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		<title>BBC to Offer Global VOD Service (via iPlayer) Within a Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC director-general Mark Thompson announced on Friday his intention to launch an international commercial version of the iPlayer within a year.

In his MacTaggart Lecture to the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, Thompson said people like servicemen should be able “to use a UK version of the iPlayer wherever they are in the world”. 

But licencing restrictions and technical issues may prove problematic.]]></description>
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		<title>Brightcove Diversifies Platform Offering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a move which could be seen by some as the diversification their platform offering, and to others, a possible slap in the face for Flash. Cambridge, Mass.-based online video platform Brightcove announced on Monday their new Brightcove Experience for HTML5. 

The new platform provides support for intelligent device detection, playlist rendering, and playback of H.264 encoded video content. a framework for publishing and delivering interactive and advertising-supported Web video.]]></description>
		<link>http://richstreaming.com/?p=246</link>
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		<title>Cloudfront &#8211; Amazon&#8217;s New Cloud Based Flash Media Streaming Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon announces a new Flash Media streaming and content delivery service.
              
Targeted at the mid-sized customers (who spend between US$3-5k a month on video/content distribution), this new service is sure to cause ripples in the CDN space. 

Cloudfront's easy integration with other Amazon Web Services is sure to prove appealing to both developers and content providers looking for a simple and easy to way distribute rich media based content.]]></description>
		<link>http://richstreaming.com/?p=226</link>
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		<title>XBox Live upgrade offers 1080p Limelight powered (Smooth) Streaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft have been previewing an new Xbox LIVE upgrade which gives users the ability to test out some of the new features coming soon to the Xbox. 

These include Facebook, Last.fm, Twitter and 1080p streaming. Early reports indicate that the Limelight delivered HD streams are outstanding.]]></description>
		<link>http://richstreaming.com/?p=219</link>
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		<title>ITV Drops Silverlight for Flash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Less than 8 months after launching their Silverlight powered rich media video player, British broadcaster, ITV have dropped Microsoft's rich streaming platform in favour of the more established, Adobe Flash Player.

According to a recent report from Adobe EMEA Flash Platform Evangelist Andrew Shorten, technical problems experienced by end-users, and the relatively low distribution of the the runtime, are partly to blame for ITV abandoning Microsoft's rich streaming platform.]]></description>
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		<title>Adobe announces Flash Access 2.0 (previously known as FMRMS)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, at the 2009 IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) trade show in Amsterdam, Adobe Systems announced Flash Access 2.0. Formerly known as Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server (FMRMS), Flash Access is content protection software that lets video and audio authors control how, when, and where their content can be experienced by users - even after download.]]></description>
		<link>http://richstreaming.com/?p=190</link>
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		<title>USTA serves an ace with live HD (Flash) streaming of the 2009 US Open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is offering tennis fans, live streaming of the 2009 US Open from the Arthur Ashe Stadium. The interactive HD streaming is further enhanced by the offering of a picture-in-picture feature and real-time stats.

The site also leverages IBM’s Flash powered Slam Tracker, which lets users track player progression, schedules and scores for the entire tournament. Slam Tracker’s scoreboard "pushes" point-by-point scoring, live draw results, match and serve stats, player information and tracking, as well as interactive venue maps and live streaming radio.]]></description>
		<link>http://richstreaming.com/?p=179</link>
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		<title>UFC Trials Silverlight and CSG System&#8217;s Content Direct Platform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) are going to start trialing a new streaming service powered by Silverlight, and Internet Information Services (IIS) Smooth Streaming, for UFC #102 on August 29th.

They are still using Flash Media Server for streaming pre-recorded and live events, and have added Silverlight to their streaming client arsenal, in an effort to to reach the broadest possible audience.]]></description>
		<link>http://richstreaming.com/?p=167</link>
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		<title>Creating a video sharing web application using Flex, Flash Media Server, and Flash Media Encoding Server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article, from Adobe Technical Evangelist Jens Loeffler, demonstrates how to create your own social media application in just a few steps, providing you with a solid foundation to build your own experience. ]]></description>
		<link>http://richstreaming.com/?p=79</link>
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		<title>Moonlight Open Source Silverlight Player Hits V2.0 Beta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Novell is making life easier for Unix and Linux users who wish to view content developed with Microsoft's Silverlight, with the release this week of the feature-complete Beta Version 2.0 of their open-source Moonlight rich client.]]></description>
		<link>http://richstreaming.com/?p=76</link>
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