It turns out someone did a great summary of the ups and downs of this year's Open at Bethpage.
I can't do it any more justice than this sports commentary article. Bureaucracies are something else, aren't they?
Friday, June 26, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Open Golf Live on the Internet
Do you remember when big streaming video events got national news headlines for "crashing the Internet?" Now, no one thinks twice about watching US Open golf live on their PCs, and can easily download software to do it.
The Victoria's Secret fashion show was famous for clogging up the Internet. As a result, almost everyone learned what video streaming was. The stock prices for all the companies that did video streaming exploded in value. Akamai, for example, rose from $26 per share to $145 the day they "went public." The current owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, made his first billion selling Broadcast.com, a streaming company, to Yahoo!
Microcast pioneered ad-supported video streaming but unfortunately suffered a typical dot-com fate. They were the first company to stream any part of a golf tournament live on the Internet.
Microcast had their own booth with commentators at the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass, the one with the infamous island green. Fans were able to watch the 17th hole for the first two days of that tournament in 2000. Never before had unedited live coverage of the first two days of a tournament from anywhere on the course been available. It was fascinating to see how many of the extreme A-List golfers splashed into the pond on those first days. By the third day, of course, the remaining competitors had it all "dialed in" and made putting the ball on the green look effortless for major network coverage.
A lot of the technology has changed since then, and broadcast feeds are available to streaming companies, enabling you to watch Open golf live wherever you are. Back then, even the programs that buffered the incoming video stream were being re-invented and made better nearly every week. Today, the companies that provide high quality live video streams also supply customized software for your PC that is matched to their broadcasting (streaming) servers for the best video.
Now that the Internet has many times the capacity, almost everyone can watch all kinds of sports action, including US Open golf live on their PC if they want to. All you really need is a high-speed Internet connection and a decent, not-too-old computer. Then, you'll need to download the software for a nominal fee that enables you to find and legally watch thousands of TV channels from around the world any time of day or night. It seems the broadcasters enjoy the bigger audience, since they can sell ads against higher viewership numbers, a win-win scenario. That software is called SatelliteTVforPC.
There is a big difference in streaming something live vs. "on-demand" as in the YouTube model, and optimized software that manages that "buffering" process throughout the show is key to a high quality experience. The SatelliteTVtoPC download will enable you to watch US Open golf live this year wherever you are!
The Victoria's Secret fashion show was famous for clogging up the Internet. As a result, almost everyone learned what video streaming was. The stock prices for all the companies that did video streaming exploded in value. Akamai, for example, rose from $26 per share to $145 the day they "went public." The current owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, made his first billion selling Broadcast.com, a streaming company, to Yahoo!
Microcast pioneered ad-supported video streaming but unfortunately suffered a typical dot-com fate. They were the first company to stream any part of a golf tournament live on the Internet.
Microcast had their own booth with commentators at the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass, the one with the infamous island green. Fans were able to watch the 17th hole for the first two days of that tournament in 2000. Never before had unedited live coverage of the first two days of a tournament from anywhere on the course been available. It was fascinating to see how many of the extreme A-List golfers splashed into the pond on those first days. By the third day, of course, the remaining competitors had it all "dialed in" and made putting the ball on the green look effortless for major network coverage.
A lot of the technology has changed since then, and broadcast feeds are available to streaming companies, enabling you to watch Open golf live wherever you are. Back then, even the programs that buffered the incoming video stream were being re-invented and made better nearly every week. Today, the companies that provide high quality live video streams also supply customized software for your PC that is matched to their broadcasting (streaming) servers for the best video.
Now that the Internet has many times the capacity, almost everyone can watch all kinds of sports action, including US Open golf live on their PC if they want to. All you really need is a high-speed Internet connection and a decent, not-too-old computer. Then, you'll need to download the software for a nominal fee that enables you to find and legally watch thousands of TV channels from around the world any time of day or night. It seems the broadcasters enjoy the bigger audience, since they can sell ads against higher viewership numbers, a win-win scenario. That software is called SatelliteTVforPC.
There is a big difference in streaming something live vs. "on-demand" as in the YouTube model, and optimized software that manages that "buffering" process throughout the show is key to a high quality experience. The SatelliteTVtoPC download will enable you to watch US Open golf live this year wherever you are!
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