SharePoint 2010 video streaming is very, very good. It is easy to upload a video. It is easy to drop the video web part on any page and embed video directly on the page. However, some organizations provide a tremendous amount of video distribution and want it all private, controlled, and want detailed analytics on it – specifically how to MONETIZE the video services. Microsoft has you covered as well with IIS Media Services. IIS Media Services (in its third generation) gives you unprecedented control over your media serving capabilities. The good news is that these services can be used with your SharePoint environment. With all of this video, all you have to worry about now is that you have the bandwidth to support your extremely popular site!
Here are some details about the capabilities available with IIS Media Services.
Bit Rate Throttling – The Bit Rate Throttling module has compelling features for media and data delivery. For many scenarios, this feature will reduce bandwidth costs while increasing per-server capacity for concurrent download connections.
Live Smooth Streaming – Live Smooth Streaming enables adaptive streaming of live events to Silverlight clients. Using HTTP to deliver live events takes advantage of the scale of existing HTTP networks and keeps content close to the end user and makes true HD (720p+) a reality for live Web broadcasts as well as drastically increasing live event availability.
Smooth Streaming – Smooth Streaming enables adaptive streaming of media to Silverlight clients over HTTP. Smooth Streaming provides a high-quality viewing experience that scales massively on content distribution networks making true HD media experiences (720p+) a reality.
Smooth Streaming Client – The IIS Smooth Streaming Client Development Kit allows you to build rich Silverlight user experiences that take full advantage of IIS live and on-demand Smooth Streaming capabilities.
Web Playlists – Web Playlists is an IIS 7.0 Extension that provides developers and hosters unprecedented control of how media content is delivered to users. Personalize content, prevent ad skipping, and monetize your assets.Source:http://stovereffect.com