Webcasting allows an Internet user to listen or view an event online. It basically works like this: an event is taped and then fed into a computer that uses software to compress the audio and video into a single digital "video" file. This file is then transmitted via the Internet to a "streaming media" server. When you connect with RealPlayer or Windows Media Player, the streaming server transmits the video file at a rate appropriate to the available network bandwidth. By using this technology, kaisernetwork.org is able to transmit the events we cover even to clients with 56k modems (low bandwidth).
Ultimately, webcasting affords kaisernetwork.org a unique and practical means of disseminating information globally. This benefits kaisernetwork.org users by not only giving them access to important events live (or any other convenient time), but to valuable supplementary information that is also housed on our website.
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