MSN will offer a 24x7 Olympics module with the latest news, statistics and videos

Written by IT News on 9:19 AM

Microsoft, MSN and NBC is drawn to what in Redmond company referred to as innovative Olympics online viewing, nothing short of the most widely watched Olympic event via the Internet. And Silverlight 2 will be placed firmly at the heart of sporting competition, courtesy of NBCOlympics.com of MSN website. According to Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of Developer Microsoft, online Hotspot will be the largest built Silverlight application because the software giant released its alternative to Adobe Flash.

"NBCOlympics.com on MSN will give fans a sport Olympics online experience likes never before, allowing them to watch what they want when they want. At it peak, in NBCOlympics.com will broadcast 20 simultaneous streaming online at richer video format available on the Web today. To put this in perspective, if you look at 2008 Summer Olympics full-time job, she'll take more than two and a half years to watch the contents of all, "said Perkins Miller, senior vice president of digital media for NBC Universal Sports & Olympics.

Eric Jorgensen, corporate vice president of MSN, revealed that more than 3000 hours of videos content, both live and on-demand will be facilitated through Silverlight. In this context, NBCOlympics.com of MSN will not only be the number one online Hotspot for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but also the main source of Silverlight downloads. The site has the potential to spread Silverlight to the point where plug-in will be able to limit the dominance of Flash as a medium for multimedia and interactive experiences on the Internet. Guthrie said that the end users will take only ten seconds, to download and install Silverlight browser plug-in.

"Silverlight enables new types of functionality, such as" control room "which allows multiple streams of video to be points at the same time, activated from the reproduction of the work of the Windows Media video on computers and Macs. The picture-in-picture feature will allow viewers to see several issues simultaneously and quickly switch to the current issue that interests them most, all in high-quality video. Other features allow users to identify signals so that they will not miss their favorite event and the opportunity to share issue they watch with a friend. Adapted heard, providing the best possible experience for the viewer of the flow, regardless of network conditions, using sophisticated techniques that adjust the speed of delivery fly, "added Guthrie.