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Video-on-demand (VOD) Video-on-demand (VOD) has presented a challenge

Filed under: Video and Audio Streaming — webmaster @ 11:37 pm

Video-on-demand (VOD) Video-on-demand (VOD) has presented a challenge to many operators over the past 20 years. Ever since analog cable systems offered a gateway to the home, companies have strived to construct systems to deliver content on demand. Various schemes have been tried, including fiber to the home. Until this century, there has never been a return on investment. The VHS (and later DVD) rental outlets set the benchmark for price and picture quality even though you had to drive to the nearest mall. Conventional television required expensive storage and distribution systems to deliver unicast content. The advent of video compression and the everlowering costs of storage and servers now make cost-effective VOD services a reality. The early systems were adopted by the closed networks like hotel movie channels. The hotels could charge premium prices for the captive customer. To provide such a service to the public requires a different scale of infrastructure. There are two ways to deliver content, over cable television circuits, and using broadband phone connections (ADSL). In countries that are deploying new cable television networks, there is the opportunity to supply IP set-top boxes so that VOD can be streamed, then displayed on a regular television receiver. In countries with an installed base of older boxes, support for such services awaits the replacement cycle for the installed base of boxes. Many CDN networks now offer VOD, including Real, MSN, and Akamai. Corporate communications The corporate webcast has become an integral part of the quarterly earnings call, but streaming is not just for investors. Most departments can use streaming, either to replace meetings or to convey information product training, conveying HR policies, and general corporate messages the possibilities are immense. Streaming becomes vital for corporations with many remote sites, or to communicate to distributors, agents, and resellers. Staff training Staff training is a prime user of multimedia technology. Staff training can be expensive. It is costly to travel to a dedicated training center. CD-ROMs have been popular, but the production costs are high if interactive presentations are used. Rich media allows the typical stand-up with slides to be used, without the extra production costs. PowerPoint alone lacks the presence of the speaker. A presentation can be prepared offline with simple products like Microsoft Producer. What about the live presentation? Anystream has created a product, 314 The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming

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