Video Reports from the Special Olympic Games
Farmers’ Almanac TV (who knew?!?) will offer friends and families of athletes competing in the first-ever Special Olympics USA National Games the opportunity to view daily reports on the games via the Internet. The Special Olympics USA National Games will be held from July 2 through July 7, on the Iowa State University campus in Ames, Iowa. More than 3,000 Special Olympics athletes from all 50 US states will compete in the Special Olympics USA National Games’ 12 Olympic-style sports and, in the process, will promote the achievements and abilities of persons with intellectual disabilities to all of America.
The Special Olympics USA National Games coverage is part of a journey through Iowa and other states and regions of North America, to videotape stories for the second season of the television series of the same name. Season one of Farmers’ Almanac TV is currently airing on public television stations throughout the US.
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Video: 2010 Special Olympics to get underway
Tim Shriver and Special Olympian Ricardo Thornton join Andrea Mitchell to discuss the Games, the first since founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver died last August. (Other)
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Video: Finding Haylee a home – and a family
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NBCOlympics.com Streaming the Games
NBC is significantly expanding its Olympics video offerings for the internet and mobile phones, a sure sign of its increased comfort with technologies that erect geographic boundaries online, however the video access will be limited to internet users in the United States.
The network’s official Olympics site, NBCOlympics.com, will show for
MarchMadness Free Web Video On Demand
Sports events have been shown on the Net in the past, by CBS, ESPN, and others. But the audiences have been limited, since they typically cost viewers money or are niche events. Since the Webcast will be paid for with advertising, it could draw the biggest online viewership ever.
Video: Suspicion and firefights in Afghanistan’s Sangin Valley
There's no such thing as a "routine patrol" for the soldiers of the Royal Marines Alpha Company in the Sangin Valley of Afghanistan. ITN's John Ray shares the troops' cat-and-mouse games with the enemy. (Nightly News)
IPTV 2006 Update – The Evolution of IP Media
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Ustream.TV Lands $2M for Live Web Video Service
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