New Wave.
Doesn't Tvtonic support the SilverLight player?
Would be nice if Microsoft acquired WXP for the offine capabilities, etc. Msft negotiated the Olympics deal with NBC for adoption of Silverlight 2. This event will kick off Silverlight 2 which I believe is being used for the NBC event for the first time. Interesting how WXP get's to achieve the same potential adoption. Maybe someone is kicking the tires?
Microsoft to use Olympics to help Vista, Silverlight
June 24th, 2008
For those of your who are looking forward to watching the 2008 Olympics but would like to watch the events online at a time that is convenient for you, you might be in luck! If you are running Vista and have Silverlight, thanks to a partnership with NBC and Wavexpress, you will be able to download olympic events off the internet onto your computer. If you are feeling left out for not having Vista, don’t be too disappointed as only some Vista users can use the service.
Powered by Wavexpress’ TVTonic Internet video service and client, NBC Olympics on the Go will only work for people that have a Media Center capable Vista PC. This means you must either be running Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate if you want to use this service. If you haven’t been excluded from this service yet, there is more that you should know. The video you download cannot be kept indefinitely and is only certain to last through the games. Also, you wont be able to watch the video from an event until 12 hours after it takes place. Finally, if you aren’t sad about this news yet, the service doesn’t allow for portable players. They are looking into other distribution outlets for putting the Olympics on portable devices, but as of right now, there will be no easy way to put the Olympics on portable devices.
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