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August 11th, 2008

More Silverlight Issues for Olympics

I believe I’ve now tried to watch videos on the NBCOlympics website more times than the number of medals that the United States has won so far in the games.
I thought I was getting closer this morning as I was back at the office and wanted to have some live video playing on the […]

By Jason Bean -- 6 comments

August 8th, 2008

08.08.08 – Lucky Microsoft! Loads of Sponsorship Eyeballs

After browsing around the NBC Olympics website I got to noticing just how much screen real estate that Microsoft is gathering on the site. They’ve just about got every single corner of the page covered by one of their properties.
Good deal for them, and I’m sure NBC was pleased to get some sponsorship money […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

July 31st, 2008

NBC Olympics Website Uses Silverlight…or are they?

I’m really excited about the Olympics getting ready to start on 08.08.08. Even as simple as it is, I love the date it’s about to start.
One of the other things I’m looking forward to this year is the ability to really be able to enjoy the highlights of the various events that I […]

By Jason Bean -- 9 comments