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List of streaming media services
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A streaming media service (also known as streaming service) is an online provider 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 a media 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.
Over-the-top media service (OTT) is a streaming media service delivered via the public Internet. OTT television bypasses terrestrial, cable, and satellite transmissions, the systems that have traditionally been the controllers or distributors of television content. Many major film studios are involved in the production of the broadcast content provided by television networks, as well as streaming platforms. Some streaming services started as an add-on to Blu-ray offerings, which supplement 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
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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–)
- Facebook Live (owned by Meta Platforms; 2015–)
- Huya
- Instagram (owned by Meta Platforms)
- KakaoTV
- Kick (service)
- Kuaishou
- Likee
- LINE LIVE
- LinkedIn Live
- Livestream
- NaverTV
- Niconico
- On Air (streaming service)
- 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)[146]
- CaveTube (2011–2016 or 2017)[147]
- Colon (2018–2019)[148]
- Cube TV (2018–2019)
- Fan Live (2016–2018)[149][150]
- Fresh Live (2016–2020)
- Hitbox (owned by Azubu; 2013–2017)
- Houseparty (2016–2021)
- Huomao (2014–2021)[151]
- Justin.tv (owned by Twitch Interactive/Justin.tv, Inc; 2007–2014)
- KingKong (2018–2020)[152][153]
- Meerkat (2015–2016)
- Mixer (owned by Microsoft; 2016–2020)
- Noggin (2015–2024)[154]
- Panda.tv (2015–2019)[155]
- Periscope (owned by Twitter, Inc.; 2015–2021)
- Play2Live (2017–2019)[156][157]
- Quanmin.tv (2015–2018)[158]
- Rabb.it (2014–2019)
- Smashcast (2017–2020)
- Stream.me (2015–2019)[159]
- StreamCraft (2018–2019)[160]
- V Live (owned by Naver Corporation; 2015–2022)
- Wakanim (2009–2023)
- Funimation (2016–2024)
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- As a streaming video provider
- Except in Japan and the United States
- Except in Mainland China, North Korea, Russia, and Syria
- 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.
- Disney+ Hotstar, then Hotstar, was launched in India on February 11, 2015.
- Selected first-party contents only.
- Except in Cuba, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sub-Saharan Africa, and majority of Asia. Disney+ is available in South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
- Except in Belarus, Mainland China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Syria
- Combined total of YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers
- Relaunched on May 23, 2023; as Max; before it was reverted back to "HBO Max" as of July 9, 2025
- Except in Central and Eastern Europe, Nordics, Portugal, and the Netherlands
- Except in Latin America and Caribbean
- Launched on October 28, 2014; as CBS All Access
- Except in Belize
- As SkyShowtime, a joint venture between Paramount Global and Comcast.
- As a pay-TV channel
- As Okko Paramount+ and IVI Paramount Play
- French and German only
- As a streaming video provider
- 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+.
- OTT Subscribers includes subscribers of Starz Domestic, Lionsgate+ and Starz Play Arabia
- post-2005
- 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.
- Available in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom
- Subscribers from South Korea only
- Subscribers from the United Kingdom only
- Only in Italy
- Merged with ITVX in the United Kingdom
- 1.5 million in Canada and the United States October 2020, 0.5 million in the United Kingdom March 2020
- Only in the United Kingdom
- Only in the United States and Canada
- United Kingdom only
- United Kingdom only
- 200,000 in Australia, 5% of households in the United Kingdom
- Subscribers from the United States and Canada only
- Subscribers from the United States only
- November 2020
- January 2024
- Q4 2024
- Q4 2020
- Over 2 million combined subscribers with other AMC Streaming Services including (Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and UMC)
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