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Access-independent services

Access-independent service (AIS) is a service concept in which a service does not depend on guaranteed access network cooperation for service delivery.

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Acorn TV

Acorn TV is a British-American subscription video streaming service offering television programming from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, other Commonwealth countries, and Spain.

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Amazon Fire TV

Amazon Fire TV (stylized as amazon fireTV) is a line of digital media players and microconsoles developed by Amazon since 2014.

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Amazon Freevee (stylized as freevee and fv), also shortened as Freevee, formerly known as IMDb Freedive and IMDb TV, and sometimes spelled FV, is an American ad-supported video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service owned by Amazon, with original and licensed programming.

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Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video, or simply Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered both as a stand-alone service and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription.

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Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

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Apple TV+

Apple TV+ is an American subscription OTT streaming service owned and operated by Apple Inc. Launched on November 1, 2019, it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals.

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BritBox

BritBox is an online digital video streaming subscription service, founded by BBC Studios and ITV, operating in nine countries across North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa.

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Broadcast television systems

Broadcast television systems (or terrestrial television systems outside the US and Canada) are the encoding or formatting systems for the transmission and reception of terrestrial television signals.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications.

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Chorki

Chorki is a Bangladeshi subscription-based over-the-top media service and original programming production company, owned by Transcom Group via Prothom Alo subsidiary of Mediastar Limited, and was launched on 12 July 2021.

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Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.

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Content delivery network

A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a geographically distributed network of proxy servers and their data centers. Over-the-top media service and content delivery network are digital television, internet broadcasting and streaming television.

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Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation.

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Dacast

Dacast Inc. (formerly known as Andolis) is a French live streaming online video platform that allows businesses to broadcast and host live and on-demand video content as well as offer free or paid programming.

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A digital media player (also known as a streaming device or streaming box) is a type of consumer electronics device designed for the storage, playback, or viewing of digital media content.

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Direct-to-consumer

Direct-to-consumer (DTC or D2C) or business-to-consumer (B2C) is the business model of selling products directly to customers and thereby bypassing any third-party retailers, wholesalers, or middlemen.

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DirecTV Stream

DirecTV Stream (formerly DirecTV Now and AT&T TV) is a family of streaming multichannel television services offered in the United States by DirecTV.

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Disney Entertainment

Disney Entertainment is one of the three major divisions of The Walt Disney Company created on February 8, 2023.

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Disney+

Disney+ is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming media service owned and operated by Disney Streaming, the streaming division of Disney Entertainment, a major business segment of the Walt Disney Company.

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Disney+ Hotstar

Disney+ Hotstar is an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Disney India, a subsidiary of Disney Company, featuring domestic Indian film, television and sports content for India itself and its worldwide diaspora.

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Dropout is an American subscription streaming service run by the production company of the same name (formerly CollegeHumor), founded in September 2018.

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Facebook

Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.

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FaceTime

FaceTime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple Inc. FaceTime is available on supported iOS mobile devices running iOS 4 and later and Mac computers that run and later.

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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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FuboTV

FuboTV Inc., operating as FuboTV or Fubo (stylized in lowercase), is an American streaming television service serving customers in the United States, Canada, and Spain and based in Midtown Manhattan.

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Google Allo

Google Allo was an instant messaging mobile app by Google for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems, with a web client available in some web browsers.

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Home theater PC

A home theater PC (HTPC) or media center computer is a convergent device that combines some or all the capabilities of a personal computer with a software application that focuses on video, photo, audio playback, and sometimes video recording functionality.

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Hulu

Hulu (styled hulu in its logo) is an American subscription streaming media and content hub within the Disney+ streaming service owned by The Walt Disney Company.

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IMessage

iMessage is an instant messaging service developed by Apple Inc. and launched in 2011.

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Instant messaging

Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of online chat allowing immediate transmission of messages over the Internet or another computer network.

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International Telecommunication Union

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

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Internet access

Internet access is a facility or service that provides connectivity for a computer, a computer network, or other network device to the Internet, and for individuals or organizations to access or use applications such as email and the World Wide Web.

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Internet Protocol

The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries.

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Internet Protocol television

Internet Protocol television (IPTV), also called TV over broadband, is the service delivery of television over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Over-the-top media service and Internet Protocol television are digital television, internet broadcasting and streaming television.

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Internet service provider

An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides myriad services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.

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IOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed by Apple exclusively for its smartphones.

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IQIYI

iQIYI (pronounced in English as), formerly Qiyi, is a Chinese subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Baidu.

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Kaltura

Kaltura, Inc. is a New York-based software company founded in 2006.

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List of multiple-system operators

A multiple-system operator (MSO) is an operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems.

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List of smart TV platforms

The following list encompasses notable smart TV platforms and application software that are used as software framework and middleware platforms used by more than just one manufacturer. Over-the-top media service and list of smart TV platforms are internet broadcasting and streaming television.

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Live streaming

Livestreaming, live-streaming, or live streaming is the streaming of video or audio in real time or near real time. Over-the-top media service and live streaming are internet broadcasting.

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Max (streaming service)

Max, formerly and still known in some regions as HBO Max, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.

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In communication, media are the outlets or tools used to store and deliver content; semantic information or subject matter of which the media contains.

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A Media Aggregation Platform or Media Aggregation Portal (MAP) is an over the top service for distributing web-based streaming media content from multiple sources to a large audience.

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Mobile app

A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch.

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Mobile network operator

A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as a mobile network provider, wireless service provider, wireless carrier, mobile network carrier, or cellular company, is a telecommunications provider of services that sells, delivers and maintains mobile telephony services to an end user.

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Mobile phone

A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).

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Monopolistic competition

Monopolistic competition is a type of imperfect competition such that there are many producers competing against each other but selling products that are differentiated from one another (e.g., branding, quality) and hence not perfect substitutes.

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Multi-screen video

In the fields of broadcasting and content delivery, multiscreen video describes video content that is transformed into multiple formats, bit rates and resolutions for display on devices such as televisions, mobile phones, tablets and computers.

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Multichannel television in the United States

Multichannel television in the United States has been available since at least 1948.

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Net neutrality

Network neutrality, often referred to as net neutrality, is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent rates irrespective of content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address, or method of communication (i.e., without price discrimination).

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Netflix

Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.

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Nielsen Corporation

The Nielsen Corporation, self-referentially known as The Nielsen Company, and formerly known as ACNielsen or AC Nielsen, is a global marketing research firm, with worldwide headquarters in New York City, United States.

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Nielsen Holdings

Nielsen Holdings plc (or Nielsen) is an American information, data and market measurement firm.

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Online chat

Online chat is any kind of communication over the Internet that offers a real-time transmission of text messages from sender to receiver.

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Over-the-top (OTT) media service refers to a media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet, typically provided by third-parties without the involvement or control by an Internet service provider (ISP). Over-the-top media service and Over-the-top media service are digital television, internet broadcasting, net neutrality, set-top box and streaming television.

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There are currently about 57 providers of over-the-top media services (OTT) in India, which distribute streaming media or video on demand over the Internet. Over-the-top media service and over-the-top media services in India are net neutrality, set-top box and streaming television.

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Paramount+

Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access until 2021) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Paramount Global.

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Pay television

The pay television (pay TV), also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and streaming television.

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PCMag

PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.

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Peacock (streaming service)

Peacock is an American over-the-top video streaming service owned and operated by Peacock TV LLC, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Media Group.

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Personal computer

A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.

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Plex Inc.

Plex Inc. is an American software company that runs its namesake ad-supported streaming media service that provides television shows and movies to users worldwide, and further provides a platform to discuss and discover content across all major subscription streaming services.

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Pluto TV

Pluto TV is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service owned and operated by the Paramount Streaming division of Paramount Global.

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Private network

In Internet networking, a private network is a computer network that uses a private address space of IP addresses.

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Purism (company)

Purism, SPC is an American computer technology corporation based in San Francisco, California and registered in the state of Washington.

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Roku

Roku is a brand owned by the American tech company Roku, Inc. Over-the-top media service and Roku are streaming television.

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S&P Global

S&P Global Inc. (prior to April 2016 McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013 The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City.

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Satellite television

Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.

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Set-top box

A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or other display device.

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Shudder (streaming service)

Shudder is an American over-the-top subscription video on demand service featuring horror, thriller, and supernatural fiction titles, owned and operated by AMC Networks.

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Skype

Skype is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls.

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Sling TV

Sling TV is an American streaming television service operated by Sling TV LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dish Network.

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Smart TV

A smart TV, also known as a connected TV (CTV), is a traditional television set with integrated Internet and interactive Web 2.0 features that allow users to stream music and videos, browse the internet, and view photos. Over-the-top media service and smart TV are digital television, internet broadcasting and streaming television.

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Smartphone

A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.

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Softphone

A softphone is a software program for making telephone calls over the Internet using a general purpose computer rather than dedicated hardware.

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SonyLIV

SonyLIV is an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Culver Max Entertainment.

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Specialty channel

A specialty channel (also known in the United States as a cable channel or cable network) can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic.

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Streaming media refers to multimedia for playback using an offline or online media player that is delivered through a network.

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Streaming television

Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as television series and films, streamed over the Internet. Over-the-top media service and Streaming television are digital television and internet broadcasting.

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Tablet computer

A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package.

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TechCrunch

TechCrunch is an American global online newspaper focusing on topics regarding high-tech and startup companies.

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Telegram (software)

Telegram Messenger, commonly known as Telegram, is a cloud-based, encrypted, cross-platform, instant messaging (IM) service.

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Television set

A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor.

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Text messaging

Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile devices, desktops/laptops, or another type of compatible computer.

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The Korea Times

The Korea Times is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea.

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The Trade Desk

The Trade Desk, Inc. (stylized as theTradeDesk) is an American multinational technology company that specializes in real-time programmatic marketing automation technologies, products, and services, designed to personalize digital content delivery to users.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Tubi

Tubi (stylized as tubi) is an American over-the-top content platform and ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox Corporation since 2020.

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TV Everywhere

TV Everywhere (also known as authenticated streaming or authenticated video on-demand) refers to a type of American subscription business model wherein access to streaming video content from a television channel requires users to "authenticate" themselves as current subscribers to the channel, via an account provided by their participating pay television provider, in order to access the content. Over-the-top media service and tV Everywhere are net neutrality.

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TVING

TVING is a South Korean subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service operated by TVING Corporation, a joint venture made of CJ Entertainment Division (CJ Group), Naver and JTBC by its JTBC Studios, now called SLL.

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U-verse TV

U-verse TV is an internet protocol television (IPTV) service operated by DirecTV. Over-the-top media service and u-verse TV are streaming television.

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Viber

Viber, or Rakuten Viber, is a cross-platform voice over IP (VoIP) and instant messaging (IM) software application owned by Japanese multinational company Rakuten, provided as freeware for the Google Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux platforms.

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Video game console

A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can be played with a game controller.

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Video on demand

Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request. Over-the-top media service and video on demand are internet broadcasting and streaming television.

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Voice over IP

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for voice calls for the delivery of voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet.

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WeChat

WeChat or Weixin in Chinese is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. First released in 2011, it became the world's largest standalone mobile app in 2018 with over 1 billion monthly active users. WeChat has been described as China's "app for everything" and a super-app because of its wide range of functions.

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WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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YouTube TV

YouTube TV is an American streaming television service operated by YouTube, a subsidiary of Google.

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Zoom (software)

Zoom (stylized as all lowercase) is a proprietary videotelephony software program developed by Zoom Video Communications.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service

Also known as OTT media, OTT media service, OTT platform, OTT streaming, OTT streaming service, OTT video streaming platform, Online Video Distributor, Over The Top (media), Over the top content, Over-the-Top, Over-the-top content, Over-the-top media services, Over-the-top streaming service, Over-the-top streaming services, Over-the-top television, Streaming platform.

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