Starting March 15th with the NCAA Selection Show… NCAA Men’s Basketball March Madness will be broadcast live and on-demand using Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Media streaming!
- NCAA March Madness On-Demand
http://mmod.ncaa.com/
Visit the link above to see whether or not your system is ready to be used with the CBS Sports HQ Media player, powered by Silverlight.
Why do you care? Well, HD STREAMING is one reason. Silverlight provides full 1980x1080p streaming directly to your desktop over 1.5Mbps connection. Or less if you don’t have that kind of bandwidth. Not to mention also that Windows Media is great for fast action live broadcasting. Being able to watch the movement of a basketball game with an uninterrupted 30fps is the best way to enjoy a tournament game over the Internet.
Not bad for a platform that Adobe CFO Mark Garrett claimed, “…has really fizzled out in the last 6-9 months.” (http://www.betanews.com/article/Adobe-Microsofts-Silverlight-has-really-fizzled/1234310146)
Other news articles:
- http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/61563
- http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/silverlight-to-power-2009-ncaa-march-madness.ars
WINDOWS MOBILE USERS:
…may want to read this article about getting March Madness news on their device.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/totalaccess/columns/windows-mobile-march-madness.mspx
Oh and by the way… go UCLA Bruins!
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