![]() ![]() Forget about MBone, we’re talking the Macromedia (later Adobe) Flash Player, and two streaming protocols that remain relevant today: the Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) and the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP). Some key technologies entered the picture during this decade as well. And shortly after that, ESPN took advantage of live audio streaming for the Seattle Mariners vs. The very next year, the Rolling Stones joined Severe tire Damage as live streaming pioneers. ![]() According to one of the band members, the broadcast used up about half of the total available bandwidth for the internet at that time. This was achieved using a technology called MBone. And because the band members had some hook-ups in the tech community, they were the subjects of the first live stream to ever include both audio and video. Just as many famous startups trace their origin to a Silicon Valley garage, so too does Severe Tire Damage. I’m talking about Severe Tire Damage, the first live internet band. Meanwhile, another decidedly less-punk-rock band was making waves in the tech world. Beanie babies were all the rage, the Macarena was about to go viral, and Gwen Stefani was still punk rock. So how did we get here? Let’s take a trip through the history of streaming.ġ990-2000: Streaming Debuts as a Proof of Concept These days, online video isn’t just popular, it’s a part of how we live. And the opportunity to escape the pandemic doldrums by binging The Queen’s Gambit? Forget about it. That wedding you attended from your living room couch? It wouldn’t have ever taken place. Just imagine the COVID-19 pandemic without streaming. We conduct business meetings over Zoom, scream at porch pirates through our doorbell cams, and sweat to fitness routines on connected gym equipment. Robotic vacuums, smartwatches, and medical devices all have real-time streaming capabilities built in. Live streaming is now ingrained into everyday life. Besides, who’s still going into an office these days, anyways? The idea of having to wait for a video to download rather than watching it on demand is akin to commuting to work in a horse-drawn carriage. ![]() In fact, many of the budding technologies at the time still play a role in video delivery.įlash forward to today. It goes without saying that streaming video was in its infancy - but the stage was set for what would come. And Netflix was disrupting the movie rental industry by mailing DVDs to subscribers (how avant garde!) What else was happening, you ask? Well, risk-takers like myself were illegally downloading music to the family desktop via the peer-to-peer sharing site Kazaa. I’m referring to the turn of the century, back when dial-up internet was cutting-edge and the term smartphone hadn’t made its way into common lexicon. We used to live in a world where watching a video on the internet meant waiting 28 hours for the file to download. ![]()
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