Over-the-top media service
Over-the-top (OTT) media service (also known as streaming platform) is a
OTT services also include a range of "skinny" television offerings that provide access to live streams of linear
OTT services are typically accessed via websites on
The term has also been used to describe no-carrier cellphones, for which all communications are charged as data,[7] avoiding monopolistic competition, or apps for phones that transmit data in this manner, including both those that replace other call methods[8][9] and those that update software.[9][10][2][11]
Definitions
In 2011, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canada's telecommunications regulator, stated that it "considers that Internet access to programming independent of a facility or network dedicated to its delivery (via, for example, cable or satellite) is the defining feature of what has been termed 'over-the-top' services".[12]
In contrast to video on demand systems offered by cable and
The United States
Virtual MVPDs include such services such as
The FCC defined an OVD as:[15]
any entity that provides video programming by means of the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP)-based transmission path where the transmission path is provided by a person other than the OVD. An OVD does not include an MVPD inside its MVPD footprint or an MVPD to the extent it is offering online video programming as a component of an MVPD subscription to customers whose homes are inside its MVPD footprint.
Background
In
Types of content
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OTT television, usually called
The record of simultaneous users watching an OTT event was set at 18.6 million by Disney's Indian video streaming platform Hotstar.[23]
OTT messaging is defined as instant messaging services or online chat provided by third parties, as an alternative to text messaging services provided by a mobile network operator.[24][25] An example is the Facebook-owned mobile application WhatsApp, that serves to replace text messaging on Internet connected smartphones.[26][27] Other providers of OTT messaging include Viber, WeChat, iMessage, Skype, Telegram and the now defunct Google Allo.[28]
OTT voice calling, usually called
Modes of access
Consumers can access OTT content through
See also
- Streaming television
- Streaming media
- Media aggregation platform
- Access-independent services
- TV Everywhere
- List of Internet television providers
- List of streaming media services
- Multichannel television in the United States
- Over-the-top media services in India
- Content delivery network
- Home theater PC
- Multi-screen video
References
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- ^ "Need to Know: What's the difference between OTT, CTV and streaming?". Nielsen Corporation. February 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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- ^ Weaver, Todd (1 August 2019). "What a No-Carrier Phone Could Look Like". Purism. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Fitchard, Kevin (3 November 2014). "Can you hear me now? Verizon, AT&T to make voice-over-LTE interoperable in 2015". gigaom.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Why Startups Are Beating Carriers (Or The Curious Case Of The Premium SMS Horoscope Service & The Lack Of Customer Consent)". TechCrunch. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "A Closer Look At Blackphone, The Android Smartphone That Simplifies Privacy". TechCrunch. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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- ^ (CRTC), Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (3 October 2011). "Results of the fact-finding exercise on the over-the-top programming services". www.crtc.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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- ^ Cansado, Jose Miguel (13 October 2008). "Will Internet TV Kill IPTV?". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ a b FCC (6 May 2016). Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming [Seventeenth Report; MB Docket No. 15-158; DA 16-510] (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: Federal Communications Commission (FCC). pp. 4417–4587. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "FCC Officially Launches OVD Definition NPRM". Broadcasting & Cable. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ IPTV is the delivery of television content using signals based on the logical Internet protocol (IP), rather than through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal and cable television formats.
- ^ Hansell, Saul (3 March 2009). "Time Warner Goes Over the Top". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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- ^ "Why 2011 Is Being Called The Year Of "The Cable Cut"". Business Insider. 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Who Is Playing The OTT Game And How To Win It". Business Insider. 30 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Andrew Orlowski; Can the last person watching desktop video please turn out the light? Archived 2017-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, The Register, 8 Aug 2017 (retrieved 8 Aug 2017).
- ^ Manish Singh; Disney’s Indian streaming service, sets new global record for live viewership Archived 5 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Techcrunch, 12 May 2019 (retrieved 12 May 2019).
- ^ "Chart of the Day: Mobile Messaging". Business Insider. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ Maytom, Tim (4 August 2014). "Over-The-Top Messaging Apps Overtake SMS Messaging". Mobile Marketing Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ Albergotti, Reed; MacMillan, Douglas; Rusli, Evelyn (20 February 2014). "Facebook's $18 Billion Deal Sets High Bar". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ a b Rao, Leena (4 September 2015). "WhatsApp hits 900 million users". Fortune. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Apps Roundup: Best Messaging Apps". Tom's Guide. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Roettgers, Janko (8 January 2016). "LG's New TVs Mix Streaming Channels from Buzzfeed, GQ & Vogue with Traditional Networks". Variety. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ Johnson, James (24 January 2019). "OTT Content: What We Learned from 1.1 Million Subscribers". Uscreen. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
Further reading
- "FCC Adopts 15th Report On Video Competition". U.S. Federal Communications Commission. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014. Announcement of release Report.
- "User Interface Holds the Key to OTT Success". Pay OTT TV. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2016.