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A leading developer of solutions for bringing television, video and movie content to the latest generation of viewing devices -- is one of the key enablers of the unprecedented live Internet coverage of the Summer Games currently being enjoyed by U.S. audiences.
 
Over 2200 hours of video will be streamed live on the Internet at NBCOlympics.com, powered by Digital Rapids' encoding and streaming systems. The unprecedented scale of NBC Universal's online coverage created new challenges going far beyond typical streaming scenarios.

In the past, the live streaming of major international events typically started with the satellite transmission of a single main feed from the source location to the destination country, where that single feed would be encoded, streamed, and distributed. The content of that feed -- the switching between camera angles, viewpoints, and storylines -- was controlled at the source. In contrast, for the Summer Games, dozens of simultaneous live event feeds are being encoded in Beijing and streamed to the U.S. for distribution to web audiences. In doing so, NBC Universal is putting the control in the hands of the viewer, letting users watch multiple events concurrently while interactively switching between streams through a rich media experience enabled by the cross-platform Microsoft Silverlight technology.