Tonight at 5:30pst the first game of the NFL opening season will be broadcast tonight with the Tennessee Titans vs. Pittsburg Steelers and can be viewed online for free: http://snfextra.nbcsports.com/
NBC continues it adoption of Silveright as it launches an amazing video player with DVR type controls that it will be using to deliver all of it’s NFL game coverage online.
A big win for Silverlight and evidence of it’s growth as a top notch solution for HD video on the net.
From the Vertigo * press release…
* The awesome team who built the player.
I’m proud to announce the launch of NBC Sport’s Sunday Night Football Extra live HD video experience, designed and built by our team here at Vertigo! Tune in tonight at 5:30 PT to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Tennessee Titans on NFL opening day. Our team has spent the last couple of months bringing this compelling, immersive video experience to life using Microsoft’s Smooth Streaming technology. We’ll post additional details soon, but I wanted to highlight some key features:
Stunning HD Quality video
Moving to full-screen mode allows you to access 3.45 Mbps High Definition video feed. Try hooking up your laptop to your TV and watching in full-screen mode!
Adaptive streaming using Microsoft’s Smooth Streaming technology
Your Sunday Night Football viewing experience will be automatically adjusted to best match your internet bandwidth and your computer’s performance. If you have a fast internet connection, you’ll automatically see the best quality video. If 4 people in your house suddenly decide to start playing World of Warcraft and your connection suddenly gets worse, you won’t suffer the frustration and interruption of a “Buffering…” screen. Instead, the player will detect the lower bandwidth, and smoothly switch over to a lower quality video feed, giving you an uninterrupted live stream.
Live Alternate cameras: Action from any angle
While you watch the action in the main feed, you can keep an eye on 4 alternate camera angles, showing you the action from the sidelines, the endzone, the center-field cable, or to focus on the stars of the game. You can switch these camera views into the main video window at any time to focus on the details.
DVR controls give you the power to direct your own experience
With DVR controls such as slow-motion, rewind, fast-forward, and instant replay, you can create your very own Sunday Night Football experience! Want to see an instant replay of that great tackle Bob Sanders made? Want to see Adam Vinatieri split the uprights again in slow motion? The power is in your hands!
Ground-Breaking Interactive Timeline and Key Plays Menu
That timeline at the bottom of the video is smarter than your average video scrubber bar! The diamonds above and below the timeline in each team’s color show an interactive visual readout of all the key plays throughout the game, allowing you to quickly browse and navigate to all the key plays in the game! This data populates live, and each play’s description appears as soon as the action happens in your video. Open up the menu to get more details about each play.
Interactive Q&A with NBC’s Mike Florio
Wondering if Peyton Manning will miss Marvin Harrison this year? Chat with NBC’s Mike Florio during the game, and have your questions get answered by the experts!
Stats
Real-time stats data come in live with the game to give you all the info you need.
Highlight clips
Highlights of the big plays come in soon after the plays happen so you can review all the best moments of the game.
Get the ball rolling!