What is Webcast?
A '''webcast''' is a type of [[media]] [[Computer file|file]] used on the [[Internet]]. It is distributed using [[streaming media]] technology to many people at the same time. It is basically the same as [[broadcasting]] over the internet. Many radio and TV stations, as well as stations that are only on the internet, have webcasts. Businesses may have webcasts to give [[presentation]]s or to teach people. Some people broadcast [[wedding]]s or [[funeral]]s through webcasts.<ref name=time>{{cite magazine |title= Wedcasting |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692037,00.html |magazine= [[Time Magazine|Time]] |first= Jeninne |last= Lee-St. John |date= December 6, 2007 |access-date= May 19, 2013 |archive-date= May 20, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130520115948/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692037,00.html |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{citation | publisher = IEEE | journal = Spectrum | url = http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/funeral-webcasting-is-alive-and-well| title = Funeral webcasting is alive and well| date = 30 September 2009 }}.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Mass media]]