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List of streaming media services

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A streaming media service (also simply called a streaming service) is an online platform that allows users to watch or listen to content, such as movies, TV shows, music, or podcasts, over the internet. Instead of downloading the content to their device, users can stream it in real-time, which means they can start watching or listening immediately without having to wait for the entire file to download. Popular examples of streaming services include Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, and Disney+. Streaming services offer instant access to content, allowing users to watch or listen on-demand without the need for downloads or physical media.

An over-the-top media service (OTT) is a streaming media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms, the companies that traditionally act as controllers or distributors of such content. Most of these services are owned by a major film studio. Some streaming services started as an add-on to Blu-ray offerings, which are supplements to the programs watched.

Digital streaming acts in a similar way to on-demand television in that the program to watch is selected. But the program is not recorded or stored like it might be on TiVo, etc. Digital video purchases grant a user indefinite access to a show or film, but the terms and conditions vary as to whether the file can be downloaded or must be streamed.

A client end-user can use a media player, computer, smartphone, or smart TV to start and continue playing digital video content before the entire file has been transmitted. Users will need an Internet connection to stream or download video content. Users lacking compatible hardware or software systems may be unable to stream or download certain content.

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Streaming video on demand

Main article: Video on demand
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Fewer than 1 million subscribers

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Free ad-supported television (FAST)

Further information: Free ad-supported streaming television
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Streaming linear television

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The following services are owned and operated by television networks, cable channels, or other conglomerates in that market. They are major content producers, and their streaming services serve as the primary means of distributing the content that often first airs on their networks or channels.

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Internet radio

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Livestreaming

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  1. As a streaming video provider
  2. Except in Japan and the United States
  3. Except in Mainland China, North Korea, Russia, and Syria
  4. Disney+ Hotstar India and JioCinema merged to form JioHotstar on February 14, 2025. Hotstar was launched February 11, 2015 and rebranded as Disney+ Hotstar on April 3, 2020. JioCinema was launched on May 4, 2016.
  5. Disney+ Hotstar, then Hotstar, was launched in India on February 11, 2015.
  6. Except in the United States, where instead Hulu exists.
  7. Selected first-party contents only.
  8. Except in Cuba, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sub-Saharan Africa, and majority of Asia. Disney+ is available in South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
  9. Except in Belarus, Mainland China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Syria
  10. Combined total of YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers
  11. Launched on May 27, 2020; as HBO Max; soon to be rebranded back to "HBO Max" as of May 2025
  12. Except for Japan and Taiwan, because it's on Netflix and Disney+
  13. Except in Central and Eastern Europe, Nordics, Portugal, and the Netherlands
  14. Except in Latin America and Caribbean
  15. WeTV outside of China
  16. Launched on October 28, 2014; as CBS All Access
  17. Except in Belize
  18. As SkyShowtime, a joint venture between Paramount Global and Comcast.
  19. As a pay-TV channel
  20. As Okko Paramount+ and IVI Paramount Play
  21. French and German only
  22. As a streaming video provider
  23. Public release. The service launched early on April 15, 2020, for Xfinity Flex and X1 customers.
  24. Starz On Demand launched on September 19, 2001. Starzplay Arabia launching on April 2, 2015. On September 28, 2022, Lionsgate announced the international Starzplay service would be rebranded as Lionsgate+.
  25. OTT Subscribers includes subscribers of Starz Domestic, Lionsgate+ and Starz Play Arabia
  26. post-2005
  27. April 2020, Iflix has more than 25 million active users on its service, with over 2.5 billion minutes viewed in a month.[56]
  28. As of March 31, 2021, Eros Now had 19.0 million Premium Paid subscribers. The other 20.9 million paid subscribers, who purchase content a la carte or with sachet pricing (including single downloads or subscriptions lasting a day or a week), are defined as Base Paid subscribers.
  29. Available in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom
  30. Subscribers from South Korea only
  31. Subscribers from the United Kingdom only
  32. Only in Italy
  33. Merged with ITVX in the United Kingdom
  34. 1.5 million in Canada and the United States October 2020, 0.5 million in the United Kingdom March 2020
  35. Only in the United Kingdom
  36. Only in the United States and Canada
  37. United Kingdom only
  38. United Kingdom only
  39. Subscribers include former Lightbox users merged into Neon in 2020.
  40. As of May 2021[106]
  41. 200,000 in Australia, 5% of households in the United Kingdom
  42. Subscribers from the United States and Canada only
  43. Subscribers from the United States only
  44. November 2020
  45. Q4 2024
  46. November 2022
  47. Q4 2020
  48. Over 2 million combined subscribers with other AMC Streaming Services including (Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and UMC)
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