Broadcasting an event sounds like producing a television or radio program. Is it really that difficult?
To point a camera at a fixed location does not require a lot of effort. However, you quickly find that this is generally insufficient (and furthermore, is boring for viewers). Audio is even trickier to get right, especially if it is a conference situation rather than a lecture. Finally, maximizing the effectiveness of a `remote’ presentation involves a lot of preparation; agreeing on the protocol that will be used to handle interaction between remote participants, for example, is harder than you might think. As time goes on, a wide body of experience is being gained in MBONE broadcasting. Carl Malamud of the Internet Multicasting Service, for example, is leading the effort to define a production-quality service. Others who have put together event broadcasts have written about their experiences. In particular, you might want to read a report on the effort to multicast the 2nd International WWW Conference held in Chicago, October 1994, and the excellent ` countdown list’ used to produce
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