Olympics Internet Coverage Disappoints
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The Internet is good for getting results and learning the mechanics of obscure sports but it fails to capture the full glory and personalities that make the Olympics so special.
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Chicagoâs plans for a temporary Olympic stadium represents only a small part of what Chicago and the United States Olympic Committee have tried to learn from New Yorkâs failed bid.
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Going for gold Hands on Microsoft's deal with US media giant NBC Universal to stream this summer's Olympic Games online using Silverlight represents a major demonstration of the potential of Microsoft's emerging browser-based runtime and streaming service.â¦
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Competition in China's booming Internet sector has turned nasty ahead of the Beijing Olympics, with Sohu.com upsetting its rivals through a lucrative sponsorship deal that is now being challenged.
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Aerobics and kick basketball are not everyone's idea of serious sports and have yet to find a place in the Olympic Games.
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Beeb blanches at user generated filth The Web 2.0-tastic BBC just loves "user generated content". So when London's Olympic team unveiled its logo for the 2012 games to much mockery earlier today, what could be better than unleashing the Wisdom of the Crowd?â¦
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The BBC seems to be coming in for strong criticism from some of your correspondents. Many people would like to see the BBC abolished altogether.   I have been amazed by the information on many subjects that are available from the BBC on the internet.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Olympic athletes may be allowed to blog for the first time at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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The Motley Fool - The Olympic Games are now history, but not AT&amp;T's (NYSE: T - News) &#36;25 million ad campaign to redefine its image. After years of getting clobbered by the regional Bell companies such as BellSouth (NYSE: BLS - News), Verizon (NYSE: VZ - News), Sprint (NYSE: FON - News), and MCI (Nasdaq: MCIP - News), the company has turned its business focus from traditional phone service to networking.
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For years, the Internet's technical constraints went hand-in-hand with the realities of Internet usage. At first, most people viewed Web pages but did little to create or change them. Web journals, photo sites and video sharing didn't come until later. Even when users had a need to send information &#151; an e-mail here, a shopping transaction there &#151; the amount of data was small.
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Boston sports fans have a track record. Predictably, we watch the Red Sox, Patriots, and big events. So it gets interesting when they go head to head, as they did Friday night. A look at the ratings confirms that the Olympics qualify as an extremely big event.
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Though Europeans are steaming about the International Olympic Committee's decision to switch the swimming and most gymnastics finals to morning for the 2008 Beijing Games, it shouldn't have come as a surprise to anybody who's familiar with rights fees and ratings. NBC, which asked the Lords of the Rings to make the change, is paying them $3.5 billion for the ...
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The Olympic Games are a week old! Not bad for an event first recorded in 776 BC. The Games have so far gone much better than anyone really expected.
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The World Championship Sports Network's business is to make many of the more obscure Olympic events available in streaming video to broadband users.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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China is debating whether to relax control of the Internet during the Olympics, allowing access to banned websites such as the BBC, a spokeswoman for the organising committee said Tuesday.
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Greece isn't the only country  seeing low turnout for the 2004 Summer Olympics -- on average,  about 8 percent fewer U.S. television viewers tuned in to  Friday's opening ceremonies on NBC than four years ago.