Comments on: Cartoon Network Video goes Flash http://www.kennybunch.com/blog/2008/03/cartoon-network-video-goes-flash/ Programming Tidbits Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:32:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.kennybunch.com/blog/2008/03/cartoon-network-video-goes-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-353 admin Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:22:33 +0000 http://www.kennybunch.com/blog/2008/03/cartoon-network-video-goes-flash/#comment-353 John, In the previous implementation, Cartoon wasn't using SilverLight. It was good ole WMV player with an abstracted playback, so that it appeared like it was video in Flash. The switch was pretty seamless. To address the topic you mentioned, I plan on writing a post based on decisions around Flash, Silverlight, and Move Networks since I have to answer these questions to CTOs of most of the major media companies on a regular basis. John,
In the previous implementation, Cartoon wasn’t using SilverLight. It was good ole WMV player with an abstracted playback, so that it appeared like it was video in Flash. The switch was pretty seamless. To address the topic you mentioned, I plan on writing a post based on decisions around Flash, Silverlight, and Move Networks since I have to answer these questions to CTOs of most of the major media companies on a regular basis.

]]> By: John Dowdell http://www.kennybunch.com/blog/2008/03/cartoon-network-video-goes-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-352 John Dowdell Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:04:30 +0000 http://www.kennybunch.com/blog/2008/03/cartoon-network-video-goes-flash/#comment-352 A related post, two weeks back: http://blog.ctvdigital.net/index.php/2008/03/14/how-many-people-choose-silverlight/ Having an existing library and infrastructure in WMV is a good reason to investigate Microsoft's in-page video plugin. But they saw that 75% of people who were asked to install Silverlight just left. jd/adobe A related post, two weeks back:
http://blog.ctvdigital.net/index.php/2008/03/14/how-many-people-choose-silverlight/

Having an existing library and infrastructure in WMV is a good reason to investigate Microsoft’s in-page video plugin. But they saw that 75% of people who were asked to install Silverlight just left.

jd/adobe

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