I was shown a sneak peek of the NBC Olympics 2008 Beijing website set to launch this summer.
I think we'll look back and say this site launch was a pivotal point in time in the history of video on the Internet. (Another one will be the election in November in the US.)
What's in story this summer from NBC?
Hotspots in Video
In Video Navigation
Multiple Live Cameras (as in 4 or 5!) showing on your screen
Picture in Picture - where you can actually see and enjoy the small and large screen
Extensive search database - alerts of breaking news you want in video based on your preferences, and more.
I hope NBC does well with their website. It'll set a benchmark for other media companies, and I hope user generated content producers. To advance video quality and content distribution, let's hope all the bells and whistles on the website are 'best practices" for 2009 budgeting for all the media companies.
AOL and ESPN are doing great in the interactive sports race that includes video and portability on the Internet and beyond. We'll see how they cover the Olympics.
Now - this isn't web 2.0 or web 3.0 or web 4.0. It is just one of the things the net does and always what those of us in media envisioned. What will you call it? Who knows, but I hope you call it "good." Microsoft Silverlight was used to power the video portal multi-browser, multi-use Olympic website.
See you on the Net
Peggy
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