An international forum on wide  band-based stream media technologies, the first of its kind, will  be held here from November 7 to 9, sources said.

   Government officials, experts, and foreign and domestic  professionals in the field will attend the meeting. They will  exchange views and discuss issues such as construction of wide- band management in China, management and development of content  transmitted through the wide band and the latest stream media  technologies.

   Stream media refer to synchronous video and audio programming  on the Internet between users and servers.

   A survey shows that the number of people who visited stream  media content through the Internet grew by 65 percent in 2000, and is accelerating.