streaming platforms

Online video services

Streaming platforms are online services that deliver video or audio content on demand over the internet.

Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, and Hulu are streaming platforms.

The term usually implies subscription-based services, though some platforms are free with advertising.

She subscribes to three different streaming platforms.

The landscape has fragmented as media companies launch their own platforms to compete for subscribers.

Opposites
content delivery method

streaming platformscable television

Wired broadcast subscription service

broadcast television · radio broadcasting · linear TV · network television · satellite TV

media format/physicality

streaming platformsphysical media

Content on tangible formats

DVDs · Blu-rays · VHS tapes · CDs · vinyl records

entertainment venue

streaming platformsmovie theaters

Venues screening films

cinemas · theatrical release · multiplex · drive-in theaters · concert halls

Family

stream, platform, streaming, platforming

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Everyday, not technical · Rated G