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Following up on our announcement of the Build conference, we're excited to announce that Build registration is now open, register now! For those of you who cannot make the conference, we will be streaming the keynote, select sessions, and live Q&A sessions on Channel 9.   Update: Build 2013…

Hey folks, Duncan from the dev team here. Just wanted to give you a heads up that we'll be rolling out some new features along with a list of bug fixes in the next few days. The main new feature is a completely new editor. We've moved to TinyMCE for the commenting and creating new threads, and…

Hey folks, since the last C9 Team post, we've deployed (to C9, C8 and Edge) the TinyMCE editor that I talked about last time, and we've made some other small fixes and changes as well. The editor problem where you couldn't put in a link to another page on C9 has been resolved... check out this…

Hey folks, we deployed an update to Channel 9 today, bringing us two major changes: First, we have moved to a new video player, which has enabled us to start publishing our content using Silverlight Smooth Streaming. You’ll see more and more video encoded using this format as new content is run…

Dearest Niners, After a little bit of blood, sweat, and tears, we’re happy to give you the first taste of the new Channel 9 (codenamed: Revolution 9 or “Rev9” for short) that we first mentioned over a year ago.  Overview Revolution 9 has four key themes: Improve the user…

Hey folks,We've just released an update to Channel 9 that simplifies how you share content.We've now added two dedicated sharing icons for Twitter and Facebook on a video page, as shown in the image. Clicking on either of the links will ask you to login with your Twitter (via…

Hey folks, I’m sure a few of you have found it already, but there is a Channel 9 application in the Windows Store. The app lets you access all sorts of Channel 9 content, from the most recent to browsing back through past events, shows and series. You can find the app in the store by searching on…

Welcome to the Channel 9 Team blog. You know it is kind of ironic (some would say sad) that the team that for over five years who has worked to communicate what is happening behind the scenes at Microsoft does not have its own blog. Sure, many of us have our own personal blogs, but there is no …

We are excited to announce an update to the Visual Studio Achievements extension: the availability of nineteen new achievements all oriented toward Windows 8 app development. These new achievements can be earned in JavaScript, C#, VB and C++. Some examples include: I Like To Move It Move It…

Hey folks, in an earlier C9 team post we explained how we are moving event content from various places (MIX, PDC, TechEd, etc...) into Channel 9 to give you a single repository of as much technical content as we can bring together. Well, phase 2 of that move has occured and 464 PDC sessions from…