direct-to-streaming
adj1
Of a motion picture, initially released on digital streaming platforms without prior showings in cinemas or on television.
- In fact, Songbird looks like any other unexceptional direct-to-streaming title, with a few warehouse-industrial locations and a supporting cast of familiar (and presumably very available) faces who spend most of the movie Steven Seagal-style, sitting in place.2020 December 10, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The first movie inspired by the pandemic is here, and it sucks”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2020:
- Related terms
- direct-to-TV, web television, direct-to-video