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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.
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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
Over 100 million subscribers
50–100 million subscribers
10–50 million subscribers
1–10 million subscribers
Fewer than 1 million subscribers
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Free ad-supported television (FAST)
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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
Livestreaming
Active services
- 17Live
- AcFun
- Bigo Live
- Bilibili
- Dailymotion
- DouYu
- DLive (owned by BitTorrent; 2017–)
- Emond+
- Facebook Live (owned by Meta Platforms; 2015–)
- GoodGame (2008–)
- Huya
- Instagram (owned by Meta Platforms)
- KakaoTV
- Kick (service)
- Kuaishou
- Likee
- LINE LIVE
- LinkedIn Live
- Livestream
- NaverTV
- Niconico
- OK.ru
- OnlyFans
- Patreon
- Pixiv Sketch
- Rumble
- SHOWROOM
- SOOP
- Steam.tv
- TikTok/Douyin
- Triller
- Twitch (owned by Amazon; 2011–)
- X (Twitter)
- VK
- Youku
- YouNow (2011–)
- YouTube (owned by Alphabet Inc.'s Google; 2005–)
- YuppTV
Former services
- AnimeLab (2014–2021)
- Azubu (2012–2017)
- Boomerang (2015–2024)
- Caffeine (2018–2024)[152]
- CaveTube (2011–2016 or 2017)[153]
- Colon (2018–2019)[154]
- Cube TV (2018–2019)
- Fan Live (2016–2018)[155][156]
- Fresh Live (2016–2020)
- Hitbox (owned by Azubu; 2013–2017)
- Houseparty (2016–2021)
- Huomao (2014–2021)[157]
- Justin.tv (owned by Twitch Interactive/Justin.tv, Inc; 2007–2014)
- KingKong (2018–2020)[158][159]
- Meerkat (2015–2016)
- Mixer (owned by Microsoft; 2016–2020)
- Noggin (2015–2024)[160]
- Panda.tv (2015–2019)[161]
- Periscope (owned by Twitter, Inc.; 2015–2021)
- Play2Live (2017–2019)[162][163]
- Quanmin.tv (2015–2018)[164]
- Rabb.it (2014–2019)
- Smashcast (2017–2020)
- Stream.me (2015–2019)[165]
- StreamCraft (2018–2019)[166]
- V Live (owned by Naver Corporation; 2015–2022)
- Wakanim (2009–2023)
- Funimation (2016–2024)
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Notes
- Disney+ Hotstar, then Hotstar, was launched in India on February 11, 2015.
- Except in the United States, where instead Hulu exists.
- Except in Cuba, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sub-Saharan Africa, and majority of Asia. Disney+ is available in South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
- WeTV outside of China
- Public release. The service launched early on April 15, 2020, for Xfinity Flex and X1 customers.
- April 2020, Iflix has more than 25 million active users on its service, with over 2.5 billion minutes viewed in a month.[56]
- Subscribers from South Korea only
- Merged with ITVX in the United Kingdom
- Subscribers include former Lightbox users merged into Neon in 2020.
- As of May 2021[106]
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