Friday, May 13, 2011
Concise Guide to Video-on-Demand Services
Posted by Brad Wasson in "Digital Home Talk" @ 05:30 PM
"Stop watching movies and TV shows according to Hollywood's schedule! With video-on-demand, you can watch TV whenever you want, wherever you want, and you don't even have to remember to program a box to record it. Here's MaximumPC's take on the major online VOD services available today."
Gizmodo has an informative article describing some of the major video-on-demand services. The article covers Amazon Instant Video, Blockbuster on Demand, CinemaNow, Crackle, Vudu, Hulu and Hulu Plus, the iTunes Store, and Netflix. A brief overview of each service, the content available through the service, and pricing, is provided. Users outside of the United States cannot access all these services but reading the service descriptions provides some insight as to how the services are differentiated and where this segment of the industry is headed.
