Kurt
Heitmann and the good people at CP Communications have established a
memorial trust fund in honor of ESPN and sports industry audio
legend Ron Scalise that will be used for the college education of his
three children: Rosario, 16, RJ, 11, and his daughter Brenna, 10. At
the request of the family this will be the only fund established to
limit confusion. For more information on donating to the fund please
click on this story.
All donations should be made out to the fund and should be sent to:
Kurt G. Heitmann
CP Communications, Inc.
200 Clearbrook Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
Third Annual Sports & Technology Research Study
The Sports Video Group and the Consumer Electronics Association has released the
third-annual “Sports & Technology Research Survey, highlighting the power
that sports content has as both a driver of HD set sales as well as other new
technologies. The survey includes our exclusive 2008 Super Bowl Briefing as
well as new data about consumer online sports viewing behavior.
Sun Microsystems will provide the technology platform for NBCOlympics.com. The
NBCOlympics.com site is supported by 160 Sun Fire X4450 and Sun Fire X4150
servers. In the lead-up to and during the games, Sun Services will provide
installation, engineering expertise and support to NBCOlympics.com.
“Sun has worked hard to architect a powerful, energy efficient
platform for NBCOlympics.com that will rapidly scale for hundreds of millions
of sports fans who look to the Internet for the latest events and results,
” said Peter Ryan, executive vice-president, Global Sales and
Services, Sun Microsystems. Miller said:
“In 2008,
NBCOlympics.com is redefining the Olympic experience and Sun Microsystems has
been an important partner in that effort. We have recognized the growing online
viewership for the Olympics and have worked with Sun to create a powerful and
feature-rich Web experience for NBCOlympics.com.
”
Olympic fans will have access to approximately 2,200 total hours of live
streaming Olympic broadband video coverage of 25 different sports on the site.
