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In 1981, United Video Satellite Group launched the first EPG service in North America, a cable channel known simply as The Electronic Program Guide.It allowed cable systems in the United States and Canada to provide on-screen listings to their subscribers 24 hours a day (displaying programming information up to 90 minutes in advance) on a dedicated cable channel.
An IPTV head-end is a place where live TV channels and AV sources are encoded, encrypted, and delivered as IP multicast streams. Meanwhile, a video on demand (VOD) platform stores on-demand video assets and serves them as IP unicast streams when a user requests them. Sometimes, the VOD platform is located within the IPTV head-end.
Free advertising-supported streaming television (FAST) is a category of streaming television services which offer traditional linear television programming ("live TV") and studio-produced movies without a paid subscription, funded exclusively by advertising akin to over-the-air or cable TV stations.
Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as and films and television series, streamed over the Internet. [1] Standing in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television, and/or satellite television systems, [2] streaming television is provided as over-the-top media (OTT), [3] or as Internet Protocol ...
The Roku Channel offers over 400 free live linear TV channels, more than 80,000 free movies and shows, [7] and access to paid content. The service can be streamed using streaming players and smart TVs from Roku as well as other providers, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] through the Roku mobile app, [ 11 ] or via web browsers running on PCs, tablets or ...
Roku OS For TV sets sold in Germany and elsewhere. [28] Daewoo Roku OS For TV sets sold in Mexico and elsewhere from 2022 onwards. [29] Element Electronics Roku OS For TV sets sold in the US and elsewhere. [30] FFALCON Roku OS For TV sets sold in Australia [31] Google: Chromecast: For Chromecast HDMI dongles. Haier: Roku OS: For TV sets. [32 ...
HTTP Live Streaming (also known as HLS) is an HTTP-based adaptive bitrate streaming communications protocol developed by Apple Inc. and released in 2009. Support for the protocol is widespread in media players, web browsers, mobile devices, and streaming media servers.
Local Now (stylized as "local now") is an American over-the-top internet television service owned by The Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Entertainment Studios. [1] [2] A spinoff of The Weather Channel, Local Now primarily provides a cyclic playlist of weather, news, sports, entertainment and lifestyle segments, incorporating localized content through feeds geared to a user-specified area.