Four Video Channels Streaming Online for Beijing

In A First For New Zealand, tvnz.co.nz Will Offer Four Channels Of Simultaneous Video Streaming Online During Beijing 2008

Nothing compares with the power and excitement of the Olympic Games, the greatest global sporting event. When the world's elite athletes gather in Beijing this August, TVNZ will bring Kiwi viewers closer to the drama and excitement than ever before, with spectacular images, expanded coverage, and new technologies.

The online home of the Olympic Games is TVNZ's dedicated Olympic website at tvnz.co.nz which is now LIVE. The site can be found at tvnz.co.nz/Olympics

TVNZ is the official online partner of the Beijing Olympics. The Olympic website is a one-stop shop for information, analysis and breaking Olympic news in the build-up to Beijing.

Site features include a dedicated section for every Olympic sport and profiles of every New Zealand competitor in the Games – including a range of interviews with the Kiwi medal hopefuls. Those wanting to enjoy past glories can watch the range of archive video footage. Google Maps technology has been utilised to produce a stunning bird's-eye of the Beijing venues and there are blogs from sports broadcasting legends Keith Quinn and John McBeth, as well as diaries from several competing athletes. Further features include a full event schedule, photo galleries and all the news from the tvnz.co.nz journalists who will be will be part of the TVNZ production teams in Beijing and Auckland.

During the Games, in a first for New Zealand, tvnz.co.nz will offer the chance to choose from up to four channels of simultaneous video streaming online from TV ONE, TVNZ Sport Extra and two additional channels programmed by ONE Sport, which are only available online. There will be regularly updated information on the broadcast schedules for the television and online channels, and a daily package of Olympics video highlights that will be updated overnight, allowing Kiwis to catch up on, or re-live, the previous day's big Olympic moments.

"This depth of online coverage of a major sporting event is something New Zealanders have never experienced," says Jason Paris, Head of Emerging Business. "As well as broadcasting over 800 hours of Olympics action online, we're offering up our richest content experience yet, with a wealth of video resources, coverage of every sport, high-quality images and all of the big stories about the Games."

Head of Sport Murray Needham agrees: "The Olympic channels at tvnz.co.nz add another dimension to our coverage of Beijing, and give New Zealanders unprecedented opportunities to be part of the thrills and emotion of the Games."

Beijing 2008 will be screened from August 8-24 across TV ONE, TVNZ Sport Extra and tvnz.co.nz

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