[opendtv] Re: Silverlight future
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:03:31 -0500
No exactly certain what Cliff means here.
Many standards allow plug-ins; this has been an important source of innovation
for the WWW.
DRM standards are a significant issue, as Richard pointed out. Agreeing on one
is going to be difficult. But it may be possible to implement as a plug-in.
Regards
Craig
> On Nov 24, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Cliff Benham <flyback1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Is it really a "standard" if there's more than one???
>
> Cliff
>
>> On 11/24/2013 8:45 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>> While still a work in progress, HTML5 is rapidly taking over, as it
>> should. The premium extensions that Microsoft and Netflix are using are
>> a goddess example of the way companies are working together to develop
>> standards based solutions for the web.
>>
>> The majority of Netflix streams are delivered to TVs, via Game consoles,
>> Roku, Apple TV, et al. Streams to PCs were about 42% earlier this year
>> and declining rapidly, as mobile devices, especially iPads, are gaining
>> share rapidly.
>>
>> Regards
>> Craig
>>
>> On Nov 23, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>> Silverlight is dead. Playready, not so much. But Silverlight,
>>> definitely. Netflix have been pushing for a move to HTML5 for years now.
>>>
>>> http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/04/html5-video-at-netflix.html
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Kon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Jeroen Stessen
>>> <jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>> On 2013-11-15 03:18, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>>>> Looks like Amazon is indeed going to move away from Silverlight, in
>>>> favor of HTML5.
>>>>
>>>> And apparently Silverlight is still soldiering on, even though
>>>> Microsoft was de-emphasizing its future a couple of years ago anyway,
>>>> planning to move to HTML5.
>>> /Netflix/ uses /Silverlight/ to stream TV Episodes and Movies to
>>> PC and Mac .
>>> Does it get any more important than that ?!
>>>
>>> -- Jeroen
>>>
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