Battle of giants Microsoft and Adobe for complete interactive experience on the web

I joined the Streaming Media Professionals group at LinkedIn and was sent a posting that appeared in Contentinople by R Scott Raynovich about the real battle that is brewing for Internet supremacy between Adobe and Microsoft.   Great read.   The comments from some of the industry leaders such as the Platform and Brightcove on format wars (which Microsoft is known for winning) and the push for quality, reach and security (by having two giants going for the same goal the technology is improving at fantastic rates)were on the money. One of the commentators, Mark Kapczynski was so impressed that he is setting up a company to convert Flash based video into Silverlight.

I have been working with a neat company in Montreal Canada that embraced Silverlight over a year ago and has developed several really neat applications – the company, Pecunia Communications is certainly ahead of the curve, particularly in live streaming events. see www.pecunia.tv

TV.com v Hulu and the effective use of Web 2.0 tools

As Troy Dreier discusses in his article for Streaming Media this week, TV.com has really embraced web 2.0 tools and is looking for a total engagement of the audience. See the full article at http://www.streamingmedia.com/r/printerfriendly.asp?id=11078 Im looking for players in the Web 2.0 space who believe they have an application that can take this audience and community build to a new stage. I will be at the show 1 and 2 April – see my linkedin account and email me to meet up.