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Public preview: Media Encoder Premium for Azure Media Services
Media Encoder Premium for Azure Media Services offers new and advanced encoding capabilities, including support for MXF and DVCPRO formats, in addition to 4K AVC, multilanguage audio, closed captioning, deinterlacing, and color conversion.
January 2015
General Availability: Content Protection for Azure Media Services
Content Protection for Azure Media Services offers static and dynamic encryption with PlayReady license delivery and an AES 128-bit key delivery service.
Now available: Azure Media Services Live Streaming with Content Protection and DRM
The same live streaming and content protection solutions that delivered the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 FIFA World Cup to broadcasters around the world is now available.
December 2014
General availability: Live Channels for Azure Media Services
Live Channels for Azure Media Services is available and fully supported by the Azure SLA.
November 2014
Azure Media Packager and Azure Media Encryptor reach end-of-life
On November 1, 2015, Azure Media Packager and Azure Media Encryptor reach their end-of-life.
September 2014
Preview: Azure Media Services Live Streaming and Content Protection
The same live streaming solution that delivered the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 FIFA World Cup to broadcasters around the world is now available in preview.
April 2014
General Availability: Autoscale
The new GA release of Autoscale includes performance- and schedule-based scaling, and you can customize it to scale based on metrics you define.
Management Libraries for .NET
New management libraries include an SDK that automates how you provision and manage Azure assets.
January 2014
ISO Certification expanded to include more Azure services
Azure ISO Certification expanded to include SQL Database, Active Directory, Traffic Manager, Web Sites, BizTalk Services, Media Services, Mobile Services, Service Bus, Multi-Factor Authentication, and HDInsight.
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