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SYS-CON.TV to Switch from Adobe Flash Video to Microsoft Silverlight

We are more confident to make the switch and convinced to go with the superior Microsoft technology at this time

One of the first streaming video sites on the internet SYS-CON.TV will switch its streaming technology from Flash Video to Silverlight. The first broadcast using Microsoft's Silverlight technology will be live video from the upcoming AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 West, which will take place September 23-26, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California.

"We have been evaluating Silverlight and comparing its technical, as well as overall advantages over Flash Video since the first beta of the product was released," said Louis F. Couffari, director of technology for SYS-CON.TV. "We are more confident to make the swicth and convinced to go with a superior Microsoft technology at this time."

SYS-CON events will present the first international iTVCon - Internet Video Conference & Expo, on Novemner 12-13, 2007, in San Francisco, California. iTVCon is rapidly building out its program and the Conference Advisory Board is currently sorting through the hundreds of proposals for technical and strategic sessions that have been coming in. Final deadline for proposals is September 30, 2007, and the submission URL for speaking proposals is here.

Themes covered range from how streaming video works and how to create streaming video for the Internet to the business potential of new streaming media services as new technologies unleash a torrent of programming aimed at narrowly defined audiences.

Find out at iTVCon - Internet Video Conference & Expo in San Francisco about streaming video servers, about available digital broadcasting platforms and advanced media hosting solutions. Gain comprehensive technical background knowledge tips on creating video for the Internet.

Enjoy informed and up-to-date discussion on issues such as how the movement towards streaming video programming delivered over the Web gives content owners, organizations and marketers a whole new set of tools to explore interactive ways of engaging their audience. Hear how broadband delivery of broadcast-quality video is already revolutionizing the way we think about television.

Join the streaming video revolution, register to attend now and/or submit a speaking proposal. If it is strong enough there may still be a chance that the Conference Advisory Board accepts it. If so, you will hear right away.

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SYS-CON's "Internet Video News Desk" tracks the fast-emerging and fast-converging worlds of streaming video, online TV, as well as bringing the latest news and articles about the upcoming iTVCon - Internet Video Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 12-13, 2007, in San Francisco.

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Andrea 01/08/08 05:16:56 PM EST

Wow, You're switching to Silverlight without even knowing what will happen with this technology? Not smart. I will not be watching your website, for sure.

iTVCon News Desk 09/17/07 04:59:03 PM EDT

'We have been evaluating Silvelight and comparing its technical, as well as overall advantages over Flash Video since the first beta of the product was released,' said Louis F. Couffari, director of technology for SYS-CON.TV. 'We are more confident to make the swicth and convinced to go with a superior Microsoft technology at this time.'