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Windows Media
Hosting
Unified Web Media
Windows
Media Hosting uses streaming media that is much more efficient and
flexible than non-streaming media.
Websites that using streaming media
are more popular with customers and visitors, because they discover the
enormous amount of time saved in not waiting for downloads or uploads.
This
is due to the fact streaming media servers that use WM
hosting requires no buffering.
This results in real-time viewing of
videos and real-time listening to music.
WM hosting is a set of unified media tools, infrastructure, and
bandwidth designed to host your media content.
This media hosting
provides specific certified providers with the ability to host the
latest versions of Windows
Media.
The following are the general
characteristics that you can get
when you subscribe to a WM hosting company:
- Scalable bandwidth
- live and on-demand streaming and downloading,
bit
rates of 750kbps or more, typical bandwidths range from 10 GB
to 500 BG
- Customer support
- web based support 24 hours a day 7 days a week
- Reliable playback
- fully function streaming web servers that are
tested daily to eliminate delays in uploading and downloading
- Instant on/Always streaming
- uses fast streaming to eliminate the need
for any buffering of downloaded media
Using
Windows media hosting you can convert VHS, DVD, and camcorder video
into a clip that is available for live streaming or on demand
streaming.
This allows the media designer the ability to capture videos
from any source for inclusion in their multimedia products.
Additionally the media designer can acquire audio from any source for
developing their multimedia products.
With WM hosting all providers must be certified by Windows to be able
to
use the hosting program and provide hosting services to the public.
This provides assurances to the public that the hosting company is
capable of delivery the services that they advertise, which does not
happen with some hosting companies using other media hosting products.
You are assured of at least a basic level of service.
Because
of the rigorous certification process by Windows you can expect the
services described above and you can expect to receive the following
from a certified Windows
media hosting service:
- Dedicated servers to support your needs
- Hosting plans that support Windows 2000 or
higher, Linux, FreeBSD, and
Mac OS
Windows
Media Hosting allows the seamless integration of audio and video on the
same streaming web server.
Windows Media Hosting 9 servers operate on
Web or HTTP for access to stream, allowing listeners to tune into
heavily fire walled servers and websites.
The service is optimized for
wireless networks to achieve near real-time streaming options. Some
companies that have been certified by Windows Web Hosting include:
For additional
streaming
media
hosting
issues, such as the windows
media hosting section here, please visit the related
topics: MP3
web
hosting, audio
hosting, web
hosting, streaming
media provider and video
hosting service.
And for
more streaming media info, don't
forget to visit the broadband
tv, streaming
server, online
video sharing, video
teleconference, video
webcasting and digital
media sections.
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