Next Version of WM, Code-Named "Corona"
MS Press | at | by Mike
Microsoft Previews the Next Version of Windows Media Technologies, Code-Named "Corona". "Corona" to Power the Third Generation of Streaming on the Web, Delivering Instant-On, Always-On Streaming and Bringing Home-Theater-Like Audio and Video Quality To Broadband Users.
In a keynote address today at Streaming Media East 2001, Will Poole, vice president of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft Corp., addressed the role of digital media in re-energizing the market for Web-based services and previewed the first third-generation streaming platform technologies that will be included in the next version of the Microsoft Windows Media Technologies, code-named "Corona." Poole demonstrated how "Corona" dramatically improves Internet streaming by introducing Fast Stream, which gives an instant-on, always-on experience, bringing home-theater-like audio and video quality to broadband PC users. Far surpassing the capabilities of any other similar technology, "Corona" is poised to lead the third generation of streaming on the Web, which Poole defined to include broadcast-quality experiences for end users and enhanced profitability for the entire digital media ecosystem.