Netflix Classics offers classic movies through browser's Classics section. Hulu Classics provides classic films, especially with Starz subscription. Fandor costs $5.99 monthly, focusing on independent and foreign movies. Criterion Channel offers digital streaming of Criterion Collection for $10.99 monthly. Watch TCM app provides free classic movies on cable/satellite TV
Disney+ offers 1300+ movies and 500+ TV shows. Includes Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, Disney Animation Studios content. Features National Geographic documentaries and reality TV shows. Provides live-action remakes of classic Disney animations
Live streaming delivers content over internet without recording. Live broadcast transmits content simultaneously to dispersed audience. Live broadcasts use traditional networks, streaming relies on internet
Max offers HBO originals, Discovery and Warner Bros. content. Basic ad-supported tier costs $9.99 monthly. Ad-free tier costs $15.99 monthly. Ultimate ad-free tier includes 4K streaming for $19.99 monthly
VOD emerged in early 1990s with MPEG compression and ADSL technology. Bell Atlantic launched first VOD over ADSL in 1993. Kingston Communications became first UK company to offer commercial VOD in 1998. JPEG2000 codec development reduced bandwidth requirements significantly
Netflix launched in Canada in 2010 at $7.99 monthly subscription. Service reached 5.8 million Canadians by February 2014. Latin America expansion began in 2011 with 43 countries. Digital divide and lack of competition hindered Latin American growth