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{{Short description|Internet network broadcasting framework}}
'''NetShow''' was Microsoft's original framework for Internet network broadcasting, intended to compete with [[RealNetworks]] [[RealMedia]] & [[Vivo Software| Vivo]] (''acquired in 1998 by RealNetworks'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/servers/index.php/15983|title=Microsoft Netshow Server|publisher=ServerWatch|date=December 30, 1999|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910142145/http://www.serverwatch.com/stypes/servers/index.php/15983|archive-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> It was later renamed and marketed under the [[Windows Media]] umbrella.
NetShow 1.0 came out in 1996.<ref name=first>{{cite web|url=http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/2618.asp|title=The Evolution of Rich Media|date=January 17, 2004|first=Russell|last=Shaw|publisher=iMedia}}</ref> A newer version, 2.0, was included in [[Windows NT 4.0]] SP3 in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/1997/03/10/microsoft-announces-immediate-availability-of-netshow-2-0-beta-brings-multimedia-broadcast-and-communication-to-the-internet-and-intranets/#sm.000zu2lv414cme1ww291my6tvzk8f|title=Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability of NetShow 2.0 Beta; Brings Multimedia Broadcast and Communication To the Internet and Intranets|date=March 10, 1997|work=News Center|publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref>  Version 3.0 came out mid-1998.<ref name=first/> The whole product line was renamed ''Windows Media'' in October, 1999, four months before [[Windows 2000]] appeared.<ref name=first/>
The NetShow name is still carried on in the [[user-agent]] string in current versions of [[Windows Media Player]], which reports as "NSPlayer".
==Components==
[[image:NetShow Player 2.0.PNG|thumb|right|NetShow Player 2.0 running in Windows XP]]
*NetShow Player (version 2.0 was included with [[Internet Explorer 4]] March 10 1997,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.checkpoint.com/press/partners/1997/netshow9703.html|title=Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability of NetShow 2.0 Beta|date=March 10, 1997|publisher=CheckPoint|work=Corporate Information & News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816010537/http://www.checkpoint.com/press/partners/1997/netshow9703.html|archive-date=August 16, 2000}}</ref> now incorporated into [[Windows Media Player]])
*NetShow Services (renamed [[Windows Media Services]]) It was eventually incorporated into the media server functionality of Microsoft [[Internet Information Services|Internet Information Services (IIS)]]. Netshow server and encoder functionality was also integrated into PowerPoint as part of the Online Broadcast functionality in Microsoft Windows 95.
* NetShow Encoder (renamed [[Windows Media Encoder]])
* NetShow Real-Time Encoder
* ASF Editor
* NetShow Presenter
* VIDTOASF
* WAVTOASF
* ASFCHOP<ref>[ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/Reskit/APPS/NETSHOW/download.htm Microsoft Net Show 2.0 FTP Archive]</ref>
* NetShow Channel (renamed [[Windows Media Station]])
* NetShow Server (also known as Theater Server): A high bitrate, full frame, on-demand streaming media solution for closed-circuit networks (such as airplanes or hotels).
==Related technologies==
*Active Streaming Format (ASF) (later renamed ''Advanced Streaming Format'', then to ''[[Advanced Systems Format]]'')
*[[Microsoft Media Server]] (MMS)
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