Is it possible to set up live video webcasting on a Mac?

I work for a church and we'd like to provide a live, video webcast of an upcoming church service for remote viewing by other church members. We currently own a Mac OS X (10.4.10) but we're not sure what other software, hardware, etc. we'd need to purchase.
Although I see that there are many companies to which we could outsource this project, we'd like to try managing this internally.
Is there Apple software available for this sort of thing? I realize we'd have to either purchase or rent a camera, and acquire a computer to use at the site of the recording, but my specific question is: what kind of broadcast software does Apple offer? Additionally, do they offer some sort of "streaming server" software? I've been told I'll need both.

Hi Chancery-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards
I'd start here: QuickTime Broadcaster
The price is right and there is a lot of information available.
From a technical standpoint your main considerations will be the size of the data-pipe in and out of the church and the number of simultaneous viewers that you expect. While you may not want to outsource per se, you may find that a colocation facility may have both the convenience and fast enough connection to support several viewers.
You may need someone with a working knowledge of serving stuff to the network if you want this to work. Paying a consultant for a few hours to set this all up is money well spent, especially if you politely observe the process.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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