Microsoft Readies "Smooth Streaming" Online Video Viewing of Winter Olympics

REDMOND, WA -- Regardless of how fast your broadband connection is, Microsoft plans to deliver consistently high quality, "smooth streaming" of the Winder Olympics with adaptive streaming technology, a system that delivers video tailored to the connection speed and CPU power of the end user.

NBC Sports is using Microsoft's Silverlight to stream the Vancouver Games.

Microsoft is teaming with Akamai to deliver the video files.

Earlier today, via Skype hook-up, we spoke with Microsoft principal evangelist Jason Suess who said the system is designed to deliver high quality video for connections from 400kbs to 3.5mbs.

Much more on Microsoft and adaptive streaming of the Olympics by Ina Fried of CNET News.com. Big feature about technology around NBC Sports operations by Glen Dickson at B&C.

Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

Posted on 02/08/2010 at 9:28 PM
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It still seems hard to get a good quality internet stream. It is even worse when a lot of people are watching the same thing. They need bigger/faster servers.

Posted by: bathroom cabinets | Monday, August 09, 2010 at 07:40 AM

Based on my experience, they have failed miserably. Every site I visit is smoother than the NBC site.

Posted by: Wayne | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:16 AM

I ran the stream and it took about 30 seconds for the stream to be smoothed out.

I'm running a single PC on Ethernet over power to my router which is connected to ADSL on a 5.8 MB connection.

Posted by: jim mccann | Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 04:39 PM