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AP Threatens Court Fight Over Olympics Committee's Video Restrictions
Better late than never? While the Beijing Summer Olympics is a distant memory at this point, Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley is looking ahead and is demanding that broadband access to the games be loosened, Sports Business Journal reported. Curley directed his comments to International Olympic Committee...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, Associated Press, Video, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Broadband, Companies, NBC Universal, Entertainment, Sports, Digital Olympics, Media, TV, David Kaplan, The Walt Disney Co.
External links 2008-11-24
A Murdoch Olympics? What Will 2016 Olympics Look Like Online
In UK, BBC may not now win the rights to the 2014 Winter Olympics the 2016 Summer Games after the International Olympic Committee turned down the European Broadcasting Union's usually successful bid on behalf of 75 public service broadcasters as too low. Now broadcasters will have to bid for...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, iTV, European Broadcasting Union, Broadcaster, Games, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Countries, UK & Europe, Entertainment, Sports, Digital Olympics, Media, TV, Patrick Smith, BSkyB, British Sky Broadcasting Group
External links 2008-12-04
What Happened To CAA's Sports Rollup Fund? Helping IOC in Sports Media Rights Deals Instead
Exactly a year ago CAA announced its biggest bet on sports media, and formed a new unit called CAA Sports Media Venture, as a rollup venture in the sector. But besides hiring Chris Bevilacqua, co-founder of CSTV Networks, as the venture’s CEO, nothing much has happened.  The new unit...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, Media, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Entertainment, Sports, Digital Olympics, Rafat Ali
External links 2009-09-14
WPP's Sir Martin To Olympic Committee: Embrace YouTube Or Lose Your Audience
With the 2016 Olympic Games all squared away and set for Rio de Janeiro, members of the International Olympic Committee could get down to more serious business—such as how to handle the issue of online video. WPP Group CEO Sir Martin Sorrell had some very simple ideas for the...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, YouTube Inc., WPP, Asset Management, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Internet, Advertising, Entertainment, Sports, Digital Olympics, Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, Video, Companies, Countries, Europe, David Kaplan
External links 2009-10-06

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NBC's Kliavkoff: Digital Drives TV Viewership
As media continues to fragment into millions of finely-targeted shards, much is being made about how increased usage of digital media affects usage of existing media. As one example, NBC Universal's outgoing chief digital officer, George Kliavkoff, says that online streaming of video content actually drives TV viewership. ...
Tags: Catharine P. Taylor
Blog posts 2008-12-18
NBC Olympics feed to use Motorola.(Brief Article)
NBC Cable has selected Motorola Broadband Communications to supply it with both analog and digital satellite transmission systems for its Olympics coverage. For its digital West Coast feeds for MSNBC and CNBC, NBC will use Motorola's DigiCiph NBC...
Tags: Motorola Inc., NBC Universal Inc.
Research articles 2000-06-12
Olympics in UD a reality: NBC, HDNet partner to bring coverage to NBC digital affiliates, DirecTV subscribers. (Top of the Week).(Brief Article)
The 2002 Winter Olympics will be broadcast in high definition by NBC'S digital affiliates and HIDNet, carried on DirecTV HDNet will provide the vehicles and technical support needed for the 1080i broadcasts. The HD coverage will total 24 hour ...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., DirecTV
Research articles 2001-12-03
Live from Athens.(Cutting Edge; NBC Olympics to use digital video transmission equipment in coverage of 2004 Olympic Games)(Brief Article)
NBC Olympics will use digital video transmission equipment from Scopus Network Technologies for its 24-hour, continuous coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games from Athens Aug. 13-29. NBC will transmit the signals from the International Broadcast Center NBC Olympics will use digital video transmission equipment...
Tags: Olympic Games, NBC Universal Inc.
Research articles 2004-04-05
Telular Corp. to Provide Digital Fixed Wireles Terminals for NBC at The 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.(Brief Article)
US-based Telular Corp. announced on August 23, 2000 that it will provide its digital Phonecell fixed wireless terminals FWTs to NBC Olympics Inc. for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Used with NBC Olympics' mobile units, Telular's FWTs will allow NBC to provide voice...
Tags: MARKETING, NBC Universal Inc., Sydney, Telular Corp.
Research articles 2000-09-01
MIT proposes digital cloud for UK
The UK is set to get an actual digital cloud in time for the Olympics which will house "a barometer of the city's interests and moods". The idea has been proposed by researchers at MIT, after a competition was announced to build a new tourist attraction in London...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
News items 2009-11-12
Sony joins CBS in Nagano; will integrate Olympic broadcast center with all-serial-digital video. (Nagano, Japan, site of 1998 Winter Olympic Games)(NAB97)(Brief Article)
Will integrate Olympic broadcast center with all-serial-digital video Sony will be supplying CBS with all-digital broadcast facilities for its coverage of the 1998 winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The contract marks the third winter Oly ...
Tags: Olympic, Sony Corp., video
Research articles 1997-04-09
Abekas. (CBS purchases digital effects systems)(Brief Article)
CBS will be using 11 Abekas Dveous digital effects systems from Scitex Digital Video in its coverage of the 1998 winter Olympics in Nagano. Japan. The Abekas twin-channel DVEs will be installed in CBS's International Broadcast Center and used by the CBS will be using...
Tags: Abekas Inc.
Research articles 1997-08-04
Coming home: NBC taps Scopus to transmit Olympics from Athens to America.(Technology)
Manufacturer Scopus entered the international sports scene in 2002, providing digital transmission gear for the World Cup. This year, it's working on the Summer Olympics in Athens. NBC has tapped the company to provide equipment to help transport v Manufacturer Scopus entered the international...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc.
Research articles 2004-07-26
Telular delivers terminals for Olympics.
VERNON HILLS, Ill.--Telular Corp. will provide its digital Phonecell Fixed Wireless Terminals to NBC Olympics Inc. for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, allowing NBC to provide voice communication to venue production personnel. VERNON HILLS, Ill.--Telular Corp. will provide...
Tags: Aspiro AB
Research articles 2000-09-11
Lyris, Inc. to Power NBC Olympics Email Alerts for NBC's Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games
NBC Olympics to Deliver Real-Time Email Updates on Events, News, and Athletes During Coverage of the Beijing Olympics, August 8-24, 2008 NEW YORK -- Lyris, Inc., the email marketing service provider, today has been selected to deliver NBC Olympics email alerts during the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China...
Tags: E-mail, Lyris Inc., MARKETING, NBC Universal Inc., Olympic
Research articles 2008-07-29
Digital Courier Announces Agreement with CBC Radio Sports for the Japan Winter Olympics
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 21, 1997-- Digital Courier International (Alberta Stock Exchange:DIC.) Digital Courier International Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC to distribute Olympic programming to a select group of approximately 34 Canadian Radio Stations during the 1998 Winter Olympics in...
Tags: agreement, broadcaster, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., MARKETING, Olympic, programming, radio
Research articles 1997-11-21
Rupert Murdoch In Beijing: 'The Philistine Phase Of The Digital Age Is Almost Over'
News Corp (NYSE: NWS) Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch took to the stage at the World Media Summit in Beijing Friday to quote a little Confucius and paint his version of the digital future for his Chinese hosts. Murdoch’s endeavors in China have met with mixed success and some...
Tags: China, Media, Rupert Murdoch, Xinhua, Preconception, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, TV, Companies, News Corp., Countries, Asia, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-10-09
AT&T-NBC's digital dance.(Agreement for Olympic coverage)
Carriage deal covers HDTV, Olympics and 2 cable nets In a deal aimed at easing regulatory pressure facing cable operators, AT&T Corp. and NBC have entered into a wide-ranging deal that includes retransmission consent of digital and HDTV si ...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., cable, TiVo Inc., AT&T Corp., Olympic Games, programming, agreement, Rogers
Research articles 1999-06-14
LiveHive Systems Brings Interactive Viewing Experience to NBC's 2008 Olympics Coverage
LiveHive Systems has been selected to deliver the NBCOlympics.com Primetime Challenge, an interactive viewing experience, to NBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The announcement was made today by Perkins Miller, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, NBC Sports and Olympics, and Robert Riopelle, Vice President, Business Development, LiveHive Systems Inc....
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Olympic, TVs
Research articles 2008-07-31
NBC Snags Time Warner for Olympics
Finally, some positive retransmission consent news from Time Warner Inc.: The media giant extended its retrans deal with NBC until 2008 while agreeing to carry NBC's Olympics programming. Time Warner had an existing deal with NBC that covered CNBC and MSNBC analog carriage until 2006, according to a company...
Tags: Cable, NBC Universal Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Time Warner Inc., TVs
Research articles 2000-05-22
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