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After DirecTV and DISH Network, its Comcast to sign an agreement with NBC Universal (NBCU) to broadcast 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Comcast will bring 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with more choices and will be delivered over the company’s advanced fiber optic network. The cable operator is planning to provide more than thousands of hours of NBCU’s wide-ranging coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Comcast has a link to NBCOlympics.com website through http://www.comcast.net/olympics/beijing/.
The features of Comcast Coverage of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games :

High-Definition Programming (HD)

Comcast Video On Demand (VOD)

NBCU’s comprehensive and diverse Olympic experience and

2,200 hours of broadband content available on NBCOlympics.com

High-Definition Programming (HD)

Comcast’s agreement with NBCU will ensure the cable operator to offer Olympic Games coverage of more than 1,200 total hours of Olympics coverage on seven NBCU networks like

NBC

CNBC

MSNBC

Oxygen

Telemundo

Universal HD and

USA Network.

Comcast also provides high-definition programming of more than 700 hours of HD coverage on networks including NBC HD, Universal HD, and USA HD.

Comcast Video On Demand (VOD)

Comcast to offer more than 60 programs on Comcast VOD which will include “Beijing 411,” “Meet the Athletes” and “Team USA Preview.” Comcast Digital Cable customers will be offered with Comcast Video On Demand (VOD) at no extra charge and will be delivered with Olympics programming, daily highlights, events and more.

http://www.comcast.net/olympics/beijing/

Comcast link to the Olympic game website directs to NBC’s 2008 Beijing Olympic Games site and the website will provide all information about Opening Ceremony, rich in content and previews and, during the Games, will deliver 2,200 hours of 25 events streamed live, plus full-event video replays, extensive highlights, including daily re-caps of key events, best-of montages, commentator analysis and athlete-specific clips each day.

“We are excited to offer this unprecedented cross-platform experience and give our customers unparalleled access to NBC’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,” said Matt Bond, Executive Vice President of Content Acquisition, Comcast Corporation. “Our customers now have front row seats to one of the most exciting events in the world, along with the ability to watch what they want, when they want to.”

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