What is Video On Demand?
Video On Demand is a fully interactive service that allows you to choose movies for your next movie night from the comfort of your home with the convenience of no video store runs or late fees. You can order from the Video on Demand library and watch the the movie you choose as many times as you want within a 24-hour period.
Video on demand is a great way of viewing films and television programs. It eliminates the need to go to your video store to buy films and provides access to a wide collection of material. With video on demand, the technology has become so sophisticated that you can watch a film you have chosen, rewind and then watch it again. Video on demand is a type of pay per view system. It was originally introduced in Hong Kong in 1990. It did not take off immediately, as it was cheaper to buy video CDs than to pay for this type of viewing. Now, video on demand is part and parcel of most cable and network systems. There are both streaming video on demand systems and downloadable video on demand. The streaming system allows you to watch the film as it is being downloaded to your system. Downloadable means that the film is fully downloaded to a set top box before you can start viewing. The video on demand system has all the functionality of a DVD. You can rewind, pause and fast forward the film, ju
The cable company started it on their digital TV service – where you can watch movies and other programming “on demand” either free or at a cost. But, now you’ll see any video that you can plan “on demand” – or when you want to watch it called “video on demand.” For example, a radio station in my town calls their on-line videos “video on demand” I don’t think the cable company trademarked the term, and now they are too late to “own” it.
