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csy
08-06-2008, 08:15 PM
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Live Streams and On-Demand Highlights


NBC Olympics (http://www.nbcolympics.com/). Media giant NBC has exclusive rights to broadcast the Olympics in the United States, and will serve up four live streams and 3,000 hours of on-demand video online.


TV Tonic (http://www.tvtonic.com/olympics/install/). NBC paired with Wavexpress to offer event highlights on demand via a download service similar to iTunes. For Windows Vista users only.


YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/beijing2008). Starting Wednesday, Google will provide approximately three hours of content each day from the Olympics Broadcasting Service on a channel dedicated to the games. The content will include highlight reels and daily wrap-ups, but no live coverage. The footage will be available in 77 territories, including South Korea, India and Nigeria, that aren't officially covered by Olympic sponsors, according to an International Olympic Committee press release (http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?release=2678).


CCTVOlympics.com (http://www.cctvolympics.com/). CCTV will be supplying more than 5,000 hours of Olympic Games coverage for mainland China and Macau.


BBC Sports (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/default.stm). The U.K.'s official Olympics broadcaster will offer six streaming channels showing coverage from BBC TV and BBC News Interactive. Channels will focus on on-demand daily highlights and athlete interviews.


Yahoo7 (http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/video/). Australia's official Olympics online portal offers live streams, video coverage on-demand and behind-the-scenes interviews, specials and features.


CBC Olympics (http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/). Canadians can tune into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation online for supplemental live streams, video coverage on-demand and behind-the-scenes interviews, specials and features.


I love the Olympics. :D

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Nore
08-06-2008, 08:20 PM
I love the Olympics.

T D
08-06-2008, 08:29 PM
Do you not have a tv or do you need to be at your computer 24/7?

csy
08-06-2008, 08:46 PM
Do you not have a tv or do you need to be at your computer 24/7?
you can see special footage on the computer

dick

fnkymnky
08-06-2008, 08:50 PM
you can see special footage on the computer

newb

fixed

T D
08-06-2008, 09:14 PM
you can see special footage on the computer

dick

You can also turn your computer off and turn the tv on.

csy
08-06-2008, 09:20 PM
You can also turn your computer off and turn the tv on.
my computer is my tv and i pirate everything
you thought i'd pay for cable tv?

chad
08-06-2008, 09:21 PM
i have cable tv and i rarely watch it :|