digital release
No physical copy
A digital release is a film, album, video game, or other media made available through online platforms rather than physical formats like DVDs, CDs, or cartridges.
The term often distinguishes from theatrical or physical distribution: The movie went straight to digital release, The album's digital release preceded the vinyl by two weeks.
In gaming, digital releases have largely supplanted boxed copies.
- downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- streaming serviceInternet media delivery platform
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- albumUnified collection of recordings
single · launch · iTunes · Spotify · premiere · drop · exclusive · upload · platform · available · instant · worldwide · midnight · pre-order · EP · tracklist · music video · announcement
- film releaseopening weekend, premiere, first run, film debut, advance screening
- releasesalbum, single, EP, LP, film
- editionsedition, reprint, first pressing, second edition, limited edition
- Albumsalbum, Thriller, Rumours, Pet Sounds, OK Computer
- launcheslaunch, launched, rocket launch, blast off, satellite launch
- mangamangaka, serialization, shonen, shojo, seinen
digital releasevinyl release
Album issued on records
vinyl pressing · hard copy · boxed set · vinyl record · physical media
digital, release, digit, digits, digitize, digitized, digitizing, digitization, digitally