The Streaming Media Services role enables you to manage delivery of live or on-demand digital media content, including Windows ...

The Streaming Media Services role enables you to manage delivery of live or on-demand digital media content, including Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV) over networks by using Windows Media Services administrative interfaces. Upon completing installation of the Streaming Media Services role, your server is set up with a basic Windows Media Server configuration, which includes a default on-demand publishing point for unicast streaming and a sample broadcast publishing point for either unicast or multicast streaming.