Why is it more difficult to stream video to a large number of viewers than to a small number?

Question

In a sense, in what way is a media streaming operation different from a radio broadcast, or billboard, which do not “feel” the strain of a larger audience?

In: Technology

Answer 1

If you had to give people a newspaper and each person had to give you 2 bucks it would take alot longer to give that paper to 10 or 20 people than 5. Streaming works the same way each viewer has to be given the video separately and specifically to them not anyone else.