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NBC Revvs Up In Face Of Bejing Olympics

Published on 06/03/08
by Kolja

I’ve just watched a keynote from MIX08, where Microsoft presents its newest tools like the Internet Explorer 8 to web developers. What striked me was the presentation from Perkins Miller; he presented the video player NBC plans to use for the Bejing Olympics this year.

It makes great use of Microsoft’s new silverlight technology, which will rival Adobe’s Flash. Video-in-video, rewinding of live streams, info alerts while you watch - you name it, they implemented it. And it looks so easy! He starts about an hour and 17 minutes into the keynote:

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