Streaming Video Comparison
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Comparison Of Live Streaming Video Vs. Streaming Video On Demand
Issue	Live Video	Archived Video On Demand
Video quality	Not as good as archived video on demand.	Video that is recorded is often film quality. It is then encoded for on-demand viewing results in higher quality video and video achieves.
Bandwidth requirements	Usually requires costly video hosting to meet the additional spike in bandwidth requirements.	Additional video hosting is usually not required as the viewing times are spread out.
Flexibility	Viewers usually must watch the entire presentation, meeting or seminar resulting in additional bandwidth requirements.	Video can be edited so that it can be presented in shorter segments which can be topic specific, and can be viewed at the discretion and convenience of the viewer.
Maximum viewer potential	Viewers MUST be available at the time of the live webcasting.	Dramatically increased since the viewer can select a time that is convenient for him or her to watch. Viewers can re-watch video streams
Disruption of employees	Staging a live event creates a disruption of work flow within a business community.	Employees and customers can watch at a time that does not disrupt their work flow or tasks.
Ease to Implement	More difficult. Requires additional on-site equipment, bandwidth management, and requires access to high-speed onsite uplinks with collaboration of venues IT department.	Extremely easy. Doesn't require Clients IT department to .
Costs - multiple camera events	Higher than on-demand.	Lower than live,.

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