The term "streaming" was first used for tape drivesmanufactured by Data Electronics Inc. that were meant to slowly ramp up and run for the entire track; slower ramp times lowered drive costs. "Streaming" was applied in

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Beginning in 1881, Théâtrophoneenabled subscribers to listen to opera and theatre performances over telephone lines. This operated until 1932. The

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Early development
Attempts to display media on computers date back to the earliest days of computing in the mid-20th century. However, little progress was made for several decades, primarily due to the high cost and limited

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Advances in computer networking, combined with powerful home computers and operating system advances, made streaming media practical

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Useful – and typical – applications of streaming are, for example, long video lecturesperformed online. An advantage of this presentation is that these lectures can be very long, although they

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Copyright issues
The availability of large bandwidth internet enabled the audiovisual streaming services to attract large number of users around the world. For OTT

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Bandwidth
A broadband speed of 2 Mbit/s or more is recommended for streaming standard definitionvideo without experiencing buffering or skips,

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