> > I have looked around for any WEB sites that are providing on-time > video coverage. I have not been able to find one. With digital cameras, > it should be easy for an overseas WEB site to smuggle and send out video. > > Our local paper reported on Thursday that the Olympic committee have cracked down on sites that have the word Olympics in them to protect the official site, and there can be no on-line broadcasts. NBC paid $US705 million for the broadcast rights, and the committee says that those rights must be protected. TV or nothing? Also in the report, work has begun on the web site for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but at this stage there is no move to allow for video coverage over the net. Start lobbying! Allan Singleton Hamilton NZ (still medal-less) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Sep 17 2000 - 02:12:12 PDT
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