First and foremost when thinking about streaming everyone's mind goes to Youtube. The famous site was founded in 2005 and now has over a billion users and is localized to over 70 countries making it the most accessed streaming site ever. This makes it a good candidate to use to stream our content as we know the audience is there. However Youtube being such a large site creates the possibility that, like so much other content, our will be lost in the sea of videos. Youtube is free to upload to which is another possible reason for its popularity however this means that the videos are often clogged with adverts and that is how Youtube gets its revenue. We will have to consider that uncontrollable aspect of the Youtube structure when we decided which streaming site to use. Control over adverts can be gained, for a fee.
The next site that pops to mind for me is UStream, a site similar to Youtube that was founded in 2007. The site boasts around 80 million viewers and broadcasters and is available in 7 languages. UStream also uses adverts for revenue but regular broadcasters can pay monthly to control adverts on the content. It isn't as popular as Youtube and because its so similar in its framework it doesn't seem like a candidate.
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