Why the Azure Cloud?
05 October 2015
Looking back on AzureCon, and looking ahead to the future, including a feature that lets you Bring Your Own Licenses (BYOL) to Azure.
Azure Media Services
Azure Media Services adds Google Widevine packaging for delivering multi-DRM stream
10 September 2015
Azure Media Services now offers the ability to protect both Video-On-Demand (VOD) and Live Streams with Widevine Modular DRM technology.
Announcing support for Apple ProRes videos in Azure Media Services
10 September 2015
We are pleased to announce support for Apple ProRes videos in Azure Media Services.
Azure Media Services Java SDK adds support for Content Protection feature
25 August 2015
We are pleased to announce a new update including new features allowing you to easily configure AES and PlayReady dynamic encryption for VOD or Live with Java SDK.
Azure Media Player update with multi-audio stream support
13 August 2015
Azure Media Player 1.3.0 now supports seamless same codec audio switching on the AzureHtml5JS and FlashSS techs.
Update: Azure Media Indexer v1.3.2
12 August 2015
Azure Media Indexer update includes minor fixes for specific workflows.
New CDN features - country filtering, compression and analytics
12 August 2015
New Content Delivery Network features, now generally available for all customers include: country filtering, compression and analytics.
Announcing general availability of premium encoding
22 July 2015
Premium encoding is now generally available in Azure Media Services. Its capabilities such as automated decision-making logic can adapt to a variety of input and output file formats.
Live Real-time captions with Azure Media Services and Player
08 July 2015
Delivering real-time multi-language captions for a live events is easy with Azure Media Services and SubPly.
Azure Media Services delivers Widevine encrypted stream by partnering with castLabs
15 June 2015
We continue innovate and today we have added Widevine support through our partner Castlabs. Now you can deliver PlayReady encrypted stream through Azure Media Services and a Widevine encrypted stream!