Silverlight’s Chrome Exit Will Spur MPEG-DASH: Bitmovin’s Lederer

LAS VEGAS — Google’s recent decision to end Chrome browser support for Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface and, with it, for Microsoft’s Silverlight video format, will spur adoption of fast-growing rival format MPEG-DASH, says one online video boss. “We will see a lot of deployments now with Silverlight dropping out of Chrome. The signs are really good,” according to […]