YouTube will stream exclusive content from the Olympic Broadcasting Services for about three hours daily during the games.

YouTube will have a dedicated online channel and stream Beijing 2008 Olympic content to 77 territories that include Africa, Asia, South Korea, India, Indonesia and Nigeria where digital rights have not been sold, or have been acquired on a non-exclusive basis.

“For the first time in Olympic history we will have complete global online coverage, and the IOC will have its own broadcast channel and content production facilities,” said Timo Lumme, the IOC’s director of television and marketing services.

From 6th Aug 2008, the IOC will broadcast a selection of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games clips as Video On Demand (VOD). The IOC’s Channel will be available on YouTubeTM, geo-blocked within each territory, at: http://www.youtube.com/beijing2008

YouTube will be able to sell advertising to Olympic sponsors only for the channel.

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Congratulations Singapore. You make me proud of you. Keep it up, Singapore.

Singapore will host the first Youth Olympics in 2010 after the city-state won 53 out of 97 postal votes, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge announced on Thursday. Moscow won 44 votes.

The first Youth Olympics Games that will have about 3,200 athletes, aged 14-18, competing in 26 sports and will cost about $30 million.

Below is the video of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at an outdoor rally of cheering Singaporeans.

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