While Olympic athletes and sports enthusiasts gear up for their journey to Athens, deskbound fans need not despair: They"ll be able to watch video highlights of the Games over the Internet. In the United States, the NBC 2004 Olympics site will feature the first online video of the summer Games from Athens, which runs Aug. 13-29.
In another first, the BBC will broadcast live coverage of the Games on the BBC Sports Olympic website to broadband viewers. "We will be maximizing our rights deal to provide video coverage of the games for U.K. broadband users for the first time," said Aashish Chandarana, broadband project manager for BBC Sports Interactive. "This means the standard text and still pictures coverage on the site will be complemented by live and on-demand video streams -- effectively bringing the interactive TV service to PC users."