NBC abandons Microsoft Silverlight enables Flash afresh
September 13, 2008
Time of Beijing of dispatch of sina science and technology on September 7 message, according to foreign media coverage, during Beijing Olympic Games, NBC used the Silverlight video technology of Microsoft, but a few days ago ” ” the night of rugger ” (Sunday Night Football) ” in the program, NBC enabled the Flash technology of Adobe afresh again.
During Beijing Olympic Games, NBC and Microsoft cooperate, the Silverlight video technology that uses Microsoft provides network video service. But compare with the photograph of Flash video technology of Adobe, silverlight user group relative weakness.
Say according to Adobe, the netizen of 98% installed Flash player, it is the standard form that all Web video uses almost. And the number that occupies Microsoft shows, during Beijing Olympic Games, the visit has 40 million to did not install Silverlight in the user of NBCOlympics.com website.
Analytic personage points out, to Microsoft, the net of Olympic Games match of NBC sows the opportunity that offerred Silverlight of a promotion, but to NBC, because Silverlight installation amount is little, affected visit amount, it is technical attempt of failure.
Technology of Microsoft Silverlight video is known as ” Flash killer ” , it is early by 2003 the message says Microsoft is developing Silverlight, till Microsoft just confirmed this information 2005. Last year in September, microsoft rolls out Silverlight 1.0 edition formally. (Li Ming)
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