Terra gets Olympic Internet rights

July 6, 2008 Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP)

China's National Stadium, known as the Bird\'s Nest, left, is seen from the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing Thursday July 3, 2008. 580-hectare (1,433-acre) Olympic Forest Park is part of efforts to create a "Green Olympics". (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

(AP) -- Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.

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