Webcasting over the internet is similar to broadcasting but uses special technology to reduce the size of the digital files being sent.

There is also the potential to reach a much wider audience than with a normal TV channel - in 2001 Microsoft claimed that 100 million people had down-loaded Media Player, RealPlayer and QuickTime, which enables people to view streamed videos and are available free on the net.

By 2005 the plan is to achieve universal access to the Internet. This is a very attractive medium to advertisers and sponsors.

Streaming Media are beginning to use this method of communication for conferences, seminars and training. Privacy can be ensured by the simple use of a possword for access.

This is what you could do with a very high bandwidth -Television, video-on-demand, game-on-demand, network video applications, person to person publising, multiple household users.

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Streaming
Webcasting