Will this be a single simulcast of the TVNZ feed or will there be multiple feeds available? One of the great things overseas in countries with satellite TV operators covering both the commonwealth and olympic games has been the mutiple feeds allowing you to watch a single channel showing a bit of everything(much like out broadcast in NZ) and then other channels dedicated to showing other events live. I've been trying to find out if TVNZ have any plans to do such a thing with their FTA satellite channels but haven't heard anything as of yet.

-----Original Message----- From: Richard Naylor [mailto:richard.naylor(a)citylink.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:10 To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] HEADS UP - upcoming webcast

Afternoon all,

R2/Citylink has been contracted by TVNZ to assist with the webcasting of the Commonwealth Games next month, starting on 15 March and concluding on 26 March. On most days the webcast will run from around 10am until 1 am with breaks for things like News and Close Up.

Because of broadcast rights, this webcast is being restricted to NZ and will use TVNZ/R2/CityLink servers located in Auckland and Wellington connected via APE and WIX.

In the case of wild demand, there are extra servers on standby at each location.

Operators should be aware that this event is taking place during business hours and many viewers only access may be via their PC and this webcast. Traffic volumes may be higher than normal and support calls to Help Desks may be increased, particularly at sites where ports 80, 554 or 1755 are blocked.

This is an excellent opportunity to show what the Internet can deliver in terms of interesting and compelling content. Arrangements have been made with Telecom NZ to make traffic flows optimal and we thank them for their support and co-operation.

If you have any concerns, please contact me for further details.

Thanks - Richard

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