The Active Network
ActiveMac Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise  
 

  *  

  So far, Silverlight is powering the NBC Olympics quite well
Time: 15:21 EST/20:21 GMT | News Source: Ars Technica | Posted By: Todd Richardson

Last week, I talked about what Microsoft was doing for the Olympics and questioned whether it would all pay off. According to NBC, loads of viewers are tuning in; it's as if the users participating in the video explosion on the Internet have simply said "Olympics? Sure, we'll watch that too."

Among other things, Microsoft is hoping that this embrace will mean a surge in Silverlight installs. The NBC video player, which streams content in 350kbits and 650kbits bitrates using Windows Media Services, is built using Silverlight 2 Beta 2. The Olympics Silverlight application is written using managed code on top of the .NET Framework subset included with Silverlight (all UI in the application is built using WPF). While the Olympics are only just beginning and it's really hard to say how well Silverlight will come out at the end, early numbers show that Microsoft has something to be proud of.

Write Comment
Return to News

  Displaying 576 through 577 of 577
Prev | First
  The time now is 11:18:19 AM ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us
#576 By 4240821 (82.115.4.230) at 8/2/2025 8:14:07 PM
https://justpaste.me/aEev
https://justpaste.me/dn8M1
https://justpaste.me/bOJN
https://justpaste.me/Z3yW1
https://justpaste.me/dEVG2
https://justpaste.me/Zak72
https://justpaste.me/dnm32
https://justpaste.me/fuOZ3
https://justpaste.me/Ywjk1
https://justpaste.me/fbhi4

#577 By 4240821 (82.115.4.230) at 8/3/2025 7:43:48 AM
https://justpaste.me/bE0P2
https://justpaste.me/YzQx
https://justpaste.me/fBRy3
https://justpaste.me/adDs
https://justpaste.me/dGzd4
https://justpaste.me/aYCF3
https://justpaste.me/fv4k1
https://justpaste.me/cStu2
https://justpaste.me/exK71
https://justpaste.me/b0dc1

Write Comment
Return to News
  Displaying 576 through 577 of 577
Prev | First
  The time now is 11:18:19 AM ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us
User name and password:

 

  *  
  *   *