Fort Lee, New Jersey — The National Inflation Association issued the following statement about the multi-platform revolution that is beginning this week at the London Olympic Games: On August 5th, tens of millions of Americans were upset about being unable to be among the billions of people worldwide to watch Usain Bolt’s 100 meter Track & Field gold medal victory live on TV.

One of NBC’s main reasons for not airing Olympic events live on TV in the U.S. is the fact that NBC recognizes the London Olympic Games as the beginning of the U.S. multi-platform revolution. All Americans who own a laptop, desktop, iPhone, or iPad, and are subscribers of any cable, satellite, or telco TV service, had the ability to authenticate their Internet-connected device and watch Usain Bolt race live using NBC’s ‘TV Everywhere’ web site and iTunes apps.

NBC reported that 1.3 million Americans watched their live ‘TV Everywhere’ stream of Usain Bolt’s race. This was NBC’s second most popular multi-platform live stream during the London Olympic Games so far, with only the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team gold medal victory surpassing it with 1.5 million live streams across all platforms.

In the 48 hours leading up to Usain Bolt’s 100 meter gold medal victory, NBC reported that an additional 1 million pay-TV subscribers authenticated their Internet-connected devices. This increased NBC’s total ‘TV Everywhere’ devices authenticated by consumers for the London Olympic Games across all platforms up to 7.6 million. So far, 7.6% of America’s 100 million pay-TV subscribers with the right to authenticate their multi-platform devices, have successfully gained access to live streams of every single Olympic event, with NBC streaming as many as 40 events live simultaneously.

NBC is also making available an archive for authenticated multi-platform ‘TV Everywhere’ users that offers a total of 3,500 hours of prerecorded London Olympic events.NIA recognizes the fact that Americans have fallen in love with their smartphones and tablet devices. With the new multi-platform revolution now officially underway, Americans will no longer be forced to watch TV in their living room.

Americans who are pay-TV subscribers will now be able to watch any TV programming, at any time, from any location, on any platform! This could create billions of dollars in value for pay-TV companies and their subscribers between now and the end of 2012.

NIA recently accumulated 2% ownership in Synacor, Inc., a publicly traded company with multi-platform authentication technology that is making it possible for NBC to provide their ‘TV Everywhere’ coverage of the London Olympic Games, by authenticating for NBC the pay-TV subscribers of nearly 40 pay-TV companies, including 12 of America’s 25 largest multi-channel programming distributors including Dish Network, Charter Communications, SuddenLink, Mediacom, and CableOne! Synacor recently reported 58% revenue growth last quarter, which validates the huge growth ahead for companies that deliver ‘TV Everywhere’ services across multi-platforms.

If you are looking for ways to capitalize on NBC’s hugely successful multi-platform coverage of the London Olympics and the multi-platform revolution that is now underway, please be sure to download NIA’s brand new free 58-page educational ‘TV Everywhere’ report by going to: http://inflation.us/tveverywhere.html

NIA’s brand new in-depth report talks about how this is the biggest fundamental shift for the TV industry since the invention of color TV. NIA believes that multi-platform offerings of ‘TV Everywhere’ services could potentially create billions of dollars of wealth in the U.S. for leading pay-TV companies. NIA’s report is the most important report ever released about the future of cable, satellite, and telco TV services in America.

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In March, North Korea announced that it was ready to launch an observation satellite into space between April 12 and 16, when the country celebrates the 100^th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il Sung. Representatives from the U.S., Japan, South Korea and even China, which is said to be in a perfect diplomatic relationship with Pyongyang, tried to restrain these plans.

The main reason they pointed out was the fact that the actions of the North Korean officials are in dissent with U.N. resolutions. Besides, the country formally declared last year that it would not take part in nuclear activities which would put people in danger.

Despite all warning, North Koreans continue to insist that their project is for scientific purposes, whose major task is to improve the economic situation of the country.  The general manager of the launch facility, Jang Myong Jin, said: “Our country has the right and also the obligation to develop satellites and launching vehicles. No matter what others say, we are doing this for peaceful purposes.” However, the world still wonders whether these are the only intentions of Pyongyang.

The misgivings of Japan and South Korea grew into the taking of precursory defensive measures. They both made known that they would start actions against the rocket if necessary.  In reply to these operations in the Asian countries, North Korea assured that the trajectory of the satellite would be southwards, and that it would not put its neighbor in danger. Apart from this, Pyongyang didn’t hide its intention to “punish” every country which tries to thwart its plans.

The plans are meant to show to the world that despite the hardships around the tragic death of their leader, Kim Jong Il, North Koreans are still a strong nation. The country is ready to turn a new page and start writing the new history of their country under the patronage of Kim Jong Un. “North Korea needs to show some tangible achievements to its people to solidify Kim Jong Un’s leadership,”  declared Koh Yu Hwan, a professor at Seoul’s Donnguk Univerity.

The preparations around the launch of the satellite worked according to plan. The first two satellites, built on the launch pad, were experimental, but according to the engineers working on the project, the third one will be brought into use as soon as possible.

On April 8, journalists were officially allowed to see the rocket for the first time, which turned to be the apple of discord between the Asian country and the world leaders. The media representatives, who gathered in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, had the opportunity to examine from close up the Unha-3 rocket, which is said to fly off into space later this month. Meanwhile, Washington promised to provide Pyongyang with provisions if necessary, on the condition that it will keep nuclear activities idle.

The satellite itself has to send back images, which will be used for projects involving the exploration of the natural resources of the Asian country, as well as for weather forecasting. And yet, there are still fears that this is the next North Korean plan directed against its southern neighbor and the U.S.

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