Now available: Expression Encoder 4, IIS Media Services 4.0 Beta, SSME 1.0, SMF 2.0 RC1, Olympics case studies
Friday, June 25th, 2010 Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Olympics, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 1 Comment »While most of the world is on a collective vacation watching the World Cup, media teams at Microsoft have been busy at work. And watching the World Cup. :) Released this month: Expression Studio 4, which of course includes Expression Encoder 4. IIS ...
Smooth Streaming 3D concept previewed at NAB
Friday, April 16th, 2010 Posted in 3D, Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 8 Comments »NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show 2010 wrapped up yesterday in Las Vegas. Among the Silverlight and Smooth Streaming announcements and demos at this year's NAB were: Silverlight availability on Broadcom and Intel systems-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, which will enable set-top-box manufacturers ...
Sunday Night Football Case Study
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | No Comments »Remember NBC Sunday Night Football? Microsoft has just released a detailed case study of the SNF project describing the partners, products, tools and workflow used to deliver the final solution. You can check it out here: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000006602 http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/808/sunday-night-football-live-in-hd-with-microsoft-silverlight-3-and-iis-smooth-streaming/ I believe a similar case study ...
Streaming the Olympics: How We Got Here
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in Internet Information Services, Olympics, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 3 Comments »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 ...
IIS Media Services 3.0 and Player SDK released!
Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 5 Comments »Last week was a big one for Smooth Streaming! IIS Media Services 3.0, the IIS7 media extensions pack containing Smooth Streaming, has completed its 6-month beta development cycle and has been released to Web. You can download it here: http://www.iis.net/extensions/LiveSmoothStreaming Chris Knowlton has ...
NBC Sunday Night Football – Powered by Silverlight and Smooth Streaming
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 8 Comments »Has it really been 5 months since my last post? Well, one of the reasons why I've been so inactive here is because I've been busy working on this project: Today we are launching the NBC Sunday Night Football website: http://snfextra.nbcsports.com ...
Microsoft at NAB 2009: IIS Smooth Streaming Released to Web
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | No Comments »Last day here at NAB in Las Vegas, so it's a perfect time to take a look at what we've done at NAB this year. Ben Waggoner has put together an excellent summary on his blog: http://on10.net/blogs/benwagg/NAB-Day-1-Smooth-Streaming-released-1080p-in-Silverlight-new-VC-1-and-more/ So the big news is: ...
Smooth Streaming White Paper
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 7 Comments »I know that many of you have been reading my blog for information about IIS Smooth Streaming. I've posted a series of posts on that topic, but sometimes blog posts can be difficult to aggregate. So if you're looking for ...
In Case You Missed MIX…
Friday, March 20th, 2009 Posted in Expression Encoder, Internet Information Services, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 11 Comments »If you were unable to attend MIX 2009, you'll be pleased to know that the videos of sessions are already appearing online: https://content.visitmix.com/2009/sessions/. Here are the links to the videos of sessions I had previously mentioned: What's New in Microsoft Silverlight 3 Speaker: ...
Silverlight 3, IIS Media Services 3.0, Olympics 2010 – Wow, It Truly Is March Madness!
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in H.264, Internet Information Services, Olympics, Silverlight, Smooth Streaming | 7 Comments »Though blogging in Las Vegas might sound like a party foul, this has been an amazing week for Silverlight media - so much that I feel a sudden urge to report on it right now, right here. Silverlight 3 Beta A mere ...