Olympics, the world’s most popular sporting event was first played in the year 1896 and during that time, people followed the event via newspaper as there was no satellite broadcasting. The Tokyo Olympics held in 1964 has created a record as it was the first edition of Olympics that was broadcasted in 40 countries via satellites.
For the first time after internet came into existence, a complete website purely dedicated to Olympics was initiated in 1996 and the concerned authority started posting images and latest information relevant to the games was placed on the website. In 2004 Olympics, nearly 3.9 billion fans have viewed the event on television and the number has risen to 4.3 billion during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.