French broadcaster chooses Windows Media
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
There's a new TV station on the Web, and it's broadcasting in Windows Media.
Late yesterday afternoon Eastern Standard Time, a friend living in Britain instant messaged about news channel France24. The station had started Internet broadcasts, in English and French, ahead of its availability via satellite or cable.
While broadcasting now on the Internet, the full launch of the France24 site will take place later today.
The initial, broadcast site delivers beautiful Windows Media Video streaming--and not in some little box. France24 shows how companies can innovate around Windows Media formats. I'm rather surprised there is no Microsoft press release trumpeting the Windows Media broadcasts.