Comments on: NBCSports.com to webcast NHL pre-game show http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/nbcsportscom-to-webcast-nhl-pre-game-show/ Where TV Finds the Future Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Vlajbert http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/nbcsportscom-to-webcast-nhl-pre-game-show/#comment-124749 Vlajbert Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:55:10 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/nbcsportscom-to-webcast-nhl-pre-game-show/#comment-124749 IB has been doing on demand and live streaming through Akamai for years. The final hockey game for the 2006 Olympics was streamed and Geocoded so Akamai streaming for NBCSports isn't new. Hmm, I'll have to find an open proxy server in Canada and see if I can get the stream. I have a little experience with Akamai streaming and Geocoding. :) IB has been doing on demand and live streaming through Akamai for years. The final hockey game for the 2006 Olympics was streamed and Geocoded so Akamai streaming for NBCSports isn’t new.

Hmm, I’ll have to find an open proxy server in Canada and see if I can get the stream. I have a little experience with Akamai streaming and Geocoding. :)

]]> By: Paul Kaliciak http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/nbcsportscom-to-webcast-nhl-pre-game-show/#comment-124648 Paul Kaliciak Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:15:07 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/nbcsportscom-to-webcast-nhl-pre-game-show/#comment-124648 We just found streaming an entire hockey game quite practical here in Canada, with the World Junior Hockey Championship from Sweden. The gold medal game (Canada vs Russia) on Fri Jan 5 at 1pm ET had 241,000 unique viewers, with a peak of 118,000 at the end of the third period. We did a 600Kb/s stream, locked down to Canada-only, via Akamai. Needless to say, we are going to be doing a LOT more hockey LOL We just found streaming an entire hockey game quite practical here in Canada, with the World Junior Hockey Championship from Sweden. The gold medal game (Canada vs Russia) on Fri Jan 5 at 1pm ET had 241,000 unique viewers, with a peak of 118,000 at the end of the third period. We did a 600Kb/s stream, locked down to Canada-only, via Akamai. Needless to say, we are going to be doing a LOT more hockey LOL

]]> By: Randy Hoffman http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/nbcsportscom-to-webcast-nhl-pre-game-show/#comment-124291 Randy Hoffman Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:12:03 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/10/nbcsportscom-to-webcast-nhl-pre-game-show/#comment-124291 Interesting. Obviously streaming an entire hockey game over the web is not practical at this point in time. But, if you can create web-based components that can be added to an advertising package the "television" financial realities of sports like the NHL really begin to change. Particularly if the web-based components can provide measurement metrics that will allow you to sell those components at some premium. Interesting. Obviously streaming an entire hockey game over the web is not practical at this point in time. But, if you can create web-based components that can be added to an advertising package the “television” financial realities of sports like the NHL really begin to change. Particularly if the web-based components can provide measurement metrics that will allow you to sell those components at some premium.

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