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CraveTV is a Canadian pay television video on demand service owned by Bell Media. The service is oriented towards television series, with a library of 10,000 hours of programming on-launch, and exclusive Canadian rights to HBO and Showtime's library of past programs. CraveTV content can be accessed through the video on demand libraries of the user's respective television provider, or as an over-the-top service through the service's website and apps. CraveTV was initially viewed as a complement to an existing television subscription; as such, the service is not available as a standalone product and can currently only be purchased through participating cable and satellite providers, although Bell has promised that the service itself would be available to "every TV provider in Canada". Subsequently, Bell announced CraveTV would be made available on a standalone basis in January 2016.〔 It competes directly with other subscription-based over-the-top streaming services, such as Netflix, as well as the Rogers/Shaw joint venture Shomi. ==Distribution== CraveTV is available via the video on demand library of subscribers' set-top boxes, and as an over-the-top service via its website, mobile apps, video game consoles, smart TVs, and other devices, for $4 per-month.〔 Bell did not indicate any plans to make CraveTV available on a standalone over-the-top basis, instead stating that CraveTV would "enhance the value of the subscription television ecosystem" and would be "available to every TV provider in Canada". Former Bell Media president Kevin Crull explained that television content on any streaming service "(not ) exist if you didn't have the traditional TV system. So you really can't sustainably have one without the other."〔 Further, he stated that the service would not "cannibalize" Bell's investment in traditional linear television services.〔 Tying the service to a television service also counters the trend of "cord cutting", in which one drops cable or satellite television in favor of exclusively obtaining television programming over-the-air and through SVOD services.〔 However, on July 13, 2015, Bell Media announced that CraveTV would transition to an over-the-top service available to all users, regardless of provider, in January, 2016. On launch, the service was only available to subscribers of television service providers owned by Bell Canada (including Bell Satellite TV, Fibe TV, FibreOP, and Northwestel cable TV), along with Eastlink and Telus.〔 In February 2015, Access Communications, Cable Cable, and Nexicom were added, giving the service wider availability in Saskatchewan and Northern Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://business.financialpost.com/2015/02/13/bell-medias-cravetv-announces-four-new-distributors-including-in-saskatchewan-northwest-territories/?__lsa=af4b-ff87 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CraveTV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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