Monthly Archives: February 2010

Media Workshop at MIX

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Alex Zambelli

If you’re planning or considering attending MIX this year, I will be doing a workshop at MIX on March 14th titled “Media Processing Workflow”: http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/WKSP07 “Managing the media production pipeline for a site like NBC Olympics or NFL Football can be challenging. … Continue reading →

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Streaming the Olympics: How We Got Here

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Alex Zambelli

Though it may seem like it was just yesterday, it’s now been 18 months since we delivered for NBC the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics using Windows Media Services, Windows Media Player and Silverlight. Whereas in Beijing we experimented with HTTP adaptive streaming for on-demand … Continue reading →

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NBC, CTV and NRK Stream Winter Olympics in Silverlight

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Alex Zambelli

As you’re probably well aware, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are upon us. Just as we did 2 years ago for 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Microsoft has once again teamed up with NBC to bring online video coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics … Continue reading →

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