Two-way multicast video conferencing This form of content
delivery is a two-way exchange of information, much like option 1
shown earlier. However, the difference is that the presenter and the
receiver can see and hear each other from all locations.This places the
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heaviest demands upon the network of any delivery mechanism. Even
though Cisco’s IP/TV solution can do this, it is not optimized for it.The
next major section on IP/VC will discuss two-way conferencing.
This solution is great for distance learning as well.With a little work, you
could present lunch-time workshops and briefings to just about any site in the
organization, including mobile users.With a little HTML programming, it would
be very easy to create an intranet Web site listing all these CDN presentations.
This would give all users of the system the opportunity to choose to view the
presentation at their leisure. In the next section, you’ll see how Cisco devices perform
this little bit of magic.