Aggregators/Streaming Search Engines edit

Links and notes

stat Aggr website wkpg notes
comp table FanTV https://www.fan.tv/ Fanhattan / Rovi
comp table GoWatchIt https://gowatchit.com/home Plexus Entertainment; growing as a B2B; licenses to NYT, others (Decider uses GWI, )
comp table JustWatch https://www.justwatch.com/us private, based in Germany, international,
comp table Reelgood https://reelgood.io/ legl pgs: MyFlickList LLC (private)
comp table Yidio http://www.yidio.com/ appears family/private/small?
inactive Can I Stream It http://www.canistream.it/ Urban Pixels involved
inactive FilmGopher http://www.filmgopher.com/
inactive Findable TV http://www.findable.tv/
inactive FlixFindr http://www.flixfindr.com/
inactive KinoHunt http://www.kinohunt.com/
inactive Watchily http://www.watchi.ly/index.php

Article List (other research notes/lists below) edit

(starting grouping then realized looking at an articles Categories w/b more appropriate ? see below)
Order Wikipedia Article Note1 Note2 articles group
1 Comparison of video streaming aggregators
2 Content delivery platform CDP
3 List of Internet television providers
4 Over-the-top content OTT
5 Electronic sell-through aka Transactional VOD ? TVOD
6 Internet television Comp w IPTV section
7 Set-top box STB
8 Multichannel video programming distributor MVPD
9 Internet Protocol Television IPTV
10 Streaming media
11 Video on demand VOD
12 Subscription Video on Demand (sometimes Streaming...) SVOD
13 Advertising Video on Demand AVOD
14 Terrestrial Television (Linear television, Broadcast television) OTA
15 Over-the-Air Broadcasting OTA
16 Video Aggregator
17 List of US Cable & Satellite TV Networks
18 Broadcast Television Networks in the US (section)
19 TV Everywhere TVE
20 User Generated Content (User Created Content) (orig You Tube,etc) UGC UCC
21 Online Video Platform see Brightcove and updt OVP UCC
22 Video hosting service (also see UGC, UCC) video hosting
23 Video on demand services CATEGORY
24 Cable Television in the US
25 Pay television Pay-TV
26 List of video hosting services (some not vhs..) video hosting
27 Comparison of video hosting services (questions) video hosting
28 Content Management System CMS
29 Satellite Television [sb merged with direct-broadcast sat...] DBS
30 Direct Broadcast Satellite Television [sb merged w sat tel..] DBS TV DBS
31 Nat Cable & Tele Assn/The Internet & Television Assn NCTA
32 FOTV FIlmOn TV
33 Comparison of Digital Media Players
34 Content (media)
35 Netflix technical details
36 Content Delivery Network CDN
37

"articles grouping and categories" edit

using existing articles categories is problematic due to terms being thrown around then categories based on that...ie: "YouTube Network" linking back to TV Networks. just one example...

Other Names edit

HitBliss - WAS...having to do with points ?

Wuaki.tv - UK, Spain, Ger,Fra,Aust,Ire Italy...(Feb 2017 silte says not avail in my country)

to research, from 2011 article plus edit

OVP: Online Video Platform

  • Brightcove (see their website for customers and partners...some c above, some p below
  • Sorenson Media
  • Ooyala
  • Kaltura
  • Powerstream not sure but found Matrox Powerstream Plus mgmt software...part of hardware which looks like primary for this division of...matrox...Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of HD and SD digital video hardware and software for accelerated H.264 encoding, realtime editing, audio/video input/output, streaming, A/V signal conversion, capture/playout servers, channel-in-a box systems, and CGs. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of multi-screen content creation and delivery platforms used by broadcasters, telcos, cable operators, post-production facilities, videographers, and A/V professionals worldwide. Matrox Video Products Group focuses on two business areas: sales of hardware and software development tools to original equipment manufacturers under the Matrox DSX brand; and sales to end users of a variety of products such as I/O cards and devices for editing and streaming, scan converters, mini converters and multiviewers.
  • ClickStreamTV

re-read 2013 article/interview and found clue about why hard to classify..."some OVPs don't want to be called OVP's...they do more and/or are expanding related products/services..artcl also mentions players...(video players)//.

UGC: User Generated Content (also UCC: User Created Content)

CDN: Content Delivery Network

  • see above wkp page/article AND in it, the Dan Rayburn link