TF1, the most popular network in France, in partnership with Microsoft and Akamai, has just published its first Windows Phone 7 application featuring Silverlight , IIS Smooth Streaming and Media Player Framework . Users in France can now download the application for free to watch live and on-demand television...

Do you want to deliver live video that can adapt to changing network conditions in real time? Would you like to easily broadcast live feeds to multiple screens, including iOS devices? If the answer to those questions is yes, please join us at StreamingMedia.com on Thursday, March 31 st at 11 am PST...

Are you still using Windows Media Encoder? Are you unfamiliar with Microsoft’s next generation media technologies? If so, then please join us for a Streaming Media webinar, “Migrating from Windows Media Encoder to Expression Encoder,” on Thursday, February 24, at 11am PST/2pm EST. Kevin...

Enterprise video is increasingly being recognized by industry experts, such as Gartner, as an important strategic technology. Accordingly, the Expression Encoder and IIS Media Services Team attended the new Business Video Expo, part of ITEXPO East 2011. The event included about 180 exhibitors and attracted...

Expression Encoder 4 Pro is a streamlined video production tool that enables you to focus your time and energy on enhancing, encoding and delivering your on-demand or live video content at higher quality with less effort. Expression Encoder Pro supports IIS Smooth Streaming , a technology that dynamically...

If you're interested in live streaming, be sure to check out this step-by-step guide to creating your very own Live Smooth Streaming event using Expression Encoder courtesy of the Expression Encoder blog .

Today at SXSW , of which Microsoft Silverlight is a major sponsor of the Interactive Festival , Microsoft User Experience Kit is targeted at technical and creative leads who want to better understand the tools, technologies, and scenarios that span Microsoft’s User Experience ecosystem. Key topics...

Today the IIS team released a Beta 2 of the IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit, allowing for rich Silverlight experiences that take advantage of IIS Smooth Streaming capabilities. With this release, the IIS team has added support for Fast Forward/Rewind and Rough Cut Editing scenarios, in addition...

For a limited time in the United States (promotion ends January 8th), there is a 30% off discount on all Microsoft Expression version 3 products (Microsoft Expression Studio + Expression Web, both full and upgrade versions) through the Microsoft Online Store: http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Developer...

Today marks the officially launch of the WebsiteSpark Program , which provides Web developers and designers access to Microsoft software and solutions, including Silverlight, as well as the training, support and, coming soon, market exposure to help great ideas get off the ground. The Microsoft Web Platform...

So what is Expression then? Well let’s start right off by saying that it isn’t Expressions plural, it’s Expression singular. Having made that clear, let me try to make equally clear what the Microsoft Expression brand is and more importantly how closely it ties in to Microsoft’s other tools. Put simply...

Where can you share--and find--design-related assets at Microsoft? Just a few weeks ago, we launched an easy answer to this dilemma. The Expression Gallery on the Expression Community site gives you a place to show off the projects you've been working on and get inspiration (and sometimes a helping hand...