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Sun Microsystems to Provide Technology Platform for NBC’s Online Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games

High-Performance Platform to Enable Live Events Streamed Online to NBCOlympics.com During Coverage of the Beijing Olympics, August 8-24, 2008

NEW YORK (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) July 21, 2008 — Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) has been selected to provide the technology platform to NBC Universal for its Olympic web site, NBCOlympics.com, during the network’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China, August 8-24. The announcement was made today by Perkins Miller, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, NBC Sports and Olympics and Peter Ryan executive vice-president, Global Sales and Services, Sun Microsystems.

Very cool, it’s always interesting to read what technologies are being used in these kind of events, particularly as they broadcast on so many different mediums, blog, video, radio, text, podcast etc.

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