{"id":157,"date":"2007-05-02T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T20:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=157"},"modified":"2009-10-18T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T14:48:31","slug":"mlbtv-a-glimpse-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"MLB.TV: A glimpse into the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

This season, MLB.TV subscribers have seen the introduction of 700K streaming (bringing a much improved picture) and the incredible Mosaic feature, but MLB are not resting on their laurels. At a recent Microsoft developers conference on Monday, representatives from MLB gave attendees an insight into how they are using Microsoft Silverlight Video to improve their service. Any MLB.TV fan will want to check out the fifteen minute clip here<\/a> to see what is coming this summer.<\/p>\n

The clip begins with Bob Bowman, President and CEO of MLB Advanced Media, joking with the attendees that he had signed them all up, adding: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you’ll enjoy it, and if you don’t, just try and cancel!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Funny because it’s true.<\/p>\n

Anyway, once his intro is out of the way we get to the forward-looking demos.<\/p>\n

Essentially the new MLB.TV style product will allow you to control everything that sits around, and on top of, the live streaming footage. MLB.com can now get a clean video feed from the stadium, rather than picking up the feed from the broadcaster. We are used to being at the mercy of the broadcasters in regards to what graphics and information are displayed at any time, but not for much longer. <\/p>\n

You<\/em> can decide what information goes in the transparent overlay and choose from a number of different \u00e2\u20ac\u0153widgets\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that you can add on to the screen. The three shown in the demo are the diamond view (a neat 3D diamond showing base runners etc), player tracker (as seen in Mosaic \u00e2\u20ac\u201c pick which players you want to track and it will alert you when they’re in the in-deck circle etc), and a chat widget. You can also access video clips of other big plays of the day and simply call them up in a small window at the bottom of the screen while the live game carries on streaming behind. Finally, in one viewing option you can re-size the window however you like, allowing you to tuck it away in the corner of the screen discreetly if you are watching when you shouldn’t be!<\/p>\n

These words don’t do it justice though. Check out the clip and see how smart it all looks.<\/p>\n

At 10.30 on the clip, for some reason it starts repeating the previous five minutes (unless it’s been fixed by the time you are reading this). This goes on to 13.50, but it’s worth sticking around to see the demo of Gameday and Player Tracker on a mobile phone. Talk about the wonders of technology!<\/p>\n

This new MLB.TV product is streaming at 1.5MB (same as Mosaic), and Microsoft Siverlight (currently only in Beta) requires you to have Windows Vista or XP Service Pack 2 to run (or you can run it on a Mac). So you will probably need a fairly top-line set-up for it to work, but I guess that’s to be expected.<\/p>\n

Technology moves fast these days and it looks like MLB.com are embracing this to bring us new and exciting ways to watch baseball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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