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The Importance of the File Format for Adaptive Streaming

Nov 18, 2011

When it comes to adaptive bit rate streaming over HTTP, file format really does matter. The Fragmented MP4 (fMP4) file format, first used by Microsoft, is the basis of IIS Smooth Streaming, Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming, and two industry streaming standards...

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Expression Encoder 4 SP2 released

Nov 02, 2011

Expression Encoder 4 Service Pack 2 has been released with some great new updates!...

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Microsoft Media Platform Content Manager 1.1 Released

Oct 28, 2011

Microsoft Media Platform Content Manager 1.1 has been released...

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Microsoft Media Platform Content Manager 1.0 Released

Jun 30, 2011

The newly released Microsoft Media Platform Content Manager pulls together an end-to-end video workflow that allows you to create live streaming events, transcode on-demand content, manage and publish video, edit video, and insert mid-roll advertisements...

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IIS Transform Manager 1.0 Beta Released

May 09, 2011

The long-awaited Beta release of IIS Transform Manager is now available! With this release, we’ve incorporated some great feature requests from a large number of customers who have been running the Alpha release in commercial production for months. In...

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Free Passes to the Microsoft workshops at Streaming Media East

May 05, 2011

At the Streaming Media East show next week, we are holding two half-day workshops on Monday, May 9 th , entitled " Upgrading From Windows Media to The Next Generation Microsoft Media Platform " and " Using SharePoint for Video Delivery and Content Management...

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Live Webcasting Master Class

Mar 16, 2011

Join Microsoft, Adobe, Highwinds, and Conviva for a free Master Class webcast on Live Webcasting. Going beyond production values and product descriptions, this session gets into the "how-to" of delivering cost-effective high quality live events with streaming...

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Expression Encoder 4 SP1 released with new IIS Smooth Streaming features

Feb 15, 2011

The Microsoft Expression Encoder team recently announced the release of Expression Encoder 4 Service Pack 1 (SP1), containing some great new features for live and on-demand IIS Smooth Streaming . As you probably know, Smooth Streaming is a technology...

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IIS Media Services 4.0 Released

Nov 01, 2010

IIS Media Services 4.0 was released yesterday, just in time for Streaming Media West . Coming just one year after the previous major release, IIS Media Services 4.0 allows you to encode once and deliver adaptive streaming content to three screens across...

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Microsoft PDC 2010 – Streaming Now using IIS Smooth Streaming

Oct 28, 2010

Today is the start of the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC) 2010, and you can view it now – live or on-demand – at www.microsoftpdc.com . Powering the streaming at PDC is IIS Smooth Streaming, part of IIS Media Services . As usual, there...

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Encoding Workshop: Best Practices and Strategies

Sep 15, 2010

On Thursday, September 16, StreamingMedia.com is sponsoring an online workshop on Encoding Best Practices and Strategies that will include Allan Poore from the Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Pro team. Delivery technologies such as IIS Smooth Streaming...

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IIS Smooth Streaming highlighted at IBC

Sep 09, 2010

IIS Smooth Streaming , part of IIS Media Services , is one of the unifying themes in the "Digital Marketing & Experiences" section of the Microsoft exhibit at IBC this year. Held each September at the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam...

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Silverlight and Premium Media Experiences

Sep 03, 2010

Given the speed at which web technologies seem to be evolving, partners and customers often ask about the roadmap for Silverlight, with many of those conversations centered around premium media experiences. Brad Becker, Director of Product Management...

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Bit Rate Throttling and Smooth Streaming - Part 2

Aug 12, 2010

This is Part 2 of a post on IIS Bit Rate Throttling and IIS Smooth Streaming . In Part 1 , I provided a high-level overview of why Bit Rate Throttling and Smooth Streaming would never normally be applied to the same content, and then elaborated more on...

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Bit Rate Throttling and Smooth Streaming - Part 1

Aug 10, 2010

As more and more people evaluate the features in IIS Media Services, I occasionally get questions about how to use IIS Bit Rate Throttling with IIS Smooth Streaming . In reality, these features work on separate types of content. While they can run at...

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Chris Knowlton was a Senior Product Manager for the Microsoft Media Platform until late 2011. He first joined Microsoft in 2002 to work as a Program Manager on Windows Media Services. By training, Chris is a mechanical engineer, educated at Michigan State University. Before joining Microsoft, he spent many years managing projects and programs in various markets, from industrial laser tooling to Web caching and storage appliances.

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Dynamic adaptive streaming to the Apple iPhone and iPad is available in IIS Media Services 4.0.

The Windows Azure CDN will soon support native Smooth Streaming from Azure Storage accounts.