Comment by Terretta

Helix is a commercial multi-protocol streaming server:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_Universal_Server

HTTP Live Streaming is already a thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming

See also DASH, M-JPEG, progressive download, etc.

> "Who knew?"

Everyone in the streaming industry, and not so long ago that it's been forgotten.