Streaming the 2009 U.S. Open for msnbc.com

The 2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship was memorable for two reasons: The event itself, with  Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate tied after playing 90 holes in five days and Woods winning his third Open on the first hole of sudden death; and the online streaming of the event itself, where millions of golf fans watched the Monday afternoon playoff from their office desktops.

The mixture of professional sporting events, great Internet content and broadband-connected audiences always seems to make a bit of history.

That’s why we’re excited to be have been selected by msnbc.com as their streaming provider for this year’s U.S. Open, building on our successful work together during last year’s Open and following up on the recent work our companies did together to stream the French Open online. Msnbc.com will be using Limelight Live Event Services and LimelightSTREAM for Adobe Flash to make the Open available on its ‘Golf on NBC’ website.

U.S. Open coverage on msnbc.com begins on June 18 – and we can’t wait to see what moments are in store this year (especially considering the soggy conditions at Bethpage). For a complete listing of all of msnbc.com’s Golf coverage for this year, visit http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22965734/.

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