Streaming Video, Web video, IPTV..

Streaming Video, Web Video - its called many things, but do you know what it is and why it is key that you know the difference.

With youtube, google video and many other free video streaming providers - why would you consider paying for streaming ? why not host on your own website ? we explain here.

Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by, and normally presented to, an end-user while it is being delivered by a streaming provider (the term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback).

The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather than to the medium itself. The distinction is usually applied to media that are distributed over telecommunications networks, as most other delivery systems are either inherently streaming (e.g. radio, television) or inherently non-streaming (e.g. books, video cassettes, audio CDs).

The verb 'to stream' is also derived from this term, meaning to deliver media in this manner.