a television service which allows viewers at home to select television programmes or films from a kind of central video library, to which all subscribers are connected. At any time of day viewers can order a preselected film, subject to payment of a certain fee. An additional option allows the viewer to use all the normal video control functions (stop, pause, rewind, etc.).
a planned system using video compression to supply programs to viewers when requested, via ISDN or cable
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DE: Video auf Abruf [T50065]
FR: vidéo a la demande [T50065]; vidéo sur demande [T50043]
FI: tilausvideopalvelu [T50065]
... television broadcasting within the meaning of Directive EEC/89/552 and radio broadcasting are not information society services because they are not provided at individual request; by contrast, services which are transmitted point to point, such as video-on-demand or the provision of commercial communications by electronic mail are information society services ...
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