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YouTube channel takes Olympics global
News For countries like the United States, where exclusive rights to content have been bought, YouTube will use IP geo-blocking to prevent access to the channel.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Video, Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Summer Olympics, International Olympic Committee, NBC, China, U.S.
We all love this Olympics, right? Not Adobe
Insight commentary NBC's decison to use Microsoft's Silverlight 2 for the NBCOlympics.com Web site is a significant setback for Adobe.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, software, Adobe Systems Inc., NBC, China, Linux, Olympic Games, public relations
The digital Olympics: beyond the TV
News Players in the online ecosystem are conspiring to get viewers to abandon their TVs for the Olympics by offering more comprehensive coverage of the event.
Tags: Video, Bandwidth, 3G (Third Generation), Starhub, Event, Mobile, TV, India, Akamai Technologies Inc., Live Streaming
Microsoft wins deal to sell NBC ads
News The tie-up, which stems from the Redmond's purchase of Navic Networks, will allow Microsoft to sell ads that run on NBC's cable and broadcast stations.
Tags: Advertising, Digital media, TV, Google Inc., Cable, Advertisement, Digital media, NBC, NBC Universal Inc., Wall Street Journal
E-commerce sales: So far, not a disaster
News Online sales are keeping pace with last year--no small achievement considering the depth of the U.S. recession.
Tags: Search, Web browsers, Web sites, E-business, Sales, Digital Equipment Corp., CEO, recession, ComScore Networks Inc., Eric Schmidt
Netflix: Silverlight 3 could help with glitches
News The next version of Silverlight promises to help ease issues that some users have had in streaming videos on lower-end computers.
Tags: Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, computer, phone, Apple iPod, Vancouver, NBC, NetFlix Inc., MLB
US Congress looks abroad to curb piracy
News Entertainment industry representatives tell the U.S. Congress it should urge other countries to adopt better intellectual property protections, or it may want to consider working with ISPs as Europe has.
Tags: Copyright, Piracy, Piracy, Video, Intellectual Property Right, entertainment, intellectual property, Canada, online video, job
Gates predicts Yahoo deal unlikely
News In an interview with NBC's Tom Brokaw, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says a deal with Yahoo is unlikely, according to a CNBC report.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Internet advertising, Search, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Yahoo! Inc., software company, CNBC
Microsoft denies putting 'copyright cop' in Zune
News Software maker takes issue with report suggesting it may add copyright-filtering technology to the player as part of deal to get NBC TV shows.
Tags: Music, Video, Media players, Multimedia, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., software company, Microsoft Zune, antipiracy, software
Yahoo rejiggers search engine for Olympics
News Searching for Olympics-related information at Yahoo will present results, schedules, and other information directly on the search results page.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Internet advertising, Microsoft Silverlight, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Advertisement, software, Visa Inc.
Microsoft begins big ad push
News Microsoft's multi-year push, estimated at US$300 million, begins with a spot featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld aired during Thursday's NFL game.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., NBC
NBC's silver lining in the cloud
News The U.S. broadcaster is set to air 2,200 hours of Olympic Games coverage online, and is adopting a shiny new interface to help users sift through all of that content.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Web browsers, Advertisement, CIO, technology company, International Olympic Committee, NBC, Olympic Games, Los Angeles
Video piracy's Olympic showdown
News Beijing is finally tackling video piracy as China wants to prove it can protect the lucrative broadcasting rights for the Summer Games.
Tags: Piracy, Video, Web sites, Piracy, Copyright Protection, intellectual property, software, International Olympic Committee, NBC, China
Will ISPs survive the video onslaught?
News You want video, and video eats up a whole lot of bandwidth. Your Internet provider would do well to pay heed to the ways of P2P-savvy folks like BitTorrent.
Tags: Video, Mobile platforms/communications, Business broadband, Personal broadband, P2P, phone, software, hard drive, network, VoIP
Silverlight 3 debuts ahead of official launch
News Microsoft posts final version of its Adobe Flash rival, a day ahead of its official launch in San Francisco.
Tags: Business applications, Multimedia, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Winter Olympics, San Francisco, Vancouver, NBC, PC, Multimedia
