The network is using Cisco Systems' IP video network infrastructure and video encoding software to distribute its Olympic coverage from China through the same virtual pipe to televisions, PCs and smart phones around the world. - NBC may have all the cameras, cables, on-air talent and back-scene technicians over in Beijing for the 29th Summer Olympiad, but Cisco Systems and Omneon are the IT companies serving up all that sports video to the outside world.
By the time the Games end on Aug. 24, somewhere between 2,900 and ...
