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Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!

Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!RE: Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux![url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2008/08/nbcolympicscom-linux-users-sol.html]Hate it.[/url]Sticks in the kraw of Open Source folksas they can't stand working with anything MS related.What OS were you using?I was watching...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Web browsers, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NBCOlympics.com, Linux!, video, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Torino2006.com gets 748K unique visitors a week

Nielsen//NetRatings reported that traffic to NBCOlympics.com surpassed American Idol's Web site during the week ending February 12th. The Web ratings show the reverse trend of what is happening with television ratings, where American Idol is dominating the Olympics. IdolOnFox.com attracted 509,000 unique visitors, while NBCOlympics.com attracted 2.3 mln unique visitors...

Tags: NBCOlympics.com, unique visitor

Blog posts 2006-02-20

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Press "Upload" on that Video: "Point Is Not To Bust People,'' Says NBC

The point is to actually make fair use  -- fair and creative use -- use of someone's professionally produced content, if you're going to post a video online. The executive vice president and general counsel of NBC Universal, Rick Cotton, this afternoon said that 99 percent of...

Tags: NBC, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Silverlight 2 is released, available for download tomorrow

Microsoft announced this morning that Silverlight 2 will be available for download tomorrow. So after a long beta period that included big events using Silverlight including the Olympics and the DNC, the bits are going to be out there. The press release includes some impressive numbers: ...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight 2, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Linux, Open Source, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-10-13

NBC To Internet: TV Is Still King

If NBC had to choose a single platform on which to base its business for the next five years, it wouldn't be the Internet or mobile phones. "Sorry, guys, it would be television,'' the president of NBC Universal research said Monday. That is the conclusion of NBC's...

Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-22

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 didn’t melt NBC

CISCO: Why the Olympics didn’t melt NBCRE: CISCO: Why the Olympics didn’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

Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn?

Limelight Networks may have won a medal for its role behind the scenes to keep NBCOlympics.com humming, but the company is still dwarfed by its largest rival Akamai. The big question: Does Limelight have enough headroom to gain meaningful share from Akamai? Jason Perlow detailed how content...

Tags: Patent, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Jason, Company, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-18

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

Next Question: A Whole Lot of Traffic Shaping Going On, With Olympics Video?

The sky didn't fall this week, with NBC's delivery of live events from 25 sports at www.nbcolympics.com. But now, Brick Eksten, the chief executive of Digital Rapids, is wondering: Has there been a whole lot of traffic shaping going on, to make sure the streams appear on computer and...

Tags: Traffic, Video, Stream, Internet, Corporate Communications, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube

Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTubeYouTube is global, NBCOlympics is US onlyKeep this in mind when comparing numbers between NBCOlympics and YouTube: no one outside the US is allowed to view NBCOlympics video.RE: Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTubeI think there is another facet to this that has not been well evaluated....

Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., Olympics Victor, NBCOlympics, NBC

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube

So, NBC is "only" delivering 3.4 million or so streams of Olympic video from its Web site. That still beats YouTube's traffic, according to our source in the cloud. Since the Olympics began on Friday, 386 videos have appeared on YouTube's 10 channels of Beijing2008 coverage picking...

Tags: NBC, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-13

News to know: SAP; Microsoft patches; Nvidia; iPhone

Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do Michael Krigsman: Business Objects Influencer Summit: Strategy to execution Larry Dignan: Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul Roland Piquepaille: No more need for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, NVidia Corp., Patch Management, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, 3G, E-books, Web Browsers, Linux, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-08-13

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 and  Ryan Stewart ran the raw numbers on Olympics online viewership. While the amount of traffic on the videos over the weekend was impressive --  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

News to know: Cyber attacks; Google; Windows security; Gmail outage

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Georgia turns to Google's Blogger amid Russia onslaught Dancho Danchev: Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress ZDNet UK: Georgia accuses Russia of co-ordinated cyberattack Video: Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows News.com: Defcon ends...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Russia, Windows Security, Cyberattack, Outage, Georgia, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Numbers on the NBC's Silverlight Olympic Coverage

Numbers on the NBC's Silverlight Olympic CoverageWould have loved to watchbut the GARBAGE known as Silverlight won't run on my PowerPC Mac the last PPC Powerbook.I sent them an e-mail about this and that they should have picked Flash or generic MPRG4 for the transport so ALL could see the...

Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, Live 8, NBC, Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight Olympic, Silverlight Olympic Coverage

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!

It's not often when a piece of  technology impresses me enough that I do the "wow" thing when I'm using it. But the Silverlight streaming video implementation on NBCOlympics.com is truly awesome, even if I am forced into using Internet Explorer to watch it (EDIT: It...

Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Streaming Video, Microsoft Corp., De Icaza, Linux, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Open Source, Digital Video, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-11