Microsoft's Steve Clayton says you'll be able to see every second of all 98 events if you choose.
Over the 18-day course of these Games, NBC will stream more than 1,000 hours live. Adobe is another partner involved in delivering the viewing experience. To help deliver the Olympics, NBC is partnering with Microsoft on the latter's Windows Azure cloud-computing technology. The digital broadcast feeds will be produced by NBC directly, or come from the host Olympic Broadcasting Service. rights to the Olympic videos - streaming, highlight clips, archiving and video on demand. (Sochi is nine hours ahead of the East Coast U.S. ET and highlights will not be available on demand until the event is shown to NBC's prime-time TV viewers. However full-event replays for some Olympic events will only be available around 3:30 p.m. NBC says most full-event replays and highlights will be available on demand immediately following their conclusion. If you miss that breathtaking ski jump or biathlon competition, you may be able to catch an encore. This time around, you can check out the action from Sochi on your smartphone or tablet.ĭiehards of certain sports that, for the most part, have been ignored in prime time, will be able to rely on mobile devices to see what's going on as it happens. You won't need to be glued to a TV set to watch, or even sit in front of a personal computer, which was the way you had to catch the live-stream from Vancouver. All 15 venues will be live-streamed at the Games that begin Thursday in Sochi. NEW YORK - Four years ago at the last Winter Olympics in Vancouver, NBC streamed just two events live - ice hockey and curling. (Correction: This story has been updated to reflect when certain replays and on-demand content will be available.)
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