ViewCast Joins Initiative to Deliver Next Generation Media

By Derrick on July 7, 2008 4:53 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

ViewCast Corporation, a leading global provider of streaming hardware and software solutions, announced it has joined the Microsoft Silverlight Partner Initiative to deliver the next generation of .NET-based media over the Internet.

By utilizing Windows Media/VC-1 format, the ViewCast Niagara SCX encoding platform can deliver streaming video and audio content to users of Silverlight, a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in offering flexibility in Windows, Macintosh, and Linux environments. ViewCast Osprey video capture cards, including the latest PCI Express cards, also support encoding using Microsoft Expression Encoder software, part of the Expression product family.

"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."

ViewCast's flexible Niagara SCX and Niagara SCX Pro software enable users to set up and control Niagara streaming encoders remotely, throughout an enterprise or over the Internet. Niagara SCX Pro empowers 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. Using the Niagara SCX Web Services interface, developers can integrate management and monitoring of all SCX-supported encoding formats through a single, unified interface.