(AP) -- NBC Universal is running an unprecedented 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage on television and the Internet, most of it live online, letting fans track their favorite sports in a way not possible even if they'd gone to Beijing.
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NBC/News Corp. Video Site to Be 'Mostly Free'
News Corp. and NBC Universal confirmed that their unnamed video site will launch this summer, featuring "mostly free" content together with partners AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo. But don't say it competes with YouTube, they insisted.
Broadband Report: YouTube plays with NBC
It's amazing how far the social video Web site YouTube has come in such a short time. In less than 12 months YouTube has reportedly had 9 million people a month visit the Web site, making it one of the largest and most trafficked video sites on the Internet, only being beaten by MSNBC. That's a pretty big accomplishment and a sign that online video is the next big thing in the Web.
Broadband Report: Web video on your TiVo?
TiVo announced Wednesday that customers will be able to view Web video on their TiVo-based DVR devices. The new service dubbed "TiVoCast" will work with the company's new Series 2 TiVo set top DVR boxes, as long as it's connected to a broadband network. The content will be available through TiVo's showcase menu.
Movies-for-download making inroads
U.K. movie-goers now have easier access to Hollywood blockbusters anywhere they go thanks to Universal Pictures. The studio giant will allow customers to purchase movies to keep in three different downloadable formats onto computers, mobile phones or portable video players.
Digital killed the video store
The livelihood of video stores and online rentals might be numbered, now that the video-download movement is underway. The dawn of convenient video downloads of movie and television shows follows in the steps of audio music and music videos, and more companies are jumping on the bandwagon, trying to tap into a chunk of this growing industry.
Sprint Offers Faster Video Streaming and BlackBerry Access for Corporate Networks
Sprint (NYSE: FON) and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced plans to offer BlackBerry® to Sprint business customers later this year. Under terms of the agreement, the wireless email solution will be available on select handheld devices certified to operate on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS network. Sprint also today announced the launch of Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Multimedia Services, a service that offers streaming video and audio content available nationwide.The Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phone MM-A700 by Samsung® will be the first CDMA device in the United States to deliver streaming audio and video content from familiar sources such as CNN, Universal NBC, FOX Sports, The Weather Channel, E! Entertainment, mFlix, Twentieth Century Fox, AccuWeather and 1KTV.
US man apparently commits suicide as others watch via webcam
A Florida teenager apparently committed suicide with a lethal cocktail of pills in front of his webcam as others watched it live on the Internet, authorities and local media said Saturday.
Broadband makes tiny town an English-teaching hub
(AP) -- The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff's deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster.
