2008 DNC LIVE in HD
The Democrats have teamed up with Move Networks to offer an HD Silverlight experience at this year’s National Convention which unlike NBC’s 2008 Olympics player, showcases the power of Silverlight as a platform.
Above: DNCC Video Experience Homepage Player
While the excitement of the DNC may not rival the Olympics, the player offers an awesome full screen 16:9 experience, two camera angles and a separate spanish broadcast, (though that one taps into Comcast’s lower quality 4:3 feed) leaving NBC’s player in the dust. If you’re just looking to watch the convention, look no further.
Above: DNCC Move Networks Player - Full Screen in 16:9 HD
If you’re looking for commentary and independent coverage, all the major online video live broadcast companies are partnered with most of the new media sources that have sprung up over the past four years and are now offering their own live feeds. The democratization of media is pretty cool, PaidContent and NewTeeVee have pretty good lists, though there are almost more independent live streams than we can count.
Tags: 2008 Democratic National Convention, Move Networks, Silverlight
August 26th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Blame YouTube…
I often wonder why so many have a bad perception of web video or believe it can never really be a replacement for HDTV (Mark Cuban, looking your direction). Then I started looking at the recent video……
August 26th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Convenient that you disable comments on your blog. For the record, I’m not shocked by what is possible, but this isn’t a particularly good replacement for HDTV either. It’s adaptive bitrate, so it looks great if you have a fiber connection, but the majority of viewers on lower speed connections are watching in lower quality, an experience that will not match what they get on TV. It’s a great complement to TV however.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Move Networks seem to be a true leader in the online video realm right now. I work for an online video platform, PermissionTV. We’ve integrated Move technology for a few of our clients and have been able to produce some impressive results.