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Recent Research / Reports:
"Demand
for online streaming applications will
grow 100% in 2002."
Gartner Group, 12/01.
"The web conferencing market will double
- exceeding $500 million by year's end."
Gartner Group.
"2002 will be a year when tactical issues
will demand attention in the e-workforce.
The foremost issues will be web conferencing
and use of mobile wireless devices."
Gartner Group Analysts Simon Haymond
and Mark Gilbert, December 13, 2001.
"Early results are very positive. Although
most companies have been at it [streaming
media] for a relatively short period of
time, they are already seeing many of
the benefits they expected and desired,
including improved revenue, communication
and timeliness, substantial cost savings
and customer satisfaction."
Enterprise Streaming Media Research,
2001.
"If your business isn't already using
streaming media technologies as a part
of your regular communications - both
as a way to reach the outside world and
for internal purposes - you are wasting
a boatload of resources, including labor,
money, and time. And given the uncertainty
of the economic climate, finding bottom-line
savings for your organization should be
a top-of-mind consideration."
Jason Black - Internet World, November
1, 2001.
webcasting
fact sheet
Industry
Links:
www.streamingmedia.com
www.streamingmagazine.com
www.webcasters.org
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Common
Terminology:
Webcasting
- Delivery of audio and/or video to
computers connected to a network.
Streaming Media - An internet
data transfer technique that allows
the user to see and hear audio and
video files without lengthy download
times.
Windows Media Player® - Microsoft's
proprietary streaming technology player.
RealPlayer® - Real Networks'
proprietary streaming technology player.
QuickTime® - Apple Computer's
proprietary streaming technology player.
Encode - To compress audio
and/or video for transmission over
a network.
Flash® - Macromedia's vector-based
authoring tool.
Bit-rate - A measure of bandwidth,
expressed as the number of bits transmitted
per second - 56kbps, 100kbps, etc.
Dial-up - A connection to the
internet using a modem connected to
a phone line.
Broadband - A high-speed internet
connection - e.g. cable, DSL, T-1,
ISDN.
On-demand Webcast - Archived
content that is available 24/7 for
a viewer's convenience.
Live Webcast - A live broadcast
that takes place in "real-time" at
a specific time.
Buffering - The process by
which streaming media that is entering
a user's computer at a faster rate
than can be played, is saved as memory
without backing up or overloading
the Player. |
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