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Streaming Video
STREEM-ing VID-ee-oh
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Moving pictures delivered over the internet and played as they arrive, from the first user-upload platforms of the mid-2000s to the subscription services that now commission films and series worldwide. Streaming collapsed the schedule and the shelf, putting the film library and the broadcast channel behind the same search box.
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Origin Year2005 marks the launch of YouTube, the first mass user-upload video platform; webcasting experiments ran through the 1990s, and Netflix opened subscription streaming of licensed films and television in 2007. OriginEarly internet video streaming dates to 1995, when RealNetworks streamed a baseball game between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners over the internet. 1 Place of Origin Primary FormatThe method by which multimedia data is delivered through a network for playback using a digital media player or media player software. 1 Typical DistributionUsed for video on demand and streaming television services delivered over the internet. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationStreaming media, Late 1990s to early 2000s sectionQuote, Streaming media, Late 1990s to early 2000s section
RealNetworks pioneered the broadcast of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners over the Internet in 1995.
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RealNetworks has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, in the Home Plate Center building in SoDo across from T-Mobile Park.
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Wikimedia FoundationStreaming media, opening sectionQuote, Streaming media, opening section
Streaming media is the method by which multimedia data is delivered through a network for playback using a digital media player or media player software.
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Wikimedia FoundationStreaming media, Use by the general public sectionQuote, Streaming media, Use by the general public section
Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet.
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