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BBC's live Olympics video stream will include pause, rewind, alerts, and Twitter integration

Reported by The Verge on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 (on May 16, 2012)
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BBC's live Olympics video stream will include pause, rewind, alerts, and Twitter integrationThe BBC unveiled its new online video platform in London yesterday, giving us a first glimpse at how it plans to live stream every event from the Summer Olympics. The new browser-based player will offer pause and rewind options, along with live participant information (such as leaderboards and results) and clickable alerts that can take you to other streams when key moments are happening elsewhere. There'll also be integrated data-driven profiles of the competing athletes that will pull in their Twitter feed alongside public reactions. Anyone that's ever used BBC's iPlayer will know it's not the highest quality stream, and thankfully the broadcaster has taken note; the new player will now stream at up to 3.5Mbps, up from iPlayer's...

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