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Video on demand(VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and filmsdigitallyon request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typical static broadcasting schedule, which was popular under traditionalbroadcast programming,instead involving newer modes of content consumption that have risen asInternetandIPTVtechnologies have become prominent, and culminated in the arrival of VOD andover-the-top (OTT) media serviceson televisions andpersonal computers.[1]

Television VOD systems canstreamcontent, either through a traditionalset-top boxor through remote devices such as computers, tablets, and smartphones. VOD users may also permanentlydownloadcontent to a device such as a computer,digital video recorder(DVR) or, aportable media playerfor continued viewing. The majority ofcableandtelephone company–based television providers offer VOD streaming, whereby a user selects a video programme that begins to play immediately (i.e., streaming), or downloading to a DVR rented or purchased from the provider, or to a PC or to a portable device for deferred viewing.

Streaming mediahas emerged as an increasingly popular medium of VOD provision over downloading, includingBitTorrent.[2]Desktop client applications such as the AppleiTunesonline content store and Smart TV apps such asAmazon Prime Videoallow temporary rentals and purchases of video entertainment content. Other Internet-based VOD systems provide users with access to bundles of video entertainment content rather than individual movies and shows. The most common of these systems,Netflix,Hulu,Disney+,Peacock,MaxandParamount+,use asubscriptionmodel that requires users to pay a monthly fee for access to a selection of movies, television shows, and original series. In contrast,YouTube,another Internet-based VOD system, uses an advertising-funded model in which users can access most of its video content free of charge but must pay a subscription fee for premium content. Some airlines offer VOD services asin-flight entertainmentto passengers through video screens embedded in seats or externally provided portable media players.[3]

Functionality

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Downloading and streaming VOD systems provide the user with features of portable media players and DVD players. Some VOD systems store and stream programs fromhard diskdrives and use amemorybuffer to allow the user tofast-forward and rewindvideos. It is possible to put videoserversonlocal area networks;these can provide rapid responses to users. Cable companies have rolled out their own versions of VOD services through apps, allowing television access wherever there is a device that is Internet capable. Cable media companies have combined VOD with live streaming services. The early-2020s launches of apps from cable companies (e.g.,NBC'sPeacock,CBS'sParamount+) are attempts to compete with Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) services because they lack live news and sports content.[4][clarification needed]Streaming video servers can serve a wide community via aWAN,but responsiveness may be reduced. Download VOD services are practical in homes equipped withcable modemsorDSLconnections. Servers for traditional cable and telco VOD services are usually placed at the cable head-end, serving a particular market, and cable hubs in larger markets. In the telco world, they are placed in either the central office or a newly created location called a Video Head-End Office (VHO).[citation needed]

History

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See also:Streaming mediaandOriginal net animation

VOD services first appeared in the early 1990s. Until then, it was not thought possible that atelevision programmecould be squeezed into the limited telecommunication bandwidth of a copper telephone cable to provide a VOD service of acceptable quality as the required bandwidth of adigital televisionsignal is around 200Mbps,which is 2,000 times greater than the bandwidth of a speech signal over a copper telephone wire.[5]

VOD services were only made possible as a result of two major technological developments:MPEG(motion-compensatedDCT)video compressionandasymmetric digital subscriber line(ADSL) data transmission.[5]

Plans such as those of the Integrated Network System, a national high-capacity fibre-optic network supporting a range of broadband services in Japan, noted in a more general 1986 publication,[6]were interpreted as conducive to eventual VOD deployment.[5]However, early VOD trials employed existing cable television infrastructure, notably British Telecom's video library trial, operated through the Westminster Cable Company. This trial used theLaservisionmedia format and featured ajukebox-like media handling system involving players served by disc carousels, with twelve such handler units capable of serving up to 6,000 customers.[7]Other early VOD systems used tapes as the real-time source of video streams.GTEstarted as a trial in 1990, withAT&Tproviding all components. By 1992, VOD servers were supplying previously encoded digital video from disks andDRAM.[8]

In the US, the 1982anti-trustbreak-up of AT&T resulted in several smaller telephone companies nicknamedBaby Bells.Following this, theCable Communications Policy Act of 1984prohibited telephone companies from providing video services within their operating regions. In 1993, the National Communication and Information Infrastructure (NII) was proposed and passed by the US House and Senate, opening the way for the seven Baby Bells—Ameritech,Bell Atlantic,BellSouth,NYNEX,Pacific Telesis,Southwestern Bell,andUS West—to implement VOD systems.[9]These companies and others began holding trials to set up systems for supplying video on demand over telephone and cable lines.

In November 1992, Bell Atlantic announced a VOD trial. IBM was developing a video server code-named Tiger Shark. Concurrently,Digital Equipment Corporation(DEC) was developing a scalable video server configured from small-to-large for a range of video streams. Bell Atlantic selected IBM and in April 1993 the system became the first VOD over ADSL to be deployed outside the lab, serving 50 video streams.[citation needed]In June 1993, US West filed for a patent to register a proprietary system consisting of theDigital Equipment CorporationInteractive Information Server,Scientific Atlantaproviding the network, and3DOas the set-top box with video streams and other information to be deployed to 2,500 homes.[citation needed]In 1994–95, US West filed for a patent concerning the provision of VOD in several cities: 330,000 subscribers in Denver, 290,000 in Minneapolis, and 140,000 in Portland.[10]In early 1994,British Telecommunications(BT) introduced a trial VOD service in the United Kingdom. It used the DCT-basedMPEG-1andMPEG-2video compression standards, along with ADSL technology.[5]

Many VOD trials were held with various combinations of server, network, and set-top box. Of these the primary players in the US were the telephone companies using DEC, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, USA Video, nCube, SGI, and other servers. The DEC server system was the most-used in these trials.[11][12][13][14]

The DEC VOD server architecture used interactive gateways to set up video streams and other information for delivery from any of a large number ofVAXservers, enabling it in 1993 to support more than 100,000 streams with fullvideocassette recorder(VCR)-like functionality. In 1994, it upgraded to aDEC Alpha–based computer for its VOD servers, allowing it to support more than a million users.[15]By 1994 the Oracle scalable VOD system used massively parallel processors to support from 500 to 30,000 users. The SGI system supported 4,000 users.[16]The servers connected to networks of increasing size to eventually support video stream delivery to entire cities.[citation needed]

In the UK, from September 1994, a VOD service formed a major part of the Cambridge Digital Interactive Television Trial.[17]This provided video and data to 250 homes and several schools connected to theCambridge Cablenetwork, later part of NTL, nowVirgin Media.TheMPEG-1encoded video was streamed over an ATM network from anICLmedia server toset-top boxesdesigned byAcornOnline Media. The trial commenced at a speed of 2 Mbit/s to the home, subsequently increased to 25 Mbit/s.[18]The content was provided by theBBCandAnglia Television.Although a technical success, difficulty in sourcing content was a major issue and the project closed in 1996.[citation needed]

In 1997,Enron Corporationhad entered the broadband market, constructing and purchasing thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables throughout the United States.[19][20]In 2001, Enron andBlockbuster Inc.attempted to create a 20-year deal to stream movies on demand over Enron's fiber-optic network.[21]The heavily promoted deal failed, with Enron's share prices dropping following the announcement.[21]

In 1998,Kingston Communicationsbecame the first UK company to launch a fully commercial VOD service and the first to integrate broadcast television and Internet access through a single set-top box using IP delivery over ADSL. By 2001, Kingston Interactive TV had attracted 15,000 subscribers.[22]After several trials,Home Choicefollowed in 1999 but was restricted to London. After attracting 40,000 customers, they were bought byTiscaliin 2006 which was, in turn, bought byTalk Talkin 2009. Cable TV providersTelewestandNTL(now Virgin Media) launched their VOD services in the United Kingdom in 2005, competing with the leading traditional pay-TV distributorBSkyB,which responded by launchingSky by broadband,later renamedSky Anytimeon PC.[23]The service went live on 2 January 2006. Sky Anytime on PC uses a legalpeer-to-peerapproach based onKontikitechnology to provide very-high-capacity multi-point downloads of the video content. Instead of the video content all being downloaded from Sky's servers, the content comes from multiple users of the system who have already downloaded the content. Other UK television broadcasters implemented their own versions of the same technology, such asChannel 4's4oD(4 on Demand, now known asAll 4) which was launched on 16 November 2006 and the BBC'siPlayer,which was launched on 25 December 2007. Another example of online video publishers using legal peer-to-peer technology is based on Giraffic technology, which was launched in early 2011, with large online VOD publishers such as US-based VEOH and UK-based Craze's Online Movies Box movie rental service.[citation needed]

Unlike broadcast television, which traditionally has been the most common in the form ofover-the-airtelevision, VOD systems initially required each user to have an Internet connection with considerablebandwidthto access each system's content. In 2000, the Fraunhofer Institute IIS[24]developed theJPEG2000codec, which enabled the distribution of movies via Digital Cinema Packages. This technology has since expanded its services from feature-film productions to include broadcast television programmes and has led to lower bandwidth requirements for VOD applications.Disney,Paramount,Sony,UniversalandWarner Bros.subsequently launched theDigital Cinema Initiative,[25]in 2002.

The BBC,ITVand Channel 4 planned to launch a joint platform provisionally calledKangarooin 2008.[26]This was abandoned in 2009 following complaints, which were investigated by theCompetition Commission.In that same year, the assets of the now-defunct Kangaroo project were acquired byArqiva,[27]who used the technology to launch theSeeSawservice in February 2010.[28]A year later, however, SeeSaw was shut down due to a lack of funding.[29]

Some VOD services require the viewer to have a TV set-top box. This photo shows the set-top box for the Jazzbox VOD service and its accompanyingremote control.

VOD services are now available in all parts of the United States, which has the highest global take-up rate of VOD.[30]In 2010, 80% of American Internet users had watched video online,[31]and 42% of mobile users who downloaded video preferred apps to a normal browser.[32]Streaming VOD systems are available on desktop and mobile platforms from cable providers (in tandem withcable modemtechnology). They use the large downstream bandwidth present on their cable systems to deliver movies and television shows to end-users. These viewers can typically pause, fast-forward, and rewind VOD movies due to the low latency and random-access nature of cable technology. The large distribution of a single signal makes streaming VOD impractical for most satellite television systems. BothEchoStar/Dish NetworkandDirecTVoffer VOD programming toPVR-owning subscribers of their satellite TV service.In Demandis a cable VOD service that also offers pay-per-view. Once the programs have been downloaded onto a user's PVR, he or she can watch, play, pause, and seek at their convenience. VOD is also common in expensive hotels.

According to theEuropean Audiovisual Observatory,142 paying VOD services were operational in Europe at the end of 2006. The number increased to 650 by 2009.[33]At the 2010Consumer Electronics ShowinLas Vegas, Nevada,SezmiCEO Buno Pati and president Phil Wiser showed a set-top box with a one-terabyte hard drive that could be used for video-on-demand services previously offered through cable television and broadband. A movie, for example, could be sent out once using a broadcast signal rather than numerous times over cable or fiber-optic lines, and this would not involve the expense of adding many miles of lines. Sezmi planned to lease part of the broadcast spectrum to offer a subscription service thatNational Association of BroadcastersPresidentGordon H. Smithsaid would provide a superior picture to that of cable or satellite at a lower cost.[34]

Developing VOD requires extensive negotiations to identify a financial model that would serve both content creators and cable providers while providing desirable content for viewers at an acceptable price point. Key factors identified for determining the economic viability of the VOD model include VOD movie buy-rates and setting Hollywood and cable operator revenue splits.[35]Cable providers offered VOD as part of digital subscription packages, which by 2005 primarily allowed cable subscribers to only access an on-demand version of the content that was already provided in the linear traditional broadcasting distribution. These on-demand packages sometimes include extras and bonus footage in addition to the regular content.[36]

Role of peer-to-peer file sharing

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Peer-to-peer(P2P)file-sharingsoftware allows the distribution of content without the linear costs associated with centralisedstreaming media.This innovation proved it is technically possible to offer the consumer potentially every film ever made, and the popularity and ease of use of such services may have motivated the rise of centralised video-on-demand services. Some services such asSpotify[37]use peer-to-peer distribution to better scale their platforms.Netflixwas reported to be considering switching to a P2P model[38]to cope withnet neutralityproblems fromdownstreamproviders.

Types

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Transactional

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Transactional video on demand (TVOD) is a distribution method by which customers pay for each piece of video-on-demand content.[39]For example, a customer would pay a fee for each movie or TV show that they watch. TVOD has two sub-categories:electronic sell-through(EST), by which customers can permanently access a piece of content once purchased via the Internet; and download to rent (DTR), by which customers can access the content for a limited time upon renting.[39][40]Examples of TVOD services include the AppleiTunesStore and theGoogle PlayStore, as well as VOD rental services offered throughmultichannel television(i.e., cable or satellite) providers.

Premium

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Premium video on demand (PVOD) is a version of TVOD which allows customers to access video-on-demand content several weeks or months earlier than their customary TVOD or home video availability – often feature films made available alongside, or in place of, a traditional release inmovie theaters– but at a much higher price point. A version of the model was tested in 2011 by American satellite TV providerDirecTVunder the brand name "Home Premiere", which allowed viewers to rent select films from major studios forUS$30 per rental as soon as 60 days after they debuted in cinemas, compared to 120 days for the regular TVOD window; this version only lasted a few months.[41][42]

PVOD made a return during theCOVID-19 pandemicand the resultingglobal closures of cinemas.Certain films that had already been released includingThe Invisible Manwere quickly also released on VOD platforms for a higher rental price than usual, while other films includingTrolls World Tourwere releasedsimultaneouslyon PVOD and indrive-in theaters,or in some cases directly to PVOD only.[43]

In most cases, these PVOD releases are offered through most of the same platforms as traditional TVOD, but at a higher price point, typically about US$20 for a 48-hour rental;[43]this offering has again been branded as "Home Premiere" by some studios and platforms.Disneyused the September 2020 release ofthe live-action remake ofMulanto launch a related model calledPremier Access;this requires customers to pay a premium fee (approximately US$26–30 depending on country) on top of a subscription to theDisney+streaming service, but they then retain access as long as they maintain their subscription (forMulan,this was effectively a 90-day rental, as the film became available to all Disney+ subscribers at no extra charge in December).[44]

It has been reported that the pandemic had contributed to a transformation in movie distribution in favor of PVOD over traditional movie houses, as studios were able to realize 80% of revenue through PVOD versus 50% of traditional theater box office receipts. Theater owners including AMC and Cinemark, as well as suppliers including IMAX and National CineMedia, all experienced significant drops in revenues during shutdowns related to COVID-19.[45]

Subscription models

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See also:List of streaming media servicesandStreaming media
A screenshot of a subscription video on-demand service showing a typical visual catalog interface of video content

Subscription VOD(SVOD) services use asubscription business modelin which subscribers are charged a regular fee to access unlimited programs.[46][47][48]Examples of these services includeNetflix,Hulu,Amazon Prime Video,Max,Disney+,Peacock,Paramount+,Apple TV+,[49]Disney+ Hotstar,Star+,Hayu,Noggin,BET+,Voot,Discovery+,Crunchyroll,SonyLIV,ZEE5,andGulliMax.

Near video on demand

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Near video on demand (NVOD) is apay-per-viewconsumer video technique used by multi-channel broadcasters using high-bandwidth distribution mechanisms such as satellite and cable television. Multiple copies of a programme are broadcast at short time intervals (typically staggered on a schedule of every 10–20 minutes) on linear channels providing convenience for viewers, who can watch the programme without needing to tune in at the only scheduled point in time.

A viewer may only have to wait a few minutes before the next time a movie will be programmed. This form is bandwidth-intensive, reduces the number of channels a provider can offer, and is generally provided by large operators with a great deal of redundant capacity. This concept has been reduced in popularity as video on demand is implemented, along with providers often wanting to provide the maximumthroughputfor theirbroadbandservices possible.[50]

Only the satellite servicesDirecTVandDish Networkcontinue to provide NVOD services, as they do not offer broadband and much of their rural customer base only has access to slowerdial-upand non-5Gwireless andsatellite internetoptions which cannot stream films or have onerousdata caps(and where possible,AT&Tis now prioritizing their streaming serviceAT&T TV,which utilizes a fully immediate VOD experience, over DirecTV[51]).

Before the rise of VOD, the cable pay-per-view providerIn Demandprovided up to 40 channels in 2002, with several films receiving four channels on a staggered schedule to provide the NVOD experience for viewers.[52]As of 2018, most cable pay-per-view channels now number mainly 3–5, and are used mainly for live ring sports events (boxing and professional wrestling), comedy specials, and concerts, though the latter two sources are declining due to streaming services offering much more lucrative performance contracts to performers, and several ring sports organisations (mainlyUFCandWWE) now prefer direct marketing of their product via streaming services such asESPN+,theWWE Network,and the apps ofFox Sportsover pay-TV providers which require a portion of the profits they otherwise retain directly. In Australia, pay-TV broadcasterFoxteloffers NVOD for new-release movies over their satellite service.[53]

Edge Spectrum, an American holder oflow-power broadcastinglicenses, has an eventual business plan to use its network and a system ofdigital video recordersto simulate the video-on-demand experience.[54]Most of Edge Spectrum's channels, where they are on air, carrytelevangelism.[55][56]

Push video on demand

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Push video on demand is so-named because the provider "pushes" the content out to the viewer's set-top box without the viewer having requested the content. This technique is used by several broadcasters on systems that lack the connectivity and bandwidth to provide true "streaming" video on demand. Push VOD is also used by broadcasters that want to optimize their video streaming infrastructures by pre-loading the most popular contents to the consumers' set-top device. If the consumer requests one of these films, it is already loaded on her or his DVR.[50]

A push VOD system uses a personal video recorder (PVR) to store a selection of content, often transmitted in spare capacity overnight or all day long at low bandwidth. Users can watch the downloaded content at the time they desire, immediately and without any buffering issues. Push VOD depends on the viewer recording content so choices can be limited.[57]

Advertising video on demand

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Advertising video on demand (AVOD) uses an advertising-based revenue model. This allows companies that advertise on broadcast and cable channels to reach people who watch shows using VOD. This model also allows people to watch content without paying subscription fees.Huluwas a major AVOD company before ending its free service in August 2016, transferring it toYahoo! Viewusing the existing Hulu infrastructure.Cracklehas introduced a series of advertisements for the same company that ties into the content that is being watched.[58][59]

Ad-Supported Video on Demand (ASVOD) refers to video services that provide free content supported by advertisements.[1]Popular services includePluto TV,Xumo,theRokuChannel,Samsung TV Plus,Amazon Freevee,Popcornflix,Crackle,Tubi,Movies Anywhere,Vudu,Dailymotion,andYouTube.[60]Walmart is adding ASVOD original programming to Vudu, and YouTube Originals will be ASVOD by 2020.[needs update][11]

Data analysis

When technology companies, include SVOD apps on their devices, like phones, tablets, televisions, game systems, computers, this can remove an attitude obstruction for a user to view content.[61]This technology also provides an advantage for technology companies for data analysis of viewed content from consumers.[61]By analyzing data of what is viewed most by consumers, companies can purchase more content that is aimed for an audience, and then in-turn market products that are based on what viewer profiles are of a group of consumers who viewer a specific amount of content.[61]This data analysis will often provide researchers valuable data that includes: what was watched, when it was watched, what they watched after watching, and even how many people watched the same video at the same time in a day, month, and even year.[62]

Economics of SVOD

Attendance in movie theaters had declined during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.[63]Worldwide in 2019, theatrical entertainment reach 11.4 billion dollars, but in 2020, it was only 2.2 billion.[63]Due recovery efforts to increase those attendance numbers, along with the growing amount of marketing that is need to gain the attention of an audience, pinning down an exact budget for a film production can be difficult.[64]Video on demand can have three release strategies that include: day-and-date (instantaneous release in theaters and on VOD), day-before-date (VOD before theatrical viewing), and VOD only.[64]Production studios can make revenue on these types of releases until sales start to slow.[64]After that, film companies can then license the content to other streaming services and, temporarily, make extra income like that too.[65]

In a reflection made by 2013 Netflix Chief Content Officer,Ted Sarandos,he was quoted saying, "When we launch in a territory theBitTorrenttraffic drops as the Netflix traffic grows. "[66]This can be valuably interpreted as in that online piracy numbers drop the more that SVOD companies grow, which in turn means more revenue going back to the production companies.[66]

Behavior detrimental to SVOD revenue

Online piracy is detrimental to production companies that produce digital content.[67]In a study that offered BitTorrent users a free SVOD subscription, the results of the research provided readers with information that show download and upload speeds in those homes decreased with a free subscription, but it could not prove decreased use in BitTorrent software.[67]

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