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Top TV programs by audience in 2008

Rank Telecasts Network Date Aired % of Homes in U.S. Rating 1 FOX SUPER BOWL XLII FOX 02/03/2008 43.1 2 FOX SUPER BOWL POST GAME FOX 02/03/2008 30.1 3 FOX NFC CHAMPIONSHIP FOX 01/20/2008 29.0 4 SUMMER OLYMPICS TUE PRIME 1 NBC...

Tags: Games, Home Entertainment, NB, NBC Universal Inc., Personal Technology, Summer Olympics, Tv & Home Theater, TVs

Blog posts 2009-01-11

Just what's on Michael Phelps' iPod anyway?

I don't know about you but I've been spending a lot of time enjoying the Michael Phelps Show, er, Summer Olympics this week. One thing that piqued my interested was the world's greatest athlete's choice in music player. In practically every shot of him at the pool...

Tags: Summer Olympics, Apple iPod, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-15

57% of Americans are into Summer Olympics

Scarborough Sports Marketing reveals that people in Denver, CO and Spokane, WA might be looking forward to the start of the games more than any other city in the country. These two cities are the top U.S. markets for Summer Olympics Fans. Sixty-seven% of adults in each of these cities...

Tags: Summer Olympics, City, Adult, Scarborough Sports Marketing, Games, Personal Technology, AM

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Photos: A high-tech future dawns in China

Beijing is a blend of the old and the new, from Lenovo's headquarters to the massive groundwork for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Tags: Summer Olympics, blend, groundwork, Beijing, Lenovo Group Ltd., China, photograph

Image galleries 2007-04-19

Images: Watch six TV shows at once

Dish Networks tried out the feature during the 2004 presidential election and the Summer Olympics.

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Summer Olympics, Dish Network, presidential election, network

Image galleries 2005-08-30

Images: Watch six TV shows at once

Dish Networks tried out the feature during the 2004 presidential election and the Summer Olympics.

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Summer Olympics, Dish Network, presidential election, network

Image galleries 2005-08-30

Additional Resources

Trafficking in Michael Jackson

The news of Michael Jackson's death and subsequent coverage of his memorial service brought the Internet to a crawl and saturated even the most robust of content delivery networks. When the King of Pop died last week, I swore that I was going...

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Special Olympics CIO: Andre Mendes

Andre Mendes, CIO of the Special Olympics, talks to CNET’s Dan Farber about managing technology operations for a non-profit that currently has more than 2.8 million athletes participating in its summer and winter games. Mendes discusses capturing the event online for family and friends and the unique experience of running...

Tags: CIO, Games, Strategy, Personal Technology, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Special Olympics CIO: Andre Mendes

Andre Mendes, CIO of the Special Olympics, talks to CNET's Dan Farber about managing technology operations for a non-profit that currently has more than 2.8 million athletes participating in its summer and winter games. Mendes discusses capturing the event online for family and friends and the unique experience of running...

Tags: CIO, Games, Strategy, Personal Technology, Management, Andre Mendes

Videos 2009-01-06

Clean-tech gets political while China moves into first place

Clean-tech is getting more and more political. With so much money and government subsidy, or not, at stake, it was inevitable. A leading greentech venture capitalist spoke at the Democratic Convention. And the governor of Montana spoke about declaring energy independence for America, and added we Americans...

Tags: China, Medal, Clean Technology, Montana, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat

Inventor Judah Klausner has settled with the best of them: AT&T, Apple, Comcast and eBay. Now, he's taking Google, Verizon, Cox and LG to court for infringing on his patents for visual voicemail technology. A Reuters story highlights some of his past legal battles, including a June...

Tags: Google Inc., Patent, Verizon Communications Inc., Inventor Judah Klausner, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26

One Router to Connect Them All

Sunday afternoons are the few times I actually get some peace and don't have to think about major IT problems. I fire up my Weber smoker, throw on a couple of racks of ribs, fire up a bucket of hardwood charcoal and fruit wood chunks, and I chill for a...

Tags: Cable Modem, Router, Linksys Inc., Dad, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Networking, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-25

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

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: Camera, Cisco Systems Inc., Corporate Communications, Jason Perlow, Marketing, NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, Video

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Samsung uses Olympics to unveil 'green' phone: E200 Eco

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Samsung announced its "green" mobile phone, the E200 Eco, which is made of bioplastics and has a number of environmentally-friendly and energy-reducing features. by Jason Hiner

Tags: Phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Podcast: CIO tells how he reduced impact of Olympics video streaming

Being able to watch most of the 2008 Summer Olympics streaming over the Internet has been exciting for users, but not so much for businesses and IT departments. Hear CIO Ira Levy explain how his organization used a two-pronged approach of education and technology to limit the effect of Olympic...

Tags: CIO, Streaming Video, Podcasts, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Internet, Personal Technology, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-08-15

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

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

Interactive video: Why the video tag won't cut it

As we approach the Olympics we're seeing a lot of different experiences being created around video content. I was recently quoted in a Denver Post article about Silverlight being used as part of the Democratic National Convention and when looking at the Aurora project Techmeme discussionI thought it would be...

Tags: Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Online ad spend for 2008 Olympics to reach $100 mln

Of the $1.5 bln that marketers are expected to spend on advertising tied to the summer Olympic games, $100 mln will go towards online, according to Lehman Brothers. by AM

Tags: Olympic Games, Online Advertising, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-04