VOD

Video On Demand (VOD) refers to a technology that makes it possible consumers to control the start of a viewed program. For example, by remote control a consumer might pick from an on-screen list of movies and start and pause it at their convenience. If fully deployed, it would eliminate the role of video rental stores and change the nature of television services. It would require massive video servers and networks that provide individual video channels from each home to a server location. Cable Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) and telephone DSL are possible ways to provide this service. See NVOD.