Comments on: UK’s largest commercial broadcaster drops Silverlight for Flash

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:49:55 +0000

ITV now has a statement at The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/15/itv_flash/

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By: News in the online video space : Mihai CORLAN

News in the online video space : Mihai CORLAN — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:04:15 +0000

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By: Grumspter

Grumspter — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:57:34 +0000

I’ve worked for a MS-biased company with Tesco Digital as a client. MS fund various projects behind the scenes, Tescos and others, attempting to buy market share for Silverlight and .Net, while the normal logical choice of Flash/Flex solutions get sidelined. Silverlight was chosen again and again for projects not because it was the best choice, but because of MS $$$. One of the “high points” at MS MIX 2008 showcased “The Future” of home shopping, with various lame Tesco widgets integrated into the Windows 7 desktop, to much whooping and hollerin from the MS crowd. Funnily enough Adobe Flash was used to spoof various bits of interactive content that they couldn’t get working in Silverlight. The biggest cheer went up when they scanned a barcode with a webcam – this was just smoke and mirrors and not actually functional; however, barcode scanning linking directly to webservices such as Amazon has been available for around 4 years now on the Flash platform. I find it hard to believe that IT directors with vast budgets are allowed to get away with signing off projects aimed at all consumers but that are either Windows 7 only, or flakey Silverlight, while there are better cross-platform and proven solutions for RIAs out there.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:25:58 +0000

The Original Silverlight version of the ITV “Catch-Up” site was created by a company called Splendid, based in Central London, http://www.howsplendid.com/WorkItem.aspx?id=32

Splendid are a Microsoft partner company and try to encourage the expansion of Silverlight.

By: Sparters

Sparters — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:25:03 +0000

I’ve had all sorts of problems with Silverlight, so this is good news for me and more importantly, my wife….

By: Rich Streaming » Blog Archive » ITV Drops Silverlight for Flash

Rich Streaming » Blog Archive » ITV Drops Silverlight for Flash — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:23:41 +0000

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By: Dave Page

Dave Page — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:25:24 +0000

A loss for free software users – Moonlight is a lot more functional than Gnash.

By: Sachin Shinde

Sachin Shinde — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:45:08 +0000

Yay, Long live Flash!!

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Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:29:38 +0000

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