Ingrid Lunden
Apr 1, 2011 7:56 AM
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Two more NFC initiatives in Europe—one in the UK and one in Spain; two reports on some of the bells and whistles that we may see in Apple’s future mobile products; BMW startups up a $100 million fund to…
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Patrick Smith
Feb 19, 2009 6:27 AM
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the European cross-platform broadcasting rights to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia and the and 2016 Olympic Games to sports rights distributor Sportfive. The deal covers the free TV, pay TV, online and mobile rights in 40 European countries but does not…
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David Kaplan
Feb 11, 2009 8:35 AM
Although the summer Olympics ended just over six months ago, the networks are already putting their digital plans in place for London’s 2012 games. Speaking at a forum on the games, executives from NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and the BBC discussed their expectations for the online games. In terms of…
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Patrick Smith
Dec 4, 2008 7:09 AM
The BBC wants the 2012 London Olympics to be a watershed moment in the country’s shift from analogue or TV set-based viewing to digital. That could well be the case: by then the country’s analogue signal will have been switched off and figures released today for the iPlayer, more than…
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Dianne See Morrison
Sep 12, 2008 6:21 AM
The BBC has released some statistics on its blog looking at how its web site fared during the Olympics with audiences. Online video, turned out to be particularly successful for the broadcaster, which reported that up to 45 percent of the Olympics audience engaged with video from the Olympics site.…
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