Overview Channel Guide Channels Subscriptions Webcasting

Webcasting can take one of three forms:

• Basic Webcasting lets each user "subscribe" to any Internet site and have its contents downloaded and stored on a personalized schedule. (Note: "subscriptions" do not involve payments of any kind, but simply refer to the "delivery" of information.)
• Managed Webcasting lets content providers use Microsoft's Channel Definition Format (CDF) to give users more options. Corporate users and software developers can use Microsoft's Open Software Definition (OSD) to distribute new or updated software via Software Distribution Channels.
• Multicast Webcasting is true "push" technology, which lets content providers develop even more advanced "channels."