Editing Video on demand (section)

===Near video on demand===
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Near video on demand (NVOD) is a [[pay-per-view]] consumer video technique used by multi-channel broadcasters using high-bandwidth distribution mechanisms such as satellite and cable television. Multiple copies of a programme are broadcast at short time intervals (typically staggered on a schedule of every 10–20 minutes) on linear channels providing convenience for viewers, who can watch the programme without needing to tune in at the only scheduled point in time.

A viewer may only have to wait a few minutes before the next time a movie will be programmed. This form is bandwidth-intensive, reduces the number of channels a provider can offer, and is generally provided by large operators with a great deal of redundant capacity. This concept has been reduced in popularity as video on demand is implemented, along with providers often wanting to provide the maximum [[throughput]] for their [[broadband]] services possible.<ref name="What Is VOD Technology">{{cite web|url=https://smallbusiness.chron.com/vod-technology-14311.html|title=What Is VOD Technology?|date=20 July 2011 |access-date=21 April 2021|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421091132/https://smallbusiness.chron.com/vod-technology-14311.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Only the satellite services [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]] continue to provide NVOD services, as they do not offer broadband and much of their rural customer base only has access to slower [[dial-up internet access|dial-up]] and non-[[5G]] wireless and [[Satellite Internet access|satellite internet]] options which cannot stream films or have onerous [[data cap]]s (and where possible, [[AT&T]] is now prioritizing their streaming service [[AT&T TV]], which utilizes a fully immediate VOD experience, over DirecTV<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/struggling-att-plans-tens-of-billions-in-cost-cuts-more-layoffs/|title=Struggling AT&T plans "tens of billions" in cost cuts, more layoffs|last=Brodkin|first=Jon|date=2020-03-04|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=2020-03-04|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318212102/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/struggling-att-plans-tens-of-billions-in-cost-cuts-more-layoffs/|url-status=live}}</ref>).

Before the rise of VOD, the cable pay-per-view provider [[In Demand]] provided up to 40 channels in 2002, with several films receiving four channels on a staggered schedule to provide the NVOD experience for viewers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://echelonstudios.us/?page_id=681|title=Echelon Studios|website=Echelon Studios|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201237/http://echelonstudios.us/?page_id=681|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2018, most cable pay-per-view channels now number mainly 3–5, and are used mainly for live ring sports events (boxing and professional wrestling), comedy specials, and concerts, though the latter two sources are declining due to streaming services offering much more lucrative performance contracts to performers, and several ring sports organisations (mainly [[UFC]] and [[WWE]]) now prefer direct marketing of their product via streaming services such as [[ESPN+]], the [[WWE Network]], and the apps of [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] over pay-TV providers which require a portion of the profits they otherwise retain directly. In Australia, pay-TV broadcaster [[Foxtel]] offers NVOD for new-release movies over their satellite service.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Rent Store + Box Office titles – Store + Box Office|author= Foxtel Support|url= https://www.foxtel.com.au/got/support/tv/how-to-use/store-box-office/store-box-office.html|website= foxtel.com.au|access-date= 9 December 2015|archive-date= 19 September 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150919040412/https://www.foxtel.com.au/got/support/tv/how-to-use/store-box-office/store-box-office.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

Edge Spectrum, an American holder of [[low-power broadcasting]] licenses, has an eventual business plan to use its network and a system of [[digital video recorder]]s to simulate the video-on-demand experience.<ref>[https://www.edgespectrum.com/ EdgeSpectrum.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219202609/https://www.edgespectrum.com/ |date=19 February 2020 }}, retrieved 19 February 2020.</ref> Most of Edge Spectrum's channels, where they are on air, carry [[televangelism]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=owner_search&owner=Edge+Spectrum |title=Stations for Owner - Edge Spectrum |website=rabbitears.info |access-date=23 August 2021 |archive-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813042159/https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=owner_search&owner=Edge+Spectrum |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibntelevision.com/about/esi/ |title=Edge Spectrum, Inc. |website=ibntelevision.com |access-date=23 August 2021 |archive-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813042426/https://ibntelevision.com/about/esi/ |url-status=live }}</ref>