http://gigaom.com/2012/07/23/twitter-as-media-its-ambitions-grow-with-nbc-olympic-deal/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2012/07/23/twitter-as-media-its-ambitions-grow-with-nbc-olympic-deal/#comment-868228 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:43:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=545401#comment-868228 Twitter and Facebook get sweet deals. Ford, Coke, Nike etc all have to pay huge bucks to get their logos on all those TV screens. Twitter and Facebook pay nothing.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/07/23/twitter-as-media-its-ambitions-grow-with-nbc-olympic-deal/#comment-868116 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:45:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=545401#comment-868116 Is Mass Relevance a part of this in any way? They’ve been Twitter’s on-air tweet curation partner for the past few years.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/07/23/twitter-as-media-its-ambitions-grow-with-nbc-olympic-deal/#comment-867949 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:48:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=545401#comment-867949 Interesting to see that NBC is partnering with both Twitter and Facebook. Today’s advanced technology allows huge businesses, like the one’s mentioned, to accomplish great things together. While not everyone will be able to watch the Olympics by their TVs, they will be able to stream coverage and get live updates wherever they go (so long as they have a wi-fi or 3G/4G connection). Those attending the Olympics will likely want to update their online profiles and upload pictures or videos of the events. I think that after this partnership, even more people will be turning to Twitter and Facebook for event updates as well.

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