subject: Satellite Direct - Live Internet TV Stream [print this page] Author: Donald Mair Author: Donald Mair
Over the years, watching television shows over the internet has gained tremendous fame. Statistics show that over 3.6 billion video streams are watched by internet viewers, and that the regular internet user spends about forty days each year being online. This is equivalent to approximately 160 minutes per day. Another 150 minutes per day are spent watching television.
Internet television allows its users to choose the program or the TV show they want to watch from an archive of programs or from a channel directory. The 2 forms of viewing Internet television are streaming the content directly to a media player or simply downloading the program/show onto the users computer.
The obvious advantage of a live internet TV stream is that no waiting is involved. Also, true streaming video must be delivered from a specialized streaming server. A streaming media or streaming video server is a specialized application which runs on an Internet server. This is often referred to as "true streaming", since other methods only simulate streaming. True streaming has advantages such as the ability to handle much larger traffic loads, the ability to detect users connection speeds and supply appropriate files automatically, and the ability to broadcast live events which are sometimes referred to as a webcast or a netcast.
Internet satellite TV allows you to watch thousands of global channels in many different languages. These local and international television channels are hard to find and may be inaccessible if you use the traditional television. With a PC satellite TV system, you are tapping on both satellite TV technology and internet technology, allowing you to access thousands of satellite television stations from around the world via free-to-air satellite transmission and display. These stations range from world news to kids programs to sports to digital entertainment.
One can indeed gain many benefits from a live internet TV stream.
