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How the world watched the Olympics online: How the world watched the Olympics onlineI got sick of itI live in Germany, and the experience sucked big time. For those of you who don't know, in Germany you pay a TV and radio tax of about 26 dollar per month to subsidize public channels. The rule is: if...; Tags: Taxes, Web site development, Free trade, Web technology, Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, Olympic Games, NBC, Microsoft Silverlight, CBC; Discussion threads 2008-08-26
How the world watched the Olympics online: Much has been made of NBC's Olympic numbers, which had the rights for online video in the US, and what that means for Silverlight. I thought the app was solid, the video quality was good, and all in all it was a win for Microsoft and RIAs. In that vein,...; Tags: China, Olympic Games, British Broadcasting Corp., Video, Flash, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-08-26
2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the Wall: 2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the WallInteresting proposalI like your idea. some thoughts:First: two separate approaches 1) a media center PC to output to the TV & 2) use consolesSecond: Allow for user created chat rooms (audio/text) like IRC channels with audio. That allows the end user...; Tags: Olympic Games, Webcam, Phelp; Discussion threads 2008-08-22
2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the Wall: The organizers of the Olympics really blew it this time. Not showing the unbelievable comeback of Michael Phelps in the 100-meter butterfly race, which he won by one-hundredth of a second, is evidence of cowardice. And a total lack of commercial savvy, in the digital age. Can...; Tags: Olympic Games, Webcam, Video, Athlete, Camera, Wall, Sport, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-22
CISCO: Why the Olympics didnÃ¢Â€Â™t melt NBC: CISCO: Why the Olympics didnÃ¢Â€Â™t melt NBCRE: CISCO: Why the Olympics didnÃ¢Â€Â™t melt NBCgreat technical achievement!I have to say though that the internet and NBC might not have broken down but the internet has certainly shown some slow down. web pages including ZDNET seem to load slightly slower. It is...; Tags: INTERNET, Web site development, Channel management, NBC, Olympic Games, Cisco Systems Inc., NBCOlympics.com web site; Discussion threads 2008-08-19

CISCO: Why the Olympics didn't melt NBC: Yesterday I posted about how Limelight Networks was used as the primary caching content provider for NBCOlympics.com and lifted a huge burden off on the public Internet by leveraging relationships with last mile ISPs. It's an amazing story about how technology can be used to solve immense problems. ...; Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-08-18
Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond: Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...; Tags: Olympic Games, Network, Server, Akamai Technologies Inc., Content, Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-08-18
News to know: Limelight's Olympics; Software prices; Wordcamp 2008; Windows 7 Server: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet Larry Dignan: Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn? Podcast: CIO tells how he reduced impact...; Tags: Olympic Games, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Semantic Web, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-08-18
Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the InternetWe agree about content providers...But in my fantasy world you would not necessarily need a DVR you could pay extra for a download and you could get a stream anywhere with net access.It didn't melt but I think it got hot. ntntRE:...; Tags: DVR, Digital video, Corporate communications, digital video recorder, Olympic Games, Limelight Networks, video, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-08-17
Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet: I admit it, even I was skeptical. When I received the first demonstration of the Silverlight plugin and the NBCOlympics.com web site back in March of this year at the 2008 Microsoft Technology Summit, where a group of Open Source experts gathered from around the world were asked for feedback...; Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Network, Internet Service Provider, Video, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Corporate Communications, Data Centers, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-08-17
Did the DVR and HD impact NBCOlympics.com traffic numbers?: Did the DVR and HD impact NBCOlympics.com traffic numbers?Always proofread your article......before submitting. :)"While I wouldn’t consider HD penetration to be at majority levels yet, enough households have do them..."You neglected to mention another possibility.Why bother to watch when you already know who's won?The biggest factor is... imo that NBC...; Tags: DVR, interest story, digital video recorder, Olympic Games, Olympic; Discussion threads 2008-08-12
Did the DVR and HD impact NBCOlympics.com traffic numbers?: My ZDNet colleagues Tom Steinert-Threlkeld andÂ Ryan Stewart ran the raw numbers on Olympics online viewership. While the amount of traffic on the videos over the weekend was impressive --Â 3.42 million video streams with 66.7 million page views and an average visit of 15 minutes...; Tags: Olympic Games, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-08-12
The Olympics Watch: Not That Much: The Internet did not break, melt or probably even much notice the Olympics, in its first weekend. On Saturday, for instance, only about 4.8 million people watched 3.1 million video streams. On Sunday, 5.1 million watched 3.4 million. Here are the first...; Tags: olympic games, youtube inc., video, corporate communications, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-11
Olympic medal count iPhone app: If you're an Olympics buff you can keep track of the medal count at the 2008 Summer Olympic games with Beijing 2008. The app allows you to view the top five ranked countries and you can select an additional country that you want to follow in the preferences, in case...; Tags: apple iphone, olympic games, medal, jason d. o\'grady; Blog posts 2008-08-11
Banking On The Internet Breaking: Banking On The Internet BreakingThank God!Wow! Finally someone who writes from a historical perspective about the internet "breaking." Excellent analysis of the same old FUD that's been around - as you point out - for the last ten years.On an aside, I don't think the Olympics will impact...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital video, Internet, Olympic Games, Microsoft Windows Vista, banking; Discussion threads 2008-08-08
Banking On The Internet Breaking: So, on the day the Olympics open, the head of Tellabs â€“ which helps telecommunications carriers deliver high-quality voice, video and data services around the world -- is talking about a looming bandwidth crisis for the Internet, in today's Chicago Sun-Times. The main cause for the concern:...; Tags: olympic games, tellabs, banking, video, internet, corporate communications, telecommunications, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-08
Watch the Olympics! Right after this series of hurdles: Watch the Olympics! Right after this series of hurdlesWhy didn't they just use flash?It seems everytime I read a article about some service which was made in silverlight I have to go through the whole installation procedure as if I never had it installed. With the flash plugin you are...; Tags: Olympics! Right, Olympic Games, NBC, plug-in; Discussion threads 2008-08-08
Watch the Olympics! Right after this series of hurdles: The opening Olympic ceremony in Beijing is underway just don't expect to watch them live. That'll happen later on Friday so the Web doesn't cannibalize TV for NBC. It's one of many hurdles you must clear to watch a little Olympic video. But I can live with...; Tags: olympic games, nbc, tv, tvs, tv & home theater, corporate communications, personal technology, home entertainment, marketing, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-08
Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBC: Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBCThe Olympics are GreekI wonder if the Greeks agreed to having the Olympics in other countries?; Tags: Olympic Boost, NBC, Time Warner Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-08-07
Will the Olympics melt the Internet?: Will the Olympics melt the Internet?Well...No one really watches the Olympics, so it won't be a test.ScalingThe Internet will be able to handle it... unless they use Twitter's servers.Umm...2006?The Internet didn't melt then.p2pusers already use p2p programs and they download a massive amount of GB/week of films, but the network...; Tags: Olympic Games, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-08-07