When you license the rights to distributors or broadcasters, it is important for you to know what is it. Additional rights can generate additional royalty for you.
Free TV or Free to Air (FTA)
Channels and broadcasters providing content with no subscription. Most National Broadcasters are FTA.
Pay TV
(Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_television)
Pay television, subscription television, premium television, or premium channels refer to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analog and digital cable and satellite television, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and internet television.
VOD (Video on Demand)
(Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_on_demand)
Systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content when they choose to, rather than having to watch at a specific broadcast time. IPTV technology is often used to bring video on demand to televisions and personal computers.
Television VOD systems can either stream content through a set-top box, a computer or other device, allowing viewing in real time, or download it to a device such as a computer, digital video recorder (also called a personal video recorder) or portable media player for viewing at any time. The majority of cable- and telco-based television providers offer both VOD streaming, including pay-per-view and free content, whereby a user buys or selects a movie or television program and it begins to play on the television set almost instantaneously, or downloading to a DVR rented from the provider, or downloaded onto a PC, for viewing in the future. Internet television, using the Internet, is an increasingly popular form of video on demand.
Some airlines offer VOD as in-flight entertainment to passengers through individually controlled video screens embedded in seatbacks or armrests or offered via portable media players. Some video on demand services such as Netflix use a subscription model that requires users to pay a monthly fee to access a bundled set of content. Other services use an advertising-based model, where access is free for users, and the platforms rely on selling advertisements as a main revenue stream.
Catch up TV
A growing number of TV stations offer Catch up TV as a way to watch TV shows though their VOD service for a period of days after the original television broadcast.
Subscription models
SVOD (Subscription VOD )
Subscription VOD services use a subscription business model, where subscribers are charged a monthly fee to access unlimited programs. These services include Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video and HBO Go.
AVOD (Advert-supported video on demand)
(Reference: http://indiefilmplace.com/2013/10/20/video-on-demand-rights-models/)
Viewers are allowed to watch content for free, however they must watch advertisements at various points throughout the film. A portion of the ad revenue is then returned to the content provider.
Example: Youtube, Hulu (US)
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