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VOD stands for video on demand: the stored copy of a stream that people can watch after it ends.
A live stream reaches whoever was present. The VOD keeps reaching people through search and recommendations, often long after the stream itself is forgotten.
Long, unlabelled recordings are hard to search and harder to clip, so most archives go untouched. Transcripts and chapters are what convert them back into something useful.
Platforms delete stored broadcasts on their own schedules, which makes an independent archive the only durable copy.
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