A media distribution model that lets viewers access television shows, films and other video digitally on request, rather than at a broadcaster's fixed scheduled time. Delivered over the internet or IPTV to set-top boxes, smart TVs, computers, tablets and phones, video on demand underlies streaming services such as Netflix, which shifted from DVD-by-mail rental into on-demand streaming in 2007.
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GTE started as a trial in 1990, with AT&T providing all components.
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a media distribution system that allows users to access television shows, films, and videos digitally on request.
Video on demand, definition section
allows users to access television shows, films, and videos digitally on request
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- In Medium: Streaming Video
- Associated With: Netflix
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