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Re: ITV (UK) Dumps Silverlight for Flash

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____/ Tony Manco on Saturday 19 Sep 2009 00:05 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Tony Manco on Tuesday 15 Sep 2009 21:05 : \____
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>>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>> 
>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, bbgruff belched out
>>>>   this bit o' wisdom:
>>>> 
>>>>> "In a blow to Microsoft, ITV has switched the technology powering its
>>>>> web streaming service from Silverlight to Adobe's more widely installed
>>>>> Flash"
>>>>>
>>>>> "It's understood the move, quietly carried out on Friday, was motivated
>>>>> by a simple need for the commercial broadcaster to reach the greatest
>>>>> possible number of web viewers. The popularity of the BBC's rival
>>>>> iPlayer exploded when it launched a Flash version in 2007, after
>>>>> struggling as a P2P download application"
>>>> 
>>>> So how long until Microsoft breaks Flash in IE?   :-D
>>> 
>>> They should focus on html5 embed video...
>> 
>> Embed wmv?
>> 
> 
> Free video...

Gratis?

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and then thereâs open source... there is this
thing called the GPL, which we disagree with."

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