Editing Webcast (section)

==Wedcast==
A webcast of a [[wedding]] may be called a '''wedcast''';<ref name=iht>{{cite news|title=Can't make the ceremony? Watch the wedcast|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/23/business/webwed.php|publisher=[[The International Herald Tribune]] / [[The Boston Globe]]|first=Kimberly|last=Blanton|date=October 22, 2007|access-date=August 1, 2009|archive-date=October 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026034237/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/23/business/webwed.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=time>{{cite magazine|title=Wedcasting|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692037,00.html|magazine=[[Time Magazine|Time]]|first=Jeninne|last=Lee-St. John|date=December 6, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208204641/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692037,00.html|archive-date=December 8, 2007}}</ref> it allows family and friends of the couple to watch the wedding in real time on the [[Internet]]. It is sometimes used for weddings in exotic locations, where it would be expensive or difficult for people to travel to see the wedding in person.<ref name=iht/>

On August 13, 1998, the first webcast wedding took place, between Alan K'necht and Carrie Silverman in [[Toronto]] [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Year in reviews August |date= December 25, 1998 |location= Montreal, CA |newspaper= The Montreal Mirror |url= http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1998/122498/august.html |access-date= November 24, 2008 |archive-date= December 1, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081201181502/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1998/122498/august.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Various TV News Clips |date=August 13, 1998 |work=Online |location=Toronto, CA |publisher=Various |url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2359180177110889920 |access-date=November 24, 2008 |archive-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011015956/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2359180177110889920 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The first webcast teleconference wedding to date is believed to have occurred on December 31, 1998. Dale Ficken and Lorrie Scarangella wed on this date as they stood in a church in Pennsylvania, and were married by Jerry Falwell while he sat in his office in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19981231wed5.asp|title=Hollidaysburg couple plans to be virtually wed on the Web|last=Gibb|first=Tom|date=December 31, 1998|newspaper=Post-Gazette|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202163210/http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19981231wed5.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

Webcasting a funeral is also a service provided by some funeral homes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/fashion/25death.html |title=For Funerals Too Far, Mourners Gather on the Web |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 24, 2011 |first=Laura M. |last=Holson |access-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610001716/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/fashion/25death.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Although it has been around since at least 2005, cheaper broadband access, the financial strain of travel, and deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have all led to increased use of the technology.<ref>{{cite journal|publisher=IEEE|journal=Spectrum|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/funeral-webcasting-is-alive-and-well|title=Funeral webcasting is alive and well|date=September 30, 2009|first=Susan|last=Karlin|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609011555/http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/funeral-webcasting-is-alive-and-well|url-status=live}}.</ref>