Silverlight Streaming Video for 2008 Olympics

How would you like to be handed this IT project: create a website that will present 2,200 hours of live, interactive video, plus integrated broadcast coverage. The site will have huge spikes of traffic, and operate under worldwide scrutiny, so it has to be designed for performance. It has to be done in the next 150 days; no schedule extensions are possible. And it must deliver a brilliant user experience.

It’s the job in front of developers for the NBC Summer Olympics website, which also will offer expert commentary and sports biographies and permit users to share links to favorite event videos.

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• Posted: March 11, 2008 | Filed: Channels, Editors Choice | Permalink |

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