NBC Sports will stream more than 400 hours of live event coverage on NBCOlympics.com during the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, says Paid Content.
NBCOlympics.com also will offer more than 1,000 hours of full-event replays of all 15 sports, along with other coverage. But that’s far less than the 2,000 hours of live coverage of the Beijing Olympics, notes Paid Content.
Why? NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker told Paid Content last summer that live streaming devalues top events like the Olympics or Super Bowl—and there wasn’t a model that exists could show him how to avoid that. Given projections that NBC may lose money on an Olympics for the first time, it’s hard to see that changing.
Vancouver-area mobile users can use the WiMax link to watch the events anywhere, notes Going WiMAX. Craig Wireless Systems built the WiMax network, with the help of Motorola.
Craig Wireless (wikipedia), will have the first commercial deployment of Motorola’s Mobile WiMAX technology in Canada.
Craig Wireless holds or leases licenses for spectrum in the 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz or 3.5GHz bands in the provinces of Manitoba and British Columbia, Canada, and the Coachella Valley region, California, United States. The Motorola 802.16e gear used by Craig Wireless will likely perform better than competitor Inukshuk Wireless, which used pre-WiMAX gear in their early nationwide system.
NBC will stream live coverage using Microsoft Silverlight, using technology from Akamai and IStreamPlanet. That will enable NBC to broadcast HD video online. There will be 23 video feeds, nine feeds set up from the venues, four broadcast feeds, six “Beauty Cams”, two victory ceremony feeds, one feed of Olympic News Channel and one feed from the press conferences. The video will both be live and on-demand.
It will be the largest all-IP video network deployed for a televised sporting event, says Cisco, and highlights their all-IP next-generation network optimized for rich media.
Located within Canada Place and the Vancouver Convention Centre on the city’s downtown waterfront, the Main Media Centre (MMC) provides a common location for press and broadcasters. Here’s a Google map of venues.
2010 Winter Olympics broadcasting began on October 30, 2009 with the torch relay and is traveling all across Canada over 106 days before lighting the Olympic Torch in Vancouver on February 12, 2010.
For the first time in the Olympics history, non-accredited journalists, bloggers, and cell phone videographers will have a home base — at the W2 2010 Media House in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.
NBC will be using authentication to ensure that only viewers who already subscribe to multichannel providers who sign a deal with the network can watch live streaming video. AT&T is the only mobile phone carrier that will deliver live video coverage from the Vancouver Games.
The NBC Olympics 2Go channel with be on both AT&T Mobile TV and MobiTV, beginning Feb. 12. Separate from the agreement with NBC Universal, fans can enjoy access to Team USA On Demand videos, interviews and features of U.S. Olympic Team athletes on att.net/TeamUSA.
Figure skating, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, speed skating, snowboarding and short track primarily will air first on primetime TV whether they’re live or recorded. All in, NBC Sports plans to air 835 hours across six outlets: NBC; USA; MSNBC; CNBC; Universal HD and NBCOlympics.com. NBCOlympics Mobile will focus on results, breaking news and video highlights.
Inukshuk Wireless, a joint venture of Bell Canada and Rogers Communications, was created in 2005 to establish a WiMAX wireless network infrastructure throughout Canada. The network provides connectivity to 45 major cities and more than 120 rural communities using pre-WiMAX equipment. Nextnet Expedience gear (now Motorola owned) is on some 2500 base station sectors and 850 sites, covering 60% of the Canadian population. It uses the 2500MHz frequency band. National Broadband Maps show more coverage.
WiMAX will not the only new broadband wireless service operating in time for February’s Vancouver Winter Olympics. Cellular competitor Rogers will also have its new HSPA Plus wireless Internet service operational and Telus is expected to have its own HSPA-based network up and running this January.
NBC will pay $2.2 billion to televise the Vancouver and London Olympics.
Inlet Technologies, a provider of live streaming solutions, will provide broadcast-quality streams over the Internet to multiple screens and devices.
With its built-in support for adaptive streaming protocols, including IIS Live Smooth Streaming, that enhance online viewing of live sports. One of the most important advances in sports broadcasting has been the introduction of specialized robotic cameras.
I-Movix has ultra slow-motion broadcast cameras that capture 500-10,000fps. Red One cameras can capture 4K images.
Panasonic will capture US Speedskating competitions in 3D to create the first living 3D HDTV chronicle of an Olympic sport. Viewers of the London 2012 Olympics will be able to watch all the action in 3D from the comfort of their home, if Sky has anything to do with it. Roger Mosey, the director of the BBC’s 2012 Olympics operation, said in a speech to the IBC technology conference in Amsterdam, said the BBC should be looking to capture some of the Games in 3D.
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