At Mobile World Congress, Nokia Siemens Networks laid out an ambitious heterogeneous network strategy, unveiling its Flexi Zone fabric of small cells. NSN, however, was missing one crucial piece Wi-Fi. NSN has now filled that hole through a deal with metro Wi-Fi vendor Ruckus Wireless. Read more »
Olympics organisers have taken to social media to say spectators and athletes can upload photos from this summer’s London games venues, despite guidance that has been interpreted to the contrary. Read more at paidContent »
Organisers want to stop athletes and spectators from publishing photos, video and audio from this summer’s London Olympics, in an effort to protect Big Media rights outlay – but that doesn’t mean the Olympics doesn’t have a social media strategy… Read more at paidContent »
Samsung will take the wraps off its latest Galaxy handset at an event in London on May 3. You’re all thinking this will be the Galaxy S III, and you’re probably right, but there may be more to this event than a mere smartphone unveiling. Read more »
The BBC brings sport video on demand and on-board motor-racing live cams to connected TVs including TiVo. Read more at paidContent »
NBCUniversal will once again use its Olympics coverage to search for what it calls the “holy grail” of audience measurement. This time, however, the company is approaching the development of this metric with a little more urgency. Read more »
When it comes to live events, fewer are bigger than the Super Bowl on TV. But what about online? The Super Bowl, along with the Pro Bowl and other postseason games, will be live streamed for the first time, thanks to the NFL and NBC. Read more »
NBC Universal won the bidding war to keep the Olympic Games on its networks through 2020. The good news for Olympics superfans is that it has also agreed to eschew the tape delay and make all events available live on one platform or another. Read more »
The numbers from the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tournament are in, and March Madness’ success, both on TV and online, show that the live streams of sporting events online could actually be complementary to, and not cannibalistic of TV viewership. Read more »
Soon, folks who are interested in publishing their content in the ePub format — an open eBook standard — might just develop a taste for the iWork suite, which, using today’s update, makes it simple to export documents in the ePub format. Read more »
The recently concluded Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada were a watershed moment in the history of online video. Akamai, a Cambridge, Mass.-based content delivery network with a global footprint helped collect some of the stats about Vancouver Olympics and they are truly mind-boggling. Continue reading […] Read more »
The first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicks off in about two weeks — and as usual, CBS Sports will have broadcast and online coverage of all the games. For those that were disappointed by the lack of live video available from the 2010 […] Read more »
The first online audience numbers for the 2010 Winter Olympics are coming in, and NBC is ready to celebrate: The network served 45 million video streams from the games, according to data it obtained from Omniture, and NBCOlympics.com doubled its page views compared to the 2006 […] Read more »
Last week, one of the stranger controversies to arise during the Olympics had nothing to do with authentication, thanks to commentators on the men’s figure skating competition, who strongly insinuated that sixth-place finisher Johnny Weir might be “too gay” for the sport. Johnny Weir’s own response was […] Read more »
With the 2010 Winter Olympics wrapping up this weekend in Vancouver, I hope we can put the past behind us. That is, the past of crappy U.S. online coverage of a major global sporting event, with the key offender being exclusive distributor NBC. Read more »
NBC’s decision to restrict live streaming of the Vancouver Winter Olympics to subscribers of cable, satellite or IPTV services is making many cord cutters scramble. We’ve heard anecdotes from former cable customers flocking to gyms or stop by friends for surprise visits while figure skating and […] Read more »
A Trickle of Live Streams on NBC Web Site for Olympics; NBC’s Web site is live-streaming fewer sports than it did in Beijing, marking a step backward in online access to marquee events. (NY Times) UK Online Video Service SeeSaw Goes Live; the service goes live […] Read more »
Where do you go to watch the Vancouver Olympics online if you’re living in Canada, Europe or Asia? Those were some of the first questions we got when we published our Where to Watch the 2010 Winter Olympics Online guide a few days ago. And yes, we’re […] Read more »
Early birds can tune into a 360-degree live stream of the Today Show this morning, making it possible to take a peek behind the scenes and see the whole set of the show, which is being broadcast from Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain this week to cover the […] Read more »
While the actual experience of using NBCOlympics.com may not be ideal, that hasn’t stopped the network’s online coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics from doing just fine stats-wise. According to a release from NBC Universal, 13.6 million unique visitors so far have come to NBCOlympics.com for […] Read more »
There’s no denying that NBC Universal, in attempting to cover the entire scope of the Winter Olympics on and offline, has a monumental task on its hands — there are simply so many events happening on a daily basis that it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Thus, […] Read more »
NBC Is Losing Money on the Olympics Because It Paid Too Much for Them; GE predicts NBCU will generate $250 million less in advertising revenue than it cost to license and produce the games. (TV by the Numbers) Hollywood Rushes Out 3-D Movies In Wake of […] Read more »
Figure skating! Snowboarding! Curling! The Winter Olympics are about to start in Vancouver today, and sports fans of all colors are ready to tune in and count the gold medals. Of course, having the Olympics in Canada is nice, because we don’t have to get up […] Read more »
The flags, the speeds, the gates, the snow, the ice, the blades, the luge, the twirling adolescents — get psyched! The Vancouver edition of the Winter Olympics are starting today. Want to follow along online? Here are a few key resources. Read more »
Buildings, like cars, need constant tune-ups to make sure they’re running efficiently, says David Helliwell, co-founder of 4-year-old startup Pulse Energy, which makes building energy management systems. Fortunately for Pulse Energy’s customers, buildings don’t need the time-consuming, oil change-type of maintenance, and Pulse Energy can use […] Read more »
