On Oct 7, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
To me, VOD is limited to electronic stream viewing, non-linear, where
content comes from some electronic content source across a network.
On the other hand, downloading a stored video program to local
storage is VOD, as it is not a recording of a linear broadcast.
I think you missed a "not" in there. But anyway, surely, when I watch NCIS on
cbs.com, or when I watch an old episode of Star Trek from cbs.com, or when I
watch a Japanese movie from Hulu.com, all of that qualifies as VOD. There's
nothing to limit VOD to be "from a linear stream." And more, if, just for the
sake of argument, I record an episode of NCIS from the cbs.com site, and
watch it later, that too is VOD, according to Wikipedia.
This is the key part: "... or download it to a device such as a computer,
digital video recorder (also called a personal video recorder) or portable
media player for viewing at any time."
That word "download" does not imply "from a linear stream," in any way. It
does imply "from a network." For instance, could be a non-real-time download,
easily.
