Online Streaming

History of it:
Attempts to display media on computers dates back to mid 20th century, although no progress was made due to high costs. However during the 1980's - 1990's personal computers became powerful enough to display various media. It wasn't till late 1990's early 2000's that the internet became more widely used an bandwidth was increased.

How its used:
Streaming is used by anyone locally from their own home, it requires an Internet connection and a device which if you go into the majority of houses these days you find both of these. When on the device it is as easy as searching for streaming sites such as project free TV etc and then search their server for the required show/movie. These streams are uploaded by anyone making this an example of wikinomics due to the collaborative effect it has. Therefore this shows how easy it is to stream in comparison to download. However this hasn't gone un-noticed as there's no such places as Netflix which charge a cost however provide a quality service for a small price. We have recently seen a rises in popularity for this product. It is now known for it combating illegal streams and downloads.

Big online streaming sites:
There are many online streaming sites however some are better than others for example a major one is project free TV however this is only of recent as the major one used to be surfthechannel although is now closed down. Although this goes to show that when one site is closed another will take its place because its so easy to set up. And also they are hard to shut down as the creators are technically not doing anything wrong as they don't upload the illegal content.

A major player in online streaming is spotify this is a software that always users to listen to music without purchasing it, this is beginning to rise in popularity recently. It has new features such as connecting to Facebook and sharing music with friends. It also suggests music similar to previously listen music.