Media

Deliver higher quality video with Silverlight. The higher the video quality, the longer people stay engaged. When people watch your media longer, you make more money.

Highest Quality Experiences

Highest Quality Media

Enjoy up to 1080p true HD-quality video using H.264 or WMV/VC-1. Use your existing Windows Media library or add support for third-party codecs.

Smooth Streaming

Extend engagement times using HTTP adaptive streaming for live or on-demand video. Silverlight adjusts quality in real-time based upon changing bandwidth and CPU conditions.

Go Out of Browser

Play video seamlessly without connectivity. Save content locally for disconnected scenarios and update when you connect.

Powerful Application Development

Mac, Windows, Linux

Works with every major operating system and all major browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.

Access to Millions of Skilled Developers

Tap into the talent pool of 6 million .NET developers. Find Partners and pre-built components to help bring your Silverlight experience to market.

Seamless designer-developer workflow

Accelerate time to market. Expression Studio’s creative tools integrate with the Visual Studio family of developer tools

Make money. Save money.

Secure Your Assets

Wide choice of content protection techniques: End-user authentication, SSL, Web playlists, Silverlight DRM, and Windows Media DRM.

Monetize Your Assets through Advertising

Approved by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and supports all leading advertising scenarios.

Lower delivery costs

Leverage existing HTTP infrastructure and improve delivery over proprietary streaming servers.