“Microsoft’s Video Streaming Development team reveals many secrets. One of the Interesting secret is Smooth streaming for Silverlight, really makes many things.. Interesting stuffs based on HTTP- adaptive streaming. “
They released a server side enhancements like Smooth Streaming technology for adaptive streaming with Silverlight to keep the video streams moving smoothly, and even enable DVR-like features in a live stream without requiring dedicated video servers, all so viewers can get smooth 720p throughout the event. Silverlight 3 beta, which promises support for up to 1080p resolution, native playback of MP4 formats like h.264 and hardware graphics acceleration.
See the live Streaming in Action…

Read the complete press release from Microsoft.
Don’t forget to see the Architecture of Silverlight’s Smooth Streaming..