Today, Microsoft announced updates to its “Smooth Streaming,” which is a set of technologies for IIS and Silverlight designed to allow consistent full-screen high definition streaming.
Among Web servers, Microsoft’s IIS enjoys about 33% market share (and slipping slightly) against market leader Apache, according to Netcraft analysis. Smooth Streaming leverages IIS Media Services (formerly known as IIS Media Pack) and Silverlight 3 to provide on-demand high-def media (720p to 1080p), or live adaptive streaming. The technology was first used with the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
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