DNC powered by Silverlight and Move
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Silverlight | No Comments »After all the Olympics madness I nearly forgot the "other" big Silverlight video event happening right now: The Democratic National Convention. Check it out at: http://gallery1.demconvention.com/ The DNC website is providing live streaming HD video coverage of the convention using Silverlight 2 Beta ...
An inside look at NBC Olympics video player
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Olympics, Silverlight | 10 Comments »It's the second week of the Beijing 2008 Olympics and though the press coverage of the NBC Olympics website has been more than thorough, one thing that hasn't been fully explained is - what exactly are you watching when exploring ...
Moonlight 2.0 - Help wanted
Saturday, August 16th, 2008 Posted in Linux, Silverlight | 12 Comments »Jason Perlow of ZDNet wrote a very supporting article of Silverlight and its handling of the NBC Olympics website, but that's not the reason why I bring it up here. Jason points out something perhaps less obvious but far more interesting that bears ...
Why no full screen mode in the NBC Olympics player?
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Olympics, Silverlight | No Comments »A very spirited discussion of the pros and cons of the NBCO player's (lack of) full screen mode is taking place over on the Silverlight forums: http://silverlight.net/forums/p/22318/80644.aspx Microsoft's Tom Taylor has provided some context and explanation for the controversial design decision.
NBC Olympics video without Silverlight?
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Olympics, Silverlight | 8 Comments »There's been a lot of rumor on the Internet regarding the NBC Olympics website's plug-in requirements and OS/browser support, so I thought I'd shed some more light on exactly what is and isn't supported. The NBCO website specifically lists the plug-ins ...
NBC Olympics 24/7
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in Olympics, Silverlight | No Comments »After more than 8 months of planning and development, full NBC Olympics online video coverage is underway! Anyone living in the U.S. can watch live and archived streaming video of nearly every Olympic event for free by visiting: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/index.html The reason that only United ...