Comments on: Vancouver Olympics Have Ambitious Live Streaming Plans — But Only in Canada

By: Watching the 2010 Winter Olympics Online Around the World

Watching the 2010 Winter Olympics Online Around the World — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:32:00 +0000

[...] CTV is also featuring a number of online-only live streams on its site CTVOlympics.ca. The declared goal of Canada’s broadcasters is to have “every single moment” of the games available [...]

By: Your Guide to the Vancouver Olympics Online – GigaOM

Your Guide to the Vancouver Olympics Online – GigaOM — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:29:39 +0000

[...] track. Happen to live in another country, say the host nation of Canada? Awesome. They’re planning to offer nine live feeds plus simulcasts of five TV stations, with the goal of showing “every single [...]

By: Online 2010 Olympics Coverage to Have an Authentication Hurdle

Online 2010 Olympics Coverage to Have an Authentication Hurdle — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:20:52 +0000

[...] Putting up barriers is hardly in keeping with the spirit of the games. If the Canadians can run every single moment of next year’s games live online, why can’t [...]

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:44:12 +0000

Totally. Though I alluded to that during the interview and he said something about proxy servers. :)

By: Thee Stranger

Thee Stranger — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:08:53 +0000

I think this is Canada's revenge for not being allowed to watch anything on Hulu.

By: Moose

Moose — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:36:03 +0000

Now's about the time to start watching for a online upstart with enough hutzpah to take on the giants to step up and negotiate a exclusive international online-only distribution deal. The investments that would have to be made in infrastructure tooling would be immense, but it would be a golden opportunity for a company to use a massive event like the olympics to leapfrog far and above over the established giants.