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Entries from August 2008

ABC (Australia’s public broadcaster) goes Microsoft Silverlight

August 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

UPDATE: Angelo Tilocca has contacted me and has pointed out what we both consider to be a misunderstanding.  To clear it all up, let me quote him in regards to the use of Microsoft and Silverlight by the ABC.

Thanks James.

Confirming that ABC Commercial has launched its integrated ABC Shop
Media Player and its Downloads [...]

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Tags: Adobe · DRM · IPTV · Microsoft · Silverlight · codecs · flash

AVCHD takes it place in the spotlight.

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Canon has slated the release of a new camera that will put H.264/AVC into the spot light recently.  I have written much over the years about how H.264 will eventually take over as the standardised codec of choice. The Canon HG20/HG21 is the camera that will make consumers love AVC.
See Gizmoto review here.
The thing that [...]

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Tags: Film Making · Standards · codecs

A fly in Steve’s soup (Apple’s path to online video)

August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

There has been much discussion over the motives behind Steve Jobs not allowing Abode Flash player on the iPhone.  In general, as a developer, there is no reason why flash lite could not work on the iPhone. Full version of flash, yes that is questionable, but not out of the question either.  The real reason, [...]

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Tags: Adobe · Apple · DRM · FinalCutPro · IPTV · codecs · flash