Online Video Distributor or “OVD”
Also known as “over-the-top” (“OTT”) content provider or aggregator. These terms refer to firms that offer video programming content to consumers over the Internet by means of websites and other applications. Well known OVDs currently include Netflix, Hulu, NOW TV, and Whatever TV, but new companies spring up almost overnight. As more video content becomes available online, OVDs are increasingly seen as a competitive threat to the traditional pay-TV model used by cable operators and other multi-channel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”). However, OVDs are for the moment limited in their ability to compete because content owners are free to withhold popular video programming from online distributors.
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A bulk service agreement differs from a non-bulk or “retail” agreement (also known as an “access agreement” or a “right of entry agreement”) in that under the former it is the property owner (or, in the case of a condominium or other common interest development, the homeowners’ association (“HOA”)) – and not the individual subscribing resident – that receives and pays the monthly invoice from the service provider.
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