Bidirectional communication on live multimedia broadcasts

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions being executable by a processor to implement a method for remotely exchanging data over a network, said method comprising:

• establishing a bi-directional connection between a user and a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to transmit multimedia items to a plurality of users, the plurality of users comprising the user, the bi-directional connection configured to bidirectionally transmit operational data representing data associated with at least one of content, quality, and process of reproducing a multimedia item at the user;
• establishing a one-way connection with the user, the one-way connection configured to transmit the multimedia item from the computing device to the user;
• and
• at the computing device, sending the multimedia item to the user through the one-way connection between the computing device and the user.

A computing system, comprising a processor, a memory, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the processor via the memory to implement a method for remotely exchanging data over a network, said method comprising:

• establishing a bi-directional connection between a user and a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to transmit multimedia items to a plurality of users, the plurality of users comprising the user, the bi-directional connection configured to bidirectionally transmit operational data representing data associated with at least one of content, quality, and process of reproducing a multimedia item at the user;
• establishing a one-way connection with the user, the one-way connection configured to transmit the multimedia item from the computing device to the user;
• and
• at the computing device, sending the multimedia item to the user through the one-way connection between the computing device and the user.