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Advertising-supported video on demand
Also called: AVOD
ELI5
On-demand access funded mainly through advertising.
Used in conversation
“We need to clarify advertising-supported video on demand before the deal is signed.”
Definition
On-demand access funded principally through advertising.
Here “Advertising-supported video on demand” means: On-demand access funded principally through advertising. Other meanings are stored as separate sense entries and must be chosen explicitly.
Pitch context
You may encounter “Advertising-supported video on demand” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.
Connected terms
- AVODThe search label “AVOD” can route to both entries.
- Subscription video on demandComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
Sources & evidence · 8
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- World Intellectual Property Organization — Rights Clearance: A Guide for Independent FilmmakersSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- World Intellectual Property Organization — Rights, Camera, Action! IP Rights and the Film-Making ProcessSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- Writers Guild of America West — No Writing Left BehindSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- Writers Guild of America West — Fight Back Against Free WorkSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- Producers Guild of America — Producing Credits for Episodic Television (Scripted)Supporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Producers Guild of America — Producing Credits for Non-Fiction TelevisionSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Format Recognition and Protection Association — FRAPA Format ResourcesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- U.S. Copyright Office — Copyright BasicsSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14