NBCOlympics.com on MSN will also use Silverlight 2 to broadcast coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing online. Silverlight enables features such as the expert commentary window, which allows users to see live play-by-play commentary direct from Beijing.
MSN will offer a 24x7 Olympics module with the latest news, statistics and videos. The online video content will feature more than 3,000 hours of live and on-demand video content and provide dynamic and interactive stats, athlete profiles, and custom viewing features.
Silverlight enhanced mode offers a larger, crisper picture and offers a picture-in-picture feature allowing viewers to watch multiple simultaneous feeds and quickly switch to the current feed that interests them the most, all in high quality. Other features enable users to set alerts so they won’t miss their favorite event, and the ability to share a feed they’re watching with a friend.
Expert commentators will be live blogging play-by-play action, offering in-depth, personal insights of many Olympic events.
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Silverlight delivers four views simultaneously. View four events at the same time with picture-in-picture controls.
