broadcasting all sporting events online. At Canadian Gymnastics Championships 2012 we plan to LIVE stream every routine for every competitor. Wish us luck. 🙂
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