The team for a chance to talk with David Giard, Sr. Software Engineer in Commerical Software Engineering about Azure Media Services - what it does, who should use it, and what type of events can take advantage of the capability that it offers.

Media File: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode376.mp3

YouTube: Episode 376 - Azure Media Services - YouTube

Resources:

GCast - aka.ms/gcast

Updates:

New NPv1 virtual machines are now generally available

Public preview: AKS support for Secrets Store Container Storage Interface

Microsoft Azure Web PubSub service now in public preview

Microsoft acquires Kinvolk to accelerate container-optimized innovation

We talk to Danny Garber, a Media Services specialist at Microsoft and he gives us all the low-down on this little-understood Azure service that has grown to serve the Sochi Olympics live.

Media file: http://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode60.mp3

Azure Media Services (General Info, Docs etc.): http://azure.com/media

Blog: http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/topics/media-services/

Case studies for Azure Media Services including the 2014 Sochi Games http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2014/02/06/going-for-gold-windows-azure-media-services-provide-live-and-on-demand-streaming-of-2014-olympic-winter-games-on-nbc/

• The US broadcaster NBC and their Sports division’s Live and On Demand content via an app called “LiveExtra” (http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/)
  
• Blinkbox (http://www.blinkbox.com) the OTT video on demand provider in the UK
  
• NASCAR and their wide array of car and motorbike racing at http://www.fanschoice.tv
  
• FujiTV’s “NextSmart” Service in Japan which streams all kinds of programming including F1 motor car racing - http://ch.nicovideo.jp/fujinextsmart
  
• Das Erste public broadcasting in Germany  (which has an app in the Windows 8 App Store in Germany - http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/de-de/app/5cf1d640-0f00-41ba-967f-73168da01827