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Netflix, Hulu, DirecTV NOW, YouTube TV, HBO Now, and Others: How to Pick Your Niche in Video Streaming App Development

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Irina Sidorenko
Netflix, Hulu, DirecTV NOW, YouTube TV, HBO Now, and Others: How to Pick Your Niche in Video Streaming App Development

We started with mechanical-scan television receivers; then the invention of the cathode-ray tube resulted in the rise of electronic TV; after that it was the upgrade from black-and-white TV to color transmission; a bit later we saw cable and satellite TV; now we can enjoy fine movies and the latest shows streamed right to our smart TV sets, tablets, and even smartphones in full HD, on-demand and on the go.

These days, we are witnessing the rise of excellent video streaming services – Hulu, Netflix, DirecTV Now, Twitch, HBO Now, Amazon Video, and even YouTube TV – that are gradually replacing traditional cable and satellite TV.

Some of these channels even managed to make their mark on the 2017 Emmy nominations list.

There are also several cable and satellite TV alternatives (DirecTV and Sling TV) that don’t produce any original content but still broadcast good TV.

Sling TV, DirecTV Now, and PlayStation Vue are probably the best-known live TV streaming services (or cord replacements, as they’re called) – and these three services, by the way, are quite similar in practice.

Sling TV doesn’t produce any original content of its own but instead provides access to a range of the most popular cable channels with a diverse selection of movies and TV shows on a monthly subscription basis (the same is true for DirecTV Now, but is not the case with Hulu).

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