After browsing around the NBC Olympics website I got to noticing just how much screen real estate that Microsoft is gathering on the site. They’ve just about got every single corner of the page covered by one of their properties.

Good deal for them, and I’m sure NBC was pleased to get some sponsorship money to help with the giant bandwidth charges they’ll be seeing for the next few weeks.

Microsoft has got MSN, Hotmail, MSNBC and their own corporate website linked in from the homepage and every other page on the site.

The good news is that the Silverlight videos are all now working for me.

Good stuff!

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08.08.08 – Lucky Microsoft! Loads of Sponsorship Eyeballs

I’m really excited about the Olympics getting ready to start on 08.08.08. Even as simple as it is, I love the date it’s about to start.

One of the other things I’m looking forward to this year is the ability to really be able to enjoy the highlights of the various events that I will inevitably miss because of work or other responsibilities.

NBC has used the Microsoft Silverlight media technology to make the videos come alive.

The only problem is I’ve gone to the site now a few different times now and I’m continually prompted to download and install the Silverlight 2.0 software, which I’ve done. You know what the problem is? Firefox, or at least Firefox 3.0. As good as Silverlight 2.0 might be, I’d think Microsoft would want to make it work on Firefox wouldn’t you?

What’s the deal here. Doesn’t seem smart to me.

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NBC Olympics Website Uses Silverlight…or are they?