Streaming, also known as Webcasting, is a term that describes the transmission of specially encoded digital multimedia content—audio, video, animation, graphics, photo images and text—over the Internet to end users. Streaming files begin to play immediately and are discarded after playback, so no permanent storage is necessary on the computers of those watching the stream.

Streaming is done in two ways: live and on-demand.

Live streaming is the broadcast of an event in real-time over the Internet. On-demand streaming is the playback of an archived file that is accessed via a link imbedded on a Web page. With on-demand streaming, a Website visitor can view/listen to a streaming file at any time.

Here’s a look at how streaming is done.

On-Demand Webcasting

1.      Video, from videotape, electronic file or transmission via cable or satellite, is delivered to Cybertech’s broadcast operations center where it is converted to streaming media files through a process known as encoding.

2.      The encoded video files are then transferred to our streaming media servers.

3.      A link to the encoded files is placed on the customer’s Website.

4.      When an end user clicks on the link, the streamed video is played directly to their computer providing seamless, non-branded access to the content.

Live Webcasting

1.      Live footage is filmed with a video camera from a boardroom, or concert hall.

2.      Video signal is fed from the camera to an on-site server or PC, which is connected to the Internet (ideally via a high-speed connection such as a T-1 or DSL line).

3.      Live feed is transmitted to Cybertech’s broadcast center

4.      Feed is relayed to users via Cybertech’s high-speed fiber-optic/satellite network.

Media Delivery Network

Cybertech has implemented a premier broadband network specifically designed to deliver uninterrupted media streams of the highest quality to desktops around the globe. The security, stability and availability of the Cybertech network eliminates the multi-hop, packet-loss problems that traditionally plague streamed content and therefore delivers vastly improved image quality.