The Summer Olympics are set to take place in Beijing this year, and of course, NBC will be there to broadcast every event. However, with technology becoming more popular and more important in everyone’s busy lifestyle these days, NBC is planning to use the internet to its advantage.
They recently partnered up with Wavexpress, a digital content provider company, and these two companies are set to make every event available for download. Basically, how this works is that people who are interested in this and have Vista Media Center PC will be able to schedule when they want to receive the events and choose which events they want to receive. After entering in all that information, the events will automatically update onto your PC or laptop, through a website called TVTonic. These videos will also come in near HD quality, which makes watching the videos almost as nice as watching them live on an HDTV. Finally, the best part of this deal is that it’s free, however, I would imagine there would be some ads on the video, but NBC doesn’t shed any light on whether they are adding advertisements to their videos.
“This service will provide a fantastic viewing experience for Olympic fans with Windows Vista Media Center,” said Michael Sprague, president of Wavexpress. “They can choose their favorite sports, from diving to water polo to gymnastics, and extended coverage is automatically synchronized to their PC in the middle of the night. With a laptop, they will get a high-quality video experience to view on the train, the plane, or in the college quad.”
Look for this service to be launched when the Olympics roll around in August, beginning on the 8th and running through the 24th.
old news, but good idea