What is (Live-)Streaming?

Twitch Streaming, Livestreaming, streaming whatever you want to call it. Through Tyler Fornite Ninja Blevins, Ludwig the Neverending Streamer and MoistCritikal's Chess Speedrun, Streaming is becoming more and more mainstream, but what is it exactly that makes it special?

Streamers I like to watch:
https://www.twitch.tv/TDefton - Fun and Chill Gameplay, sometimes makes Music on stream
https://www.twitch.tv/DanielTheDemon - Got me into streaming, has a pretty hype stream about a variety of games
https://www.twitch.tv/Griddark - Very real, honest and experienced streamer, knows probably the most about how to stream.
https://www.twitch.tv/XandyPants - Very knowledgeable Buildcraft streamer in games like Warframe and Hades
https://www.twitch.tv/JoeyZeroTV - It's....an experience
https://www.twitch.tv/Nasuth - Does fun live game playthroughs with Xenogelion and MDRLOz
https://www.twitch.tv/Mogamu - Good Apex Legends Streamer
https://www.twitch.tv/ErebusCorvidae - The Famous and Legendary 15 second stream!
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Music:
'Meant To Be' by Extenz (https://soundcloud.com/extenz) licensed under Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

'Arcade', ' City of Angels', 'Doing Just Fine', 'Me 2', 'Warm Nights' by Lakey Inspired (https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired) licensed under Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

'Not for Nothing' by Otis McDonald (https://soundcloud.com/otismacmusic) licensed under YouTube Audio Library License

'Oracle' by Peyruis (https://soundcloud.com/peyruis) licensed under Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

'Scratch The Itch' by Quincas Moreira (https://www.youtube.com/c/QuincasMoreira) licensed under YouTube Audio Library License

'Back In Town' by Silent Partner (https://www.youtube.com/c/SilentPartnerMusic) licensed under YouTube Audio Library License

'That 1920ies Swing' by The Rad Rapscallion (https://soundcloud.com/ototoxicsounds) licensed under Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)