TABLE OF CONTENTS On-Demand: Most streaming media files areavailable on-demand, meaning when the audiencechooses to access them.
Live: Streaming media produced at the same moment as thecontent is produced is usually called live streaming.
Webcast: A live streaming media broadcastis sometimes called a webcast, although the term is sometimesapplied to on-demand streaming.
Simultaneousstreams: Streaming media producers often measure the popularity of a live streamby the number of simultaneous requests for the stream. One streaming software vendor also bases itsstreaming server license fees on the maximum number of simultaneous streams.
Outsourcing: Many streaming producersprefer to hire out some or all of their streaming capacity to a streaming specialist. This iscalled outsourcing.
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In this chapter, we ll take you through the process of putting your streaming media before anaudience. In some ways, this is the biggest challenge facing a streaming producer. You will have towork closely with the people who manage your organization s streaming server and network resources.Frankly, these professionals aren t always the most easygoing colleagues. Streaming media is ademanding technology, especially on bandwidth, which is the amount of data that can be transmittedover a...
