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Adaptive Bitrate Streaming

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A streaming technique that continuously measures a viewer's available bandwidth, device and processing power and switches among multiple pre-encoded quality levels of the same video in real time, so playback keeps running rather than stalling to rebuffer. Move Networks developed the modern HTTP-based approach between 2004 and 2006, ABC Networks brought it to wide attention in 2007, and it is now the standard delivery method behind major streaming services.

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2007 1
Move Networks developed the underlying HTTP adaptive technique between 2004 and 2006; ABC Networks' 2007 adoption brought it to wide industry attention.
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Modern HTTP adaptive bitrate streaming was developed by Move Networks between 2004 and 2006, under the name Quantum Streaming, and gained wide industry attention in 2007 when ABC Networks adopted it for its HD video streaming website. 1
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Move Networks developed the modern HTTP-based approach 2004-2006; ABC Networks brought it to wide attention in 2007. Move Networks itself does not yet have an entry in this atlas.

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Additional Source American Broadcasting Company, WikipediaAdaptive bitrate streaming, History section, Move Networks and ABC 2007 rollout
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1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • History section, Move Networks subsection
    The player automatically adjusts stream quality based on network conditions and the local environment of each media consumer.
  • Adaptive bitrate streaming (Wikipedia), Move Networks section
    Modern adaptive bitrate streaming over HTTP was developed by Move Networks between 2004 and 2006, and started gaining worldwide attention in 2007 when it was chosen by ABC Networks as the streaming solution for their new HD video streaming website.
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American Broadcasting Company, Wikipedia
Associated With: American Broadcasting Company, Adaptive bitrate streaming, History section, Move Networks and ABC 2007 rolloutView the Source
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