Foreword
Who would have imagined that a person could sit in front of a computer and listen to radio stations from anywhere around the world, watch the latest video news, listen and watch the hottest new music videos, or even pick from thousands of movies with the simple click of a mouse?
I first experienced the magic of streaming media in 1995 when I listened to my favorite baseball game that was not broadcast on the radio or TV, but on my personal computer. I was in awe. Once my initial sense of amazement had passed, I started to get seriously interested in how much better the experience could be … and how much better it needed to be to really change the way the world communicates and is entertained.
For all the early excitement about streaming, ...
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