But streaming turns out to be more effective at the end of the day, allowing for more efficint network throughput, better viseo and audio quality and support for advanced features
(detailed reporting of streams played, VCR controls).

But streaming can be of different types as well, say serverpoint.com offer streaming via http server in their shared plans.

Choosing a host for streaming it's worth checking how many CPU he allows for on shared plans, as you may lose lots of clients at peak hours due to CPU limits.