Why Tablets & Smartphones are viewers favorite for VOD?
VOD
Video on Demand is a system via which users select the video content to watch, on demand. The IPTV technology is used to stream the video on a computer or television. There are two options available with VOD. The first is streaming the content may be on a computer or some set top box, the second is to download the content and view it anytime. Payments are often paying per view. In internet television, the internet acts a medium of streaming. With the demand of internet rising and smart phones getting popular VOD `s use in smart phones is getting popular.
Advantage Tablet and popularity
The tablets and smart phones have applications developed for every service. Various companies are offering their VOD applications. In android platform, a card is mostly associated with the account. The company via its application is being able to build a bridge between it and the payment gateway.
As soon as the viewer opens the application and requests for a Video, the user is first charged for the content. Once paid, the streaming videos starts. Most of the smart phone and tablets have huge storage and hence the content can be stored and viewed any time.
P2P
VOD uses Peer to peer networking for sharing of the files. The delivery mechanisms are legitimate and are accord with the laws. The service provider is never burdened with the uploading cost for this P2P.
Attractive Services
Services like stopping the video at a particular point and then resuming from that point is available with VOD. Jumping forward or backward is also feasible and hence the service is in great demand. People using smart phones or tablets can stop the streaming and then continue again. On the move they can enjoy the content and if in between they have any emergences they can stop it and resume again. Options like slow reverse and fast reverse is also available. These additional features may be charged extra by the service provider.
