Recently an announcement was made by Akamai that it was partnering with Microsoft to provide an Adaptive Streaming solution for Silverlight and IIS 7.0. Since I work in the online video industry I found the announcement very interesting, especially considering Move Network's previous announcement that...

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, Netflix is doing two very special events: A live “Songs from Oz” concert in Central Park featuring songs from the movie. The concert is being streamed on-demand using Silverlight Smooth Streaming technology. A special free presentation of the remastered...

Groupe CANAL, the premiere pay television channel in France with 10.6 million subscribers, is adopting Microsoft Silverlight for their FOOT+ online streaming video service . devoted to covering French and European soccer. FOOT+, which is an additional subscription service to Canal+ customers, provides...

We’ve been nominated in three categories for the 2009 Streaming Media Reader’s Choice Awards. There are 22 categories in all and run the gamut from content to technologies. You can enter your votes here . We’ve been nominated in the following categories: Best Streaming Innovation: Microsoft Smooth Streaming...

Want to know more about Smooth Streaming in the real world? Join us on Thursday October 15th at 11am Pacific time for a special live web broadcast hosted by Streaming Media Magazine. Dan Rayburn of Streaming Media Magazine will moderate the discussion between our very own Chris Knowlton who is a senior...

France 24, the French 24 hour news channel, has introduced a new Silverlight-based player that also uses Smooth Streaming to deliver an innovative take on live news. You can check out the player and their blog post (in French.) Here’s the quick summary of the France 24 French blog post: “Imagine that...

On Thursday at 6pm Pacific Time, you’re invited to see Alicia Keys perform live ! Watch the exclusive promo below. Our World Live (OWL) , a music marketing and broadcasting company, is partnering with Billboard.com to bring music fans a new internet concert series. Billboardlive.com utilizes OWL's...