ViewCast Becomes Microsoft Silverlight Partner

Streaming hardware and software solutions provider ViewCast Corporation has joined the Microsoft Silverlight Partner Initiative. The move will allow ViewCast to offer the next generation of .NET (News - Alert)-based media over the Internet.

 

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in, that can function in Windows, Macintosh, and Linux environments. The ViewCast Niagara SCX encoding platform can offer streaming video and audio content to Silverlight users by tapping the Windows Media/VC-1 format. In addition, ViewCast Osprey video capture cards support encoding using Microsoft (News - Alert) Expression Encoder software

 

"ViewCast has been a key part of the Windows Media/VC-1 streaming architecture for many years," said Steve Sklepowich, Group Product Manager at Microsoft. "And its Niagara encoders and Osprey cards fulfill a critical role in the creation of quality media content for delivery to Silverlight-powered user experiences. As a result, ViewCast is a welcome addition to the Silverlight Partner Initiative."

 

ViewCast President and Chief Operating Officer Dave Stoner commented, "The Silverlight enhancements are expected to not only broaden demand for ViewCast streaming hardware and software, but also add value for current customers and partners.

 

"Enabling Silverlight-compatible Internet video is a natural evolution of our long-standing VC-1 and Windows Media capabilities," Stoner continued. "With Windows Media/VC-1 capability, our powerful Niagara encoders deliver high quality, high-resolution live streaming plus the newest rich media capabilities that Silverlight offers. For customers using the Expression family of tools to create rich Web applications, our Osprey cards remain the hardware of choice for capturing media content from real-time broadcast sources."

 

Through ViewCast's flexible Niagara SCX and Niagara SCX Pro software, it is possible for users to remotely manage Niagara streaming encoders, throughout an enterprise or over the Internet. Niagara SCX Pro provides added functionality as it allows users to remotely and simultaneously encode multiple streams at multiple bitrates in multiple resolutions and formats, including Microsoft Windows Media/VC-1, MPEG-4, Adobe Flash Live and more.

 

ViewCast caters to broadcasters, businesses, network service providers and government by providing them hardware and software solutions for capturing and encoding audio/video content for live video streaming and video-on-demand (VoD) delivery over IP and mobile networks.