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IIS Media Services, an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform, delivers true HD (720p+) live and on-demand streaming, DVR functionality, and real-time analytics support to computers, TVs, and mobile devices. By offering a complete multi-format media delivery platform and a proven web server, highly immersive websites can now be managed from a single web platform: IIS. Install IIS Media Services 4 now...

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Smooth Streaming

Playing On-Demand

Smooth Streaming enables uninterrupted streaming to Silverlight and other clients via HTTP, up to true HD (720p+). The quality level for each user seamlessly shifts as needed to adapt to changing bandwidth and playback conditions.

Playing Live

Live Smooth Streaming provides massive scalability, full DVR controls, and extended engagement times for PCs, Macs, set-top boxes, and mobile devices â€“ including support for Apple devices.

Full-Strength Player

Get started quickly using the Smooth Streaming Client for Silverlight 4 and Silverlight for Windows Phone 7, with support for DVR, DRM, H.264 & VC-1, multiple audio/video tracks, analytics, and much more.

Nice, Neat Package

Want to add Smooth Streaming or Protected Interoperable File Format (PIFF) output to your application or encoder? Use the Smooth Streaming Format SDK.

Multicast

Combining traditional multicast with Smooth Streaming, Smooth Multicast provides best-quality user experiences with low network overhead (coming soon!).

Convert with Ease

Whether you need to convert either full media libraries or a steady flow of incoming files, let Transform Manager automate the job submission, scheduling, management, media transcoding, and encryption.

Analytics

Measure and then monetize your IIS-delivered media experiences with customizable client and server data, and share that information in real-time with a third-party analytics service, using Advanced Logging.

Scale to the Edge

Users have a better experience when your web and media content is close to them, so use Application Request Routing on your edge servers to provide proxying and disk-based edge caching.

Intelligent Progressive Downloads

Bit Rate Throttling increases scalability for progressive downloads while reducing bandwidth costs by intelligently detecting and metering media files.

Perfect Control

Server-based Web Playlists enables you to protect, personalize, and monetize your progressively downloaded media assets across multiple media formats.

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Smooth Streaming

Live and on-demand Smooth Streaming, part of IIS Media Services, enables highly-scalable adaptive streaming of HD content and live events. Since it was introduced, customers worldwide have used it to create compelling end-user video experiences. Here are just a few highlights from recent monthsâ€¦

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Partners

While you can use Microsoft technologies to build a complete end-to-end solution on your own, sometimes working with one or more partners can help you achieve your goals more easily and quickly. Below, you will find a set of partners that have announced products or services that support IIS Media Services, including IIS Smooth Streaming. Click on a partner name to learn more. If you know of additional companies that should be on this list, please contact us.

Advertising & Analytics Conviva DoubleClick Omniture

Client Development Axinom BuyDRM iStreamPlanet Southworks Stimulant Ucaya Vertigo Yacast Media

Content Distribution Akamai Technologies CDNetworks DiscountASP.NET Edgecast Networks Internap Network Services Internet Initiative Japan Level 3 Limelight Networks MPS Broadcast Yacast Media

Content Protection Axinom BuyDRM CDNetworks CSG Systems Ipercast Irdeto iStreamPlanet Yacast Media

Encoding Allegro DVT Anystream ATEME Digital Rapids Envivio Inlet Technologies Microsoft Harmonic / Rhozet Twofour Digital VBrick Viewcast Winnov

Case Studies

Click on the smaller images or slider bar below to rotate through screenshots of IIS Smooth Streaming in action on eight customer websites. Click on the largest screenshot image to read the case study related to that event.

NRK 2010 Olympics

HSN Live in HD

CTV 2010 Olympics

NBC Sunday Night Football Extra

NBC 2010 Olympics

TV 2 Sumo in Norway

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