Windows Media Center

As we get closer to the launch of Windows Phone 7, thousands of developers are beavering away to create apps for the platform. Once which has excited me the most is My Mediacenter Remote – a remote control app for Windows 7 Media Center. The app allows you to control Windows Media Center from the…

If you’ve already cut the cord with your cable company, or are thinking of doing so, then you may have rationalised the decision based on the growing availability of TV programmes streamed online by content providers. There’s a mass of programming available from the major networks, as well as…

Dubbed Project Starlight, the Multicast plug-in for Silverlight native browser plug-in has been announced on the Silverlight Team blog, explained in detail on Ben Waggoner's blog and released with sourcecode on Codeplex.

One of the must-see plugins for Windows Media Center is Media Browser, a free aggregator application for the platform which takes your collection of TV and Movies and presents it in a stunning UI. It automatically downloads and makes use of relevant TV and Movie posters, DVD and Blu-ray cover art,…

When I was at the NAB show earlier this month, I met Dan Gustafson from Video4Ever who proceded to show me the coolest Silverlight application for watching high school sporting events and including scoreboard/event data. 

Kirk Evans interviews Mark Kashman, the Product Manager for Interactive Media Manager.  IMM is a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system built on top of SharePoint 2007.  In this episode, we take a look at the architecture of IMM, see it in action, and we even see a sneak preview of a…

Working to get the SxSW Ice Cube concert streamed live in Silverlight, I've gotten to know Mio and Randy at iStreamPlanet.  Because of their expertise in streaming live events to the web, Microsoft contracts with them to do many live events like the Mix keynotes.  I sat down…

Huch Platt, Operations Manager of the THX Best Practices Lab, takes Michael Scherotter on a tour of the Hollywood facility.  Created as a joint project with THX, Avid, AMD, and Microsoft and with hardware supplied by HP, the lab is a place for the Hollywood community to learn about …

Starz Entertainment, the providers of premium TV channels like Starz and Encore and Vongo downloadable movies has built their entire media infrastructure around Windows Media.  Stephen Smith, Director of Media System Integration walks us through the entire workflow and architecture of the…

Here's a look at Microsoft's new Portable Media Center with Brett Bentsen, product unit manager of the team that built the Portable Media Center.