The increased worldwide popularity of broadcasting video over the Internet has sparked considerable interest in the University community to 'capture' and share campus events with an expanded audience. To meet the increasing need for an Internet video service, Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT) has developed a Streaming Video, or "Webcast", service. With this service, it is now possible to broadcast lectures, panel discussions, and other events across the campus network and the internet.

The NUIT Webcast service provides video production, editing, content streaming, and storage. The options for each are dependent upon the audience and the requirement of the content provider.

A successful Webcast requires considerable preparation time, so NUIT requires a minimum of four weeks notice to Webcast your event. Please contact NUIT (see Request a Webcast) early in your event planning process so we can help make your Webcast a success.

Prior to requesting a Webcast, the requesting entity must secure a venue for production. For more information, see the Venues page.

Additional information about our campus Webcast service is available on our Services page.

In order to view Northwestern Webcasts, you must have RealPlayer installed on your computer. Members of the Northwestern University community should click here to download, install and test the free Realplayer. All others click here to download and install the free Realplayer; then click here to test your RealPlayer.