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Icflix
icflix ( ) is a Middle Eastern streaming and VoD platform that provides Jazwood (Arabic content), Bollywood and Hollywood movies and TV series. Icflix content is available in three languages: Arabic, English and French. Icflix streaming service can be used worldwide, but the company's main markets are the following countries: Morocco, Egypt, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. During 2014, Icflix announced the launching of the App "icflix kids" on Samsung devices through the partnership that both companies have signed. In February 2015, the company launched the payment by text message for its Moroccan subscribers and by credit card for its Tunisian viewers. It was announced by the company during the same month that subscriptions had reached 250,000 in the MENA region. In March 2015, Icflix announced its collaboration with the United Nations on a television series that would report on the efforts of the UN agencies around the world t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. ''Streaming'' refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content itself. Distinguishing delivery method from the media applies specifically to telecommunications networks, as most of the traditional media delivery systems are either inherently ''streaming'' (e.g. radio, television) or inherently ''non-streaming'' (e.g. books, videotape, audio CDs). There are challenges with streaming content on the Internet. For example, users whose Internet connection lacks sufficient bandwidth may experience stops, lags, or poor buffering of the content, and users lacking compatible hardware or software systems may be unable to stream certain content. With the use of buffering of the content for just a few seconds in advance of playback, the quality can be much improved. Livestreaming is the real-time delivery of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
