AT&T, Verizon Offer NBC Olympics Coverage on TV, Web, Mobile

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 18, 2008 - 9:50am.

New York - NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) this week granted both Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T) rights to air its Olympics coverage on the broadband, IPTV and mobile platforms. Live event streaming, NBC Olympics video-on-demand and daily highlight clips will be offered on AT&T's U-Verse and Verizon's FiOS TV digital TV services, while on-demand content and interactive widgets will be available to the companies' broadband subscribers. NBC's Olympics 2Go mobile TV channel will be available to both AT&T Mobile TV and Verizon V CAST mobile TV service subscribers; both services are powered by Qualcomm's MediaFLO USA.

 

Related Links:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080717/ny27973.html (Verizon)

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080716/aqw027.html (AT&T)



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