streaming services
Online video platforms
Streaming services are platforms that deliver video, music, or other media content over the internet on demand.
Unlike traditional broadcasting or physical media, streaming lets users watch or listen immediately without downloading files.
Netflix, Spotify, and Disney+ are streaming services.
The term often appears in discussions of cord-cutting—canceling cable TV in favor of subscription-based streaming: We have too many streaming services now.
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- video-on-demandSelf-scheduled digital viewing
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
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- digital societysocial networks, internet, digital age, internet culture, digital natives
- online servicesSaaS, web hosting, e-commerce, web shops, online shopping
- modernizationdigitalization, digitization, computerization, mechanization, industrialization
- online entertainmentvideo games, online gaming, YouTube, Netflix, Spotify
- 24/7 serviceshospitals, emergency rooms, police stations, fire stations, ATMs
- digital economye-commerce, digital payments, online shopping, digital marketplace, digital markets
streaming servicescable television
Wired broadcast subscription service
broadcast television · satellite TV · network television · radio broadcasting · physical media
streaming servicesdigital downloads
Electronically delivered files
physical media · DVDs · Blu-rays · DVD collections · VHS tapes
streaming serviceslive television
Programming shown as recorded
linear TV · appointment viewing · prime time · TV Guide · must-see TV