Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Sun Micro to Provide Technology for Beijing Olympics

Sun Microsystems has been selected to provide the technology platform to NBC Universal for its Olympic web site, NBCOlympics.com during the network's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China, August 8-24.

The announcement was made today by Perkins Miller, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, NBC Sports and Olympics and Peter Ryan executive vice-president, Global Sales and Services, Sun Microsystems.

NBC plans to set a new standard in delivering digital content to viewers with live streaming of events, video archives of completed events, blogs, live chat, athlete profiles and many other unique features during the Beijing Olympics.

Olympic fans will have access to approximately 2,200 total hours of live streaming Olympic broadband video coverage of 25 different sports on the site.

"In 2008, NBCOlympics.com is redefining the Olympic experience and Sun Microsystems has been an important partner in that effort. We have recognized the growing online viewership for the Olympics and have worked with Sun to create a powerful and feature-rich Web experience for NBCOlympics.com," said Perkins Miller, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, NBC Sports and Olympics.

The NBCOlympics.com site will be supported by 160 Sun Fire X4450 and Sun Fire X4150 servers. In the lead-up to and during the games, Sun Services will provide installation, engineering expertise and support to NBCOlympics.com.