Hey all,
So I am insanely confused on lack of information about this on the web. I have created banner ads for an internship that exceed the minimum file size required for most site. So I am streaming the .flv into the banner to keep the swf file size down. Does anyone know if this is an okay practice?

My question is where should I host the swf and flv? I have heard it's a bad idea to host it on your own websites server because of bandwith issues. Researching third party servers has given me nothing.

You see banner ads with video all the time. It seems like there would be more information about the basic practices the process of creating, hosting, and serving these type of ads.

I am very stumped. Any help or points in the right direction would be greatly appreciative.
Thanks all.