European Broadcasting Union Streams Olympic Video via Akamai

Akamai Technologies announced that its global streaming network was utilized by leading broadcasters throughout Europe for the delivery of live and archived footage of the Athens 2004 Olympic Game. The video content was made available on the broadcasters' respective Web sites.



The agreement between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the EBU marked the first time in Olympics history that live Internet streaming of the Games to European end users was authorized by the IOC. To adhere to syndication guidelines set forth by the IOC for the online streaming of the Olympic Games, content was directed to authorized subscribers in each country or region. Akamai's geo-location technologies, and integration with leading content security provider Entriq, help enable EBU broadcasters to avoid violation of these acquired rights.



European broadcasters using the streaming included ARD, ZDF in Germany, Canal+ in France, SVT in Sweden, DR Denmark, and SRG in Switzerland, to name a few. http://www.akamai.comhttp://www.entriq.com