Silverlight Team Blog announced the release of a new white paper by Microsoft revealing how Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight Media Framework and IIS Media Services transformed PDC2010 into a global virtual event with record100,000 in-person and online attendees.
Source: Silverlight Team Blog
A new Microsoft white paper titled "The Global Conference is Real: The Success of the PDC10 Player and Application" outlines how Microsoft implemented these technologies to create a solution and mobile application that resulted in the most well attended PDC ever, surpassing conference attendance goals by 50%.
The solution featured HD Broadcast Quality Live Streaming Video, a sophisticated, interactive conference application for Windows Phone 7 and a content management system that made republishing assets quick and easy.