Research into video platforms

1. Research into video
platforms
Harvey Coltman

2. iTunes
• iTunes is a media player, media library, radio
broadcaster, and mobile device management
application developed by Apple. It is available for
both OS X and Microsoft users as well as there
being an iTunes Store on all Apple devices from
the Apple Watch to the iPhone 6. Within the
iTunes Store users can download music, music
videos, television shows, films, podcasts and
many more .

3. YouTube
• YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in
San Bruno, California, United States. The service was
created by three former PayPal employees in February
2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for
US$1.65 billion. YouTube now operates as one of
Google's subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload,
view, and share videos. Most of the content on YouTube
has been uploaded by individuals, but media
corporations including CBS, the BBC, Vevo, Hulu, and
other organizations offer some of their material via
YouTube, as part of the YouTube partnership
program.[6] Unregistered users can watch videos, and
registered users can upload videos to their channels.
Videos considered to contain potentially offensive
content are available only to registered users affirming
themselves to be at least 18 years old.

4. Spotify
• Spotify is a Swedish commercial music streaming, podcast
and video service that provides digital rights management-
restricted content from record labels and media companies
including BBC, Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and
Universal. Music can be browsed or searched by artist,
album, genre, playlist, or record label. Paid "Premium"
subscriptions remove advertisements, improve audio
quality and allow users to download music for offline
listening. Spotify was launched in October 2008 by
Swedish startup Spotify AB. On 15 September 2010, the
service had approximately 10 million users,[8] including
2.5 million users with paid subscriptions.[9][10] The service
reached 20 million users (5 million paid) by December
2012, 60 million users (15 million paid) by January 2015,
and more than 75 million active users (20 million paid) by
June 2015.