Streaming means watching a video or listening to music over the Internet in real time instead of downloading the file onto their computer. This is done by 'buffering' which means loading the file ahead of the point that you are up to so it is seemingly playing all the way through without downloads. This has mainly taken off when broadband came into use and Internet speeds became quick enough to handle this constant stream of data over the Internet.
Fork many companies this is the new way of distributing content to the public for such businesses as Netflix and Spotify. This service relies on in Internet connection to be constant which is only taken off in the last decade. For some businesses like Blockbuster, this new way of distributing was bad news because they did not join in quick enough an now they have been shut down because people like the idea of a cheaper, more suitable method of acquiring their content.
As well as these businesses taking advantage of this new streaming technology, there have also been others who have utilised this feature very well such as YouTube. This website is now the largest website for user created content and is still rapidly growing. This site has now incorporated such things as 'live streaming' where users will upload to this site in real time and users will be able to see the video as it is being created. This is now being put into new technologies such as the PlayStation 4 which is supposedly meant to have a feature where the users will be able to upload their game footage straight to 'uStream'. Another website that has the largest amount of live streaming content would be 'twitch'.
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