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Make your own music CD ripper with WPF and WMP 11.
My colleague Jit Ghosh just posted some samples of a project he is working on . It's a nice overview and starter kit for using WPF and Windows Media Player to create your own customer music player/ripper. Hopefully we'll get to post some code on how to Read More...
IPTV, MediaRoom and HD-DVD Now One Big (Happy?) Family at Microsoft
From News.com - "Microsoft has quietly folded its Internet Protocol television, Media Center, and HD DVD efforts into a single organization, known as the Connected TV business group. The unit, which is part of Robbie Bach 's Entertainment and Devices Read More...
Jackass 2.5 - Online Distro with Windows Media and Silverlight
From MSNBC.com - "Paramount is to become the first Hollywood studio to make one of its new releases available free on the internet before it has been released on DVD in a move set to shake up established distribution models for film content. The Read More...
NBA Launches New Silverlight Application
The National Basketball Association is upgrading its broadband efforts with Silverlight , Microsoft ’s cross-browser, cross-platform software plug-in that is designed to bring new video and graphics capabilities to the Web. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6510727.html Read More...
Webcast .NDU - IIS 7 Overview for Developers
Rob Cameron, a teammate of mine, delivers a monthly webcast on technologies related to the Media and Entertainment and Telco industries. This month he'll be giving an overview of some of the new features of IIS 7. If you are interested in viewing the Read More...
M.net media launched new Silverlight media player - “TVDeep”.
M.Net is the Korean equivalent of MTV. Our Com Sector brethren did a great job of putting this together. Take a look at - http://tvdeep.mnet.com/     Subscribe in a reader Read More...
Optimizing Windows Media Encoding
Michael Scherotter and Ben Waggoner have teamed up to deliver a Q&A web cast around Windows Media Encoding and Optimization. More info can be found here - Webcast Recording Posted- Encoding Q&A with Ben Waggoner   Subscribe in a reader Read More...
.Net Web Product Roadmap including Windows Media
Last week Scott Guthrie (ScottGu) provided a first look at the new .Net Web Technology Roadmap. It gives a great overview of the improvements and enhancements in ASP.net, Silverlight and IIS 7.0 however, it didn't mention the new features around media Read More...
Ice Cube - Hip Hop 24/7 with Windows Media and Silverlight
My Colleague Michael Scherotter has been working with the folks at UVNTV (Ice Cube's latest creation that brings hip-hop music, video and news to the Internet.) and was in their office the other day. Ice Cube joined the session and Michael was able to Read More...
PhizzPop Design Challenge!
"PhizzPop Design Challenge" is an invite-only, nation-wide competition focused on solving an interaction design problem. Contestants will attend 2 days of Expression, Silverlight, WLP, and 'art of the pitch' training, as well as be supported Read More...
Additional Resources (Updated Frequently)
Windows Presentation Foundation - MSDN - The starting place for all things. Lawrence Moroney - Great DPE resources. He wrote the book on WPF . NY Times Reader Info - One of the first commercial available WPF applications Silverlight - Silverlight.net Read More...
Windows Media and Silverlight
Last week at the VON conference I had an opportunity to speak about Silverlight as a platform for video delivery. I only had 20 minutes to get the message across and I didn't want it to sound like a sales pitch. I tried to think of some clever ways around Read More...

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