2008 Summer Olympic Coverage
The daily 2008 Summer Olympic Schedule has not been announced yet, but with the games set to begin in a little over 30 days, the broadcast plans are getting clearer. Here is the shakedown so far.
NBC Universal has the exclusive rights to the Olympics. They will produce over 3,600 hours of Summer Olympic coverage, all in high definition. The HDTV broadcasts will be carried on NBC, USA and Universal HD, but it remains unclear what time slots will be carried on each network. As we discover information, we will update our 2008 Summer Olympic Schedule.
NBC will be offering downloadable video coverage of the Summer Games on-line. Although the streaming coverage will not be true high definition, we thought it important to mention anyway. However, there are two huge draw backs. First, if an event is covered on TV, it will not be available on the internet until after it has broadcast. Second, only users of Microsoft Vista will be able to download the necessary software to watch the internet Olympic Coverage. So everyone using Vista and willing to download more software can get all their info here.
Has NBC not learned anything from the CBS streaming coverage of the NCAA Tournament, or ESPN 360?
Stay close to HDSportsGuide for continued updates to the Summer Olympics Guide and news posts.
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July 14th, 2008 at 9:25 am
It looks like the Vista requirement is only for “downloadable” video, as in save-it-on-your-computer-and-watch-it-later video. The live streaming content looks like it will use Silverlight which is available for Windows (Vista, XP, 2000) and Mac (no Linux yet). The video they have available right now works just fine on my Mac.
July 20th, 2008 at 1:51 am
No event of the true Olympics-the 24 Men’s Track and Field events- will be seen live.Who is going to watch something if they already know the outcome?This is not Rome or Tokyo before Telstar,this is the 24 hour a day 2008.