Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as television series and films , streamed over the Internet. Standing in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television , and/or satellite television systems, streaming television is provided as over-the-top media (OTT), or as Internet Protocol television (IPTV). In the United States, streaming television has become "the dominant form of TV viewing."
123-460: Star Trek: Picard is an American web television series featuring the character Jean-Luc Picard , created for CBS All Access by Akiva Goldsman , Michael Chabon , Kirsten Beyer , and Alex Kurtzman . It is the eighth series in the Star Trek franchise, and was launched in 2020 as part of Kurtzman's expansion of the franchise. Picard begins 20 years after Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and sees
246-529: A copper telephone cable to provide a streaming service of acceptable quality, as the required bandwidth of a digital television signal was (in the mid-1990s perceived to be) around 200 Mbit/s , which was 2,000 times greater than the bandwidth of a speech signal over a copper telephone wire . By the year 2000, a television broadcast could be compressed to 2 Mbit/s, but most consumers still had little opportunity to obtain greater than 1 Mbit/s connection speeds. Streaming services started as
369-467: A "cortical node" that controls other implanted cybernetic devices within a Borg drone's body; it is most often implanted in the forehead above the organic eye. If the cortical node fails, the drone eventually dies. Successful replacement of the node can be carried out on a Borg vessel. Borg civilization is based on a hive or group mind known as the Collective. Each Borg drone is linked to the collective by
492-465: A Borg's body, bloodstream, and many cybernetic implants. The probes maintain the Borg cybernetic systems and repair damage to the organic parts of a Borg. They generate new technology inside a Borg when needed and protect them from many forms of disease. Borg nanoprobes, each about the size of a human red blood cell , travel through the victim's bloodstream and attach to individual cells . The nanoprobes rewrite
615-615: A Collective based on free will, she departs in Agnes' body in 2024. In 2401, the same Queen reappears at the head of a Borg faction seeking to join Starfleet and defend the galaxy from an unknown threat that is coming. After recognizing the Queen as Agnes, Picard allows her to proceed. In the third season of Star Trek: Picard , the Borg Queen, this one representing the main faction of the Borg, returns in
738-493: A TV show that was broadcast hours or days ago, or to replay the current TV show from its beginning. It also supports video on demand —browsing a catalog of videos (such as movies or television shows) which might be unrelated to the company's scheduled broadcasts. IPTV has an ongoing standardization process (for example, at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ). Streaming quality
861-399: A collective "voice" is sometimes transmitted to ships. Individual Borg rarely speak, although they do send a collective audio message to their targets, stating that "resistance is futile", often followed by a declaration that the target in question will be assimilated and its "biological and technological distinctiveness" will be added to their own. The exact phrasing varies and evolves over
984-554: A defect in Picard's brain had actually been the Borg alterations which turned Picard into a receiver for the Collective, allowing him to hear them even without implants and eventually causing his physical death. The Changelings then infiltrated Starfleet and sabotaged its transporter systems, overwriting parts of the transporter code with code created from the genetic material, with the effect that it would implant Borg genes into everybody who used transporters. However, only those who did not have
1107-525: A group of Borg drones in a scene from the film Star Trek: First Contact while the drones fulfill a programmed mission. In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Mortal Coil", Seven of Nine told Neelix the Kazon were "unworthy" of assimilation and would serve only to detract from the Borg's quest for perceived perfection. The Borg are a spacefaring race, and their primary interstellar transport and combat vessel
1230-621: A limited time. Channel 4's online service All 4 can only stream shows created in the US by companies such as HBO for thirty days after they are aired on one of the Channel 4 group channels. This is to boost DVD sales for the companies who produce that media. Some companies pay very large amounts for broadcasting rights with sports and US sitcoms usually fetching the highest price from UK-based broadcasters. A trend among major content producers in North America
1353-467: A microscopic level, imparting regenerative capabilities. Though used by the Borg to exert control over another being, reprogrammed nanoprobes were used by the crew of the starship Voyager in many instances as medical aids. The capability of nanoprobes to absorb improved technologies they find into the Borg collective is shown in the Voyager episode " Drone ", where Seven of Nine's nanoprobes are fused with
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#17328685991261476-620: A new kind of customer called "cord cutters". Cord cutters are consumers who are cancelling their cable TV or satellite TV subscriptions and choosing instead to stream TV series, films and other content via the Internet . Cord cutters are forming communities. With the increasing availability of Online video platform (e.g., YouTube ) and streaming services, there is an alternative to cable and satellite television subscriptions. Cord cutters tend to be younger people. Borg The Borg are an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in
1599-477: A pair of tubules that spring forth from a drone's hand. Assimilation by tubules is depicted on-screen as being a fast-acting process, with the victim's skin pigmentation turning gray and mottled with visible dark tracks forming within moments of contact. After assimilation, a drone's race and gender become "irrelevant". After initial assimilation through injection, Borg are surgically fitted with cybernetic devices. In Star Trek: First Contact an assimilated crew member
1722-508: A part of season 3. The following list includes Star Trek: Picard ' s main cast, as well as all guest stars deemed to have had recurring roles throughout the series, and a supplementary list of other noteworthy guests. Jean-Luc Picard (portrayed by Patrick Stewart ) is a retired Starfleet admiral and former captain of its flagship vessel USS Enterprise . Stewart was reprising his role from Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent television series and movies by August 4, 2018. In
1845-442: A pathogen that Icheb, one of the children, had been engineered to act as a host for by his parents, but the crew rescue Icheb before he can be sent back to the Borg. The crew encounter the Borg again in " Unimatrix Zero ", a two-part cliffhanger between seasons six and seven. In " Q2 ", Q's son brings several Borg cubes and drones into conflict with Voyager for his own amusement, before Q rescues them and warns his son not to provoke
1968-572: A plot point in the fifth season, when Starfleet is spread too thin to deal with a Dominion incursion. The Borg make frequent appearances in Star Trek: Voyager , which takes place in the Delta Quadrant. The Borg are first seen by Voyager in the third-season episode " Blood Fever " in which Chakotay discovers the body of what the local humanoids refer to as "the Invaders"; which turns out to be
2091-583: A potent threat, with Seven even briefly assuming the role of a Borg Queen to reactivate several inactive drones and use them against the Tal Shiar. In the second season, a damaged Borg Queen is recruited by Picard to help him and his crew travel into the past and prevent the creation of the xenophobic and totalitarian "Confederation of Earth". The Queen, taking an interest in Picard's friend Agnes Jurati, assimilates her and takes control of her body while plotting to steal an advanced space shuttle so she can assimilate
2214-538: A practice known as over-the-top content delivery. Both IPTV and OTT use the Internet protocol over a packet-switched network to transmit data, but IPTV operates in a closed system—a dedicated, managed network controlled by the local cable, satellite, telephone, or fiber-optic company. In its simplest form, IPTV simply replaces traditional circuit switched analog or digital television channels with digital channels which happen to use packet-switched transmission. In both
2337-445: A price discounted from basic broadband plus basic cable . In 2017, YouTube launched YouTube TV , a streaming service that allows users to watch live television programs from popular cable or network channels, and record shows to stream anywhere, anytime. As of 2017 , 28% of US adults cite streaming services as their main means for watching television, and 61% of those ages 18 to 29 cite it as their main method. As of 2024 , Netflix
2460-402: A ranking of best guest stars on Star Trek: Voyager . In the sixth-season episode " Collective ", the crew of Voyager encounter a damaged cube that is holding Tom Paris, Neelix, Harry Kim and Chakotay hostage. With all the adult drones dead, the ship is run by five Borg children who are saved by Voyager and deassimilated. The later episode "Child's Play" reveals that the cube was infected by
2583-465: A relationship with Seven at the end of season 1 and rejoins Starfleet before season 2. Cristóbal "Chris" Rios (portrayed by Santiago Cabrera ) is a former Starfleet officer, now owner and pilot of La Sirena . He is also a skilled thief. Picard has hired his services on Raffi's recommendation. Cabrera also plays Rios's ship's 5 holograms, each with their own area of expertise in servicing the ship and its crew. He left Starfleet because of what happened on
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#17328685991262706-529: A result of two major technological developments: MPEG ( motion-compensated DCT ) video compression and asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) data communication . The first worldwide live-streaming event was a radio live broadcast of a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees streamed by ESPN SportsZone on September 5, 1995. During the mid-2000s, the streaming media
2829-728: A retired Picard deeply affected by the death of Data in that film as well as the destruction of the planet Romulus in the film Star Trek (2009). Patrick Stewart executive produces the series and stars as Picard, reprising his role from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as other Star Trek media. Alison Pill , Isa Briones , Evan Evagora , Michelle Hurd , Santiago Cabrera , and Harry Treadaway also star. Characters seen previously in Star Trek also appear, including Brent Spiner as Data , Jonathan Del Arco as Hugh , and Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine . In September 2021, Annie Wersching announced that she would be joining
2952-755: A robotic, purposeful style, ignoring most of their environment, including beings they do not consider an immediate threat. Borg commonly have one eye replaced with a sophisticated ocular implant. Borg usually have one arm replaced with a prosthesis, bearing one of a variety of multipurpose tools in place of a humanoid hand. Since different drones have different roles, the arm may be specialized for myriad purposes such as medical devices, scanners, and weapons. Borg have flat, grayish skin, giving them an almost zombie -like appearance. Borg are highly resistant to energy-based weapons, having personal shielding that quickly adapts to them. In various episodes, phasers and other directed energy weapons tend to quickly become ineffective as
3075-477: A similar streaming service in the UK called Now . In 2013, Video on demand website Netflix earned the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for original streaming television at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards . Three of its series, House of Cards , Arrested Development , and Hemlock Grove , earned nominations that year. On July 13, 2015, cable company Comcast announced an HBO plus broadcast TV package at
3198-438: A sophisticated subspace network that ensures each member is given constant supervision and guidance. The mental energy of the group consciousness can help an injured or damaged drone heal or regenerate damaged body parts or technology. The collective consciousness gives them the ability not only to "share the same thoughts", but also to adapt quickly to new tactics. Individual drones in the Collective are rarely seen speaking, but
3321-461: A tracker that allows Oh and Narek to track the La Sirena . Dahj and Soji Asha (portrayed by Isa Briones ) are the twin android daughters of the late Lieutenant Commander Data. In the opening episode, Dahj asks Picard to help her find out why she is being attacked—and why she is able to defend herself so well. She is destroyed before his eyes. Meanwhile, Soji has been working on a Borg cube known as
3444-476: A transmission toward the Delta Quadrant before they are destroyed, creating a perpetual time loop/predestination paradox. The first season of Star Trek: Picard included four recovering ex-Borg characters: Picard, Seven of Nine, Hugh (featured in "I, Borg" and "Descent"), and Icheb. The Borg are described as "hobbled" and "decimated", with many Borg drones being de-assimilated and Borg cubes and vessels dismantled for their valuable technology. However, they remain
3567-495: A volatile trans-warp conduit threatens to destroy part of the galaxy. Picard orders the fleet to comply with the Borg Queen’s wishes to take control of all vessels in order to create a force field. After the successful containment of the emissions from the conduit, it remains open but nobody knows where it leads. Fearing it may attract belligerents, the Borg Queen volunteers the Borg to protect the conduit, expressing her wish to align
3690-517: Is "achieving perfection". Aside from being recurring antagonists in the Next Generation television series, they are depicted as the main threat in the film Star Trek: First Contact . In addition, they played major roles in the Voyager and Picard series. The Borg have become a symbol in popular culture for any juggernaut against which "resistance is futile" – a common phrase uttered by
3813-489: Is 6000 kbit/s, whereas UHD requires upwards of 16,000 kbit/s. For users who do not have the bandwidth to stream HD/4K video or even SD video, most streaming platforms make use of an adaptive bitrate stream so that if the user's bandwidth suddenly drops, the platform will lower its streaming bitrate to compensate. Most modern television streaming platforms offer a wide range of both manual and automatic bitrate settings which are based on initial connection tests during
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3936-410: Is a smart TV . Within the same decade, rapid deployment of LTE cellular network and general availability of smartphones have increased popularity of the streaming services, and the corresponding apps on mobile devices . On August 18, 2022, Nielsen reported that for the first time, streaming viewership has surpassed cable. Considering the popularity of smart TVs, smartphones, and devices such as
4059-544: Is a Romulan at the Artifact Borg cube, spying on Soji Asha for the Zhat Vash. At the beginning of the series, he befriends and becomes Soji's lover as part of his cover. In the episode "The Impossible Box", he guides Soji through a Zhal Makh meditation exercise so that she reveals the whereabouts of her home world, and then betrays her. He then pursues Rios's ship, eventually following it to Soji's home world Coppelius. Although he
4182-572: Is a doctor working for the Daystrom Institute's Division of Advanced Synthetic Research in Okinawa who was recruited by Dr. Bruce Maddox. She hopes to interact with an actual synth. After being subject to a Vulcan mind meld by Commodore Oh where she sees the atrocities from the Admonition, she is ordered to join Picard's crew to kill the synth as well as Maddox, who was also her lover. She also ingests
4305-457: Is a former Starfleet intelligence officer struggling with substance abuse who served as Picard's first officer during the Romulan evacuation. When she joins Picard's crew, she handles communications and is able to get clearances so Picard and friends can land on the planet. At Freecloud, she meets her son, who is married with an expectant child, but he rejects her attempt at reconciliation. She begins
4428-453: Is a streaming service owned by Apple Inc. Apple TV+ is a streaming subscription platform that launched November 1, 2019. The service offers original content exclusively made by Apple, being seen as Apple Originals. This streaming platform solely releases content that can only be found on Apple TV+, there is no third-party content found on the platform whereas several other streaming services have third-party content. The AppleTV+ name derives from
4551-537: Is a subsidiary of NBC Universal Television and Streaming. The streaming service gets its name from the NBC logo based on its colors. The platform had launched on July 15, 2020. The streaming service primarily features content that can be found on NBC networking channels as well as other third-party sources. Additionally, Peacock now offers original content that cannot be found on any other streaming platform. In December 2022, Peacock reached 20 million paid subscribers. In March 2023,
4674-424: Is abducted and assimilated by the Borg and transformed into Locutus (Latin for "he who speaks"). Picard's knowledge of Starfleet's strengths and strategies is gained by the Collective, and the single cube destroys the entire Starfleet armada at Wolf 359 . The Enterprise crew manages to capture Locutus, gain information through him that allows them to destroy the cube, and then reverse the assimilation process. In
4797-509: Is captured, he is freed by Sutra and returns to the Artifact. He works a deal with Rios to try to infiltrate the synth base and disable their newly built beacon. Picard showrunner Michael Chabon said there was originally a scene where Narek was taken into custody by the Federation but it was dropped during the editing of the episode finale. Rafaella "Raffi" Musiker (portrayed by Michelle Hurd )
4920-431: Is currently promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast and broadband digital television and multimedia applications with a single-user interface. BBC iPlayer originally incorporated peer-to-peer streaming, moved towards centralized distribution for their video streaming services. BBC executive Anthony Rose cited network performance as an important factor in
5043-416: Is for a fee. In the UK, the term catch up TV was most commonly used to refer to these sort of services at the time. Since 2012, around 200 over-the-top (OTT) platforms providing streamed and downloadable content have emerged. Investment by Netflix in new original content for its OTT platform reached $ 13bn in 2018. Amazon Prime Video was originally launched in the year 2006. Upon its initial release,
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5166-526: Is intended for viewing post- watershed . Honour systems are also used where users are asked for their dates of birth or age to verify if they are able to view certain content. IPTV delivers television content using signals based on the Internet Protocol (IP), through managed private network infrastructure entirely owned by a single telecom or Internet service provider (ISP). This stands in contrast to delivering content over unmanaged public networks -
5289-865: Is known as a "Borg Cube" due to its shape. A cube was first seen during the Borg's introduction in the Next Generation episode " Q Who ", which established the vessel as vastly exceeding the capability of the Enterprise – the main ship of the series and Federation flagship – to defend against or escape it without outside intervention. The episode " The Best of Both Worlds " and the film Star Trek: First Contact both depict single cubes as critical military threats, capable of fighting or defeating an entire fleet of ships. Common capabilities of cubes include high speed warp and transwarp drives , self-regeneration and multiple-redundant systems, adaptability in combat, and various energy weapons as well as tractor beams and cutting beams. As with most other Star Trek races,
5412-492: Is only available to viewers in the United States because of licensing restrictions. Hulu is one of the only streaming services that provides streaming for current on-air television shows a few days after their original broadcast on cable television, but with limited availability. Hulu originally had both a free and paid plan. The free plan was accessible only via computer and there was a limited amount of content for users, whereas
5535-436: Is provided by Microsoft to prevent content being copied. Additionally, BBC iPlayer makes use of a parental control system giving users the option to "lock" content, requiring a password to access it. The goal of these systems is to enable parents to keep children from viewing sexually themed, violent, or otherwise age-inappropriate material. Flagging systems can be used to warn a user that content may be certified or that it
5658-399: Is severed from the Collective and becomes a member of Voyager ' s crew. Seven of Nine's rediscovery of her individuality becomes a recurring theme throughout the series. The Hollywood Reporter ranked "Scorpion" as the 4th best episode of Voyager in 2016, and the 37th best Star Trek episode. In 2017, Den of Geek rated "Scorpion" among the top 50 Star Trek episodes overall. In
5781-476: Is shown to have a forearm and an eye physically removed and replaced with cybernetic implants. The Borg also assimilate, interface, and reconfigure technology using these tubules and nanoprobes. However, in "Q Who" a Borg is depicted apparently trying to assimilate, probe, or reconfigure a control panel in engineering using an energy interface instead of nanoprobes. Some species, for various reasons, are able to resist assimilation by nanoprobes. Species 8472
5904-552: Is the only race shown to be capable of completely rejecting assimilation attempts. Other species, such as the Hirogen , have demonstrated resistance to assimilation as well as Dr Phlox , who was able to partially resist the assimilation process in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode " Regeneration ". Before the film Star Trek: First Contact (1996), the Borg exhibited no hierarchical command structure. First Contact introduced
6027-738: Is the quality of image and audio transmission from the servers of the distributor to the user's screen. Also, Streaming resolution helps to measure the size of the streaming quality of video pixels. High-definition video (720p+) and later standards require higher bandwidth and faster connection speeds than previous standards, because they carry higher spatial resolution image content. In addition, transmission packet loss and latency caused by network impairments and insufficient bandwidth degrade replay quality. Decoding errors may manifest themselves with video breakup and macro blocks. The generally accepted download rate for streaming high-definition (1080p) video encoded in AVC
6150-517: Is the use of the " TV Everywhere " system. Especially for live content, the TV Everywhere system restricts viewership of a video feed to select Internet service providers , usually cable television companies that pay a retransmission consent or subscription fee to the content producer. This often has the negative effect of making the availability of content dependent upon the provider, with the consumer having little or no choice on whether they receive
6273-526: Is the world's largest streaming TV network and also the world's largest Internet media and entertainment company with 269 million paid subscribers, and by revenue and market cap. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had a strong impact in the television streaming business with the lifestyle changes such as staying at home and lockdowns. The Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) consortium of industry companies (such as SES , Humax , Philips , and ANT Software)
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#17328685991266396-443: The Star Trek fictional universe. The Borg are cybernetic organisms (cyborgs) linked in a hive mind called "The Collective". The Borg co-opt the technology and knowledge of other alien species to the Collective through the process of " assimilation ": forcibly transforming individual beings into "drones" by injecting nanoprobes into their bodies and surgically augmenting them with cybernetic components. The Borg's ultimate goal
6519-729: The Star Trek: The Next Generation second-season episode "Q Who", when the omnipotent life-form Q hurls the Enterprise -D across the galaxy to challenge Jean-Luc Picard 's assertion that his crew is ready to face the galaxy's dangers and mysteries. The Enterprise crew is overwhelmed by the Borg, and Picard begs for and receives Q's help in returning the ship to its previous coordinates. The Borg next appear in The Next Generation ' s third-season finale and fourth-season premiere, " The Best of Both Worlds ". Picard
6642-500: The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards . Hulu earned the first Emmy win for Outstanding Drama Series, for The Handmaid's Tale at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards . Traditional cable and satellite television providers began to offer services such as Sling TV , owned by Dish Network, which was unveiled in January 2015. DirecTV , another satellite television provider launched their own streaming service, DirecTV Stream , in 2016. Sky launched
6765-624: The Borg Queen as played by Alice Krige, who later reprised the role on United Paramount Network for the finale of Star Trek: Voyager . There is only one appearance of Borg in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , in the series premiere " Emissary ". The episode's prologue depicts Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) as First Officer on the USS Saratoga , in the Starfleet armada dispatched to confront
6888-669: The Indie Series Awards and the Vancouver Web Series Festival . In 2013, in response to the shifting of the soap opera All My Children from broadcast to streaming television, a new category for "Fantastic web-only series" in the Daytime Emmy Awards was created. Later that year, Netflix made history by earning the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for a streaming television series, for Arrested Development , Hemlock Grove , and House of Cards , at
7011-696: The International Academy of Web Television , headquartered in Los Angeles, formed in order to organize and support television actors, authors, executives, and producers in web series and streaming television. The organization also administers the selection of winners for the Streamy Awards . In 2009, the Los Angeles Web Series Festival was founded. Several other festivals and award shows have been dedicated solely to web content, including
7134-410: The final season of Star Trek: Picard . The character also appeared in Voyager ' s two-part episodes " Dark Frontier " (1999) and " Unimatrix Zero " (2000), but was portrayed by Susanna Thompson . Whether or not these appearances represent the same queen is never specified. The queen appeared to be killed in both First Contact and "End Game", so there may be a total of three queens throughout
7257-410: The "Artifact", now in the hands of Romulans, where she helps to reclaim victims of the Borg. Briones also portrays Sutra, an android on her home planet Coppelius, created by Bruce Maddox and Altan Inigo Soong. Sutra's twin, Jana, was killed prior to the series' events when she and another synth named Flower were the envoys to make first contact with USS Ibn Majid . Narek (portrayed by Harry Treadaway )
7380-740: The Apple TV media player that was released in 2007. Disney+ is an American subscription streaming service owned and operated by the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company . Released on November 12, 2019, the service primarily distributes films and television series produced by The Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Television , with dedicated content hubs for the brands The Walt Disney Company , Pixar , Marvel , Star Wars , and National Geographic , as well as Star in some regions. Original films and television series are also distributed on Disney+. Launched in 2007, Hulu
7503-434: The Artifact. He joins Starfleet Academy and is a cadet in season 2. The actors from the Star Trek franchise who have made appearances in the series. Some of the major ones are billed as special guest stars. Series original characters introduced in season 1 Web television Up until the 1990s, it was not thought possible that a television show could be squeezed into the limited telecommunication bandwidth of
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#17328685991267626-485: The Borg Queen, who is not named as such in the film (referring to herself with "I am the Borg. I am the Collective... I am the beginning, the end, the one who is many") but is named Borg Queen in the closing credits. The Queen is played by Alice Krige in this film, in the 2001 finale of Star Trek: Voyager " Endgame ", the Star Trek: Lower Decks second season episode "I, Excretus" and the last two episodes in
7749-409: The Borg are able to adapt to the specific frequencies on which these weapons are projected once a ship or an individual drone is struck down by them. Later attempts to modulate phaser and other weapon frequencies have had limited success. Borg shields are ineffective protection against projectile or melee weapons, and several have been defeated in this way, or through hand-to-hand combat. Borg possess
7872-539: The Borg as an increasingly menacing threat were subsequently scrapped in favor of a more subtle introduction, beginning with the mystery of missing Federation and Romulan colonies on both sides of the Neutral Zone in " The Neutral Zone " and culminating in the encounter between Borg and the Enterprise crew in " Q Who ". The Borg are cyborgs , having outward appearances showing both mechanical and biological body parts. Individual Borg are referred to as drones and move in
7995-402: The Borg at Wolf 359. The Saratoga is destroyed by the Borg, killing Sisko's wife, Jennifer. Later in the episode, Sisko's meeting with Picard is tense, as he blames Picard for the actions of Locutus. Throughout the remainder of the series, references to the Borg are made occasionally, including the design of their ship, USS Defiant , and the battle from Star Trek: First Contact being used as
8118-420: The Borg function, with the authors of The Computers of Star Trek noting: "It was a lot easier for viewers to focus on a villain rather than a hive-mind that made decisions based on the input of all its members." First Contact writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore have defended the introduction of the Queen as a dramatic necessity, noting on the film's DVD audio commentary that they had initially written
8241-413: The Borg have transporter capability. Cubes are also distinguished by their immense size and lack of streamlined aesthetic. Different types and sizes of cubes have appeared, as well as Borg spheres and some smaller craft. Assimilation is the process by which the Borg integrate beings, cultures, and technology into the Collective. "You will be assimilated" is one of the few on-screen phrases employed by
8364-428: The Borg when communicating with other species. The Borg are portrayed as having found and assimilated thousands of species and billions to trillions of individual life-forms throughout the galaxy . The Borg designate each species with a number assigned to them upon first contact , humanity being "Species 5618". When first introduced, the Borg are said to be more interested in assimilating technology than people, roaming
8487-452: The Borg with Starfleet and join the Federation with Agnes as the human counterpart of the Borg Queen. In the third season, it is revealed that the original Borg had allied with Changelings to infiltrate Starfleet and assimilate it by stealth. They did so by stealing the original body of Picard from Daystrom Station and extracting a part of his brain matter that had been altered during his transformation into Locutus. What had been mistaken for
8610-624: The Borg. The Borg represented a new antagonist and regular enemy which had been lacking during the first season of TNG ; the Klingons were allies and the Romulans mostly absent. The Ferengi were originally intended as the new enemy for the United Federation of Planets, but their comical appearance failed to portray them as a convincing threat. The Borg, however, with their frightening appearance, their immense power, and their sinister motive, became
8733-520: The Borg. In " Scorpion ", the Borg are engaged in a war of attrition against Species 8472 , whose biological defences are a match for the Borg's nanoprobes. In one of the few instances of the Borg negotiating, in exchange for safe passage through Borg space, the Voyager crew devises a way to destroy the otherwise invulnerable Species 8472. A Borg drone, Seven of Nine , is dispatched to Voyager to facilitate this arrangement. After successfully driving Species 8472 back into their fluidic space, Seven of Nine
8856-420: The Borg. In " Shattered ", a freak accident allows Chakotay to travel to various time periods in the ship's history, including the events depicted in "Scorpion", where he interacts with the full drone Seven. In the series finale, " Endgame ", a future Admiral Janeway tries to bring Voyager back to Earth using a Borg transwarp hub. During this episode, she infects the Borg with a neurolytic pathogen which infects
8979-564: The Collective, creating Locutus of Borg (meaning "he who has spoken", in Latin). The method of assimilating individual life-forms into the Collective has been represented differently over time. The Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation assimilate through abduction and then surgical procedure. In Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Voyager , assimilation is through injection of nanoprobes into an individual's bloodstream via
9102-539: The Doctor's mobile emitter, which uses technology from the 29th century, creating a 29th-century drone existing outside the Collective, with capabilities far surpassing those of the 24th-century drones. The Borg do not try to immediately assimilate any being with which they come into contact; Borg drones tend to completely ignore individuals that are identified as too weak to be an imminent threat or too inferior to be worth assimilating. Captain Picard and his team walk safely past
9225-614: The Internet. Broadcasters filed lawsuits against Aereo, because Aereo captured broadcast signals and streamed the content to Aereo's customers without paying broadcasters. In mid-July 2012, a federal judge sided with the Aereo start-up. Aereo planned to expand to every major metropolitan area by the end of 2013. The Supreme Court ruled against Aereo June 24, 2014. Some have noted that as opposed to broadcast television, with demographics of mostly "unspokenly straight" white viewers, cable, and with streaming services, dollars from subscription can "level
9348-469: The Queen's dialogue suggests she is an expression of the Borg Collective's overall intelligence, not a controller but the avatar of the entire Collective as an individual. This sentiment is contradicted by Star Trek: Voyager , where she is seen explicitly directing, commanding, and in one instance even overriding the Collective. The introduction of the Queen radically changed the canonical understanding of
9471-552: The Roku and Chromecast, much of the US public can watch television via the Internet. Internet-only channels are now established enough to feature some Emmy-nominated shows, such as Netflix 's House of Cards . Many networks also distribute their shows the next day to streaming providers such as Hulu Some networks may use a proprietary system, such as the BBC utilizes their BBC iPlayer format. This has resulted in bandwidth demands increasing to
9594-459: The UK can stream content from the BBC. The BBC only allows free use of their product for users within the UK as those users have paid for a television license that funds part of the BBC. This IP address check is not foolproof as the user may be accessing the BBC website through a VPN or proxy server . Broadcasting rights can also be restricted to allowing a broadcaster rights to distribute that content for
9717-611: The USS Ibn Majid; he returns to Starfleet before season 2 Elnor (portrayed by Evan Evagora ) is a Romulan refugee, who was relocated from Picard's efforts 14 years prior. He is an expert in hand-to-hand combat and is fiercely loyal to Picard. He was raised from a young boy by the sisters of the Quat Milat. Because of their core tenet of absolute candor, he is trained never to lie. In the first season, he pledges to support Picard, and then briefly supports Hugh when Picard and Soji escape from
9840-470: The United States as Amazon Unbox in 2006, but did not launch worldwide until 2016. Netflix, a website originally created for DVD rentals and sales, began providing streaming content in 2007. In 2008 Hulu , owned by NBC and Fox, was launched, followed by tv.com in 2009, owned by CBS. The first generation Apple TV was released in 2007 and in 2008 the first generation Roku streaming device was announced. Digital media players also began to become available to
9963-550: The antagonists in the Next Generation film Star Trek: First Contact . After again failing to assimilate Earth by a direct assault in the year 2373, the Borg travel back in time to the year 2063 to try to stop Zefram Cochrane 's first contact with the Vulcans , change the timeline, and erase Starfleet from existence. The Enterprise -E crew follows the Borg back in time and restores the original timeline. First Contact introduces
10086-407: The capture of Picard, La Forge and Troi, but they are able to reactivate Data's ethical subroutines, allowing him to recognize that his current actions are wrong and leading him to deactivate Lore. Data recovers the emotion chip and the surviving Borg fall under the leadership of Hugh. In 2017, SYFY listed "I, Borg" among the 25 best science fiction episodes of the last 25 years. The Borg return as
10209-476: The cellular DNA , altering the victim's biochemistry, and eventually form larger, more complicated structures and networks within the body, like electrical pathways, processing and data-storage nodes, and ultimately prosthetic devices that spring forth from the skin. In " Mortal Coil ", Seven of Nine says the Borg assimilated the nanoprobe technology from "Species 149". In addition, the nanoprobes maintain and repair their host's mechanical and biological components on
10332-433: The chosen titles via DVDs in prepaid return envelopes. In 2007, Netflix's subscribers could watch some movies and TV shows online, directly from their homes. In 2010, Netflix launched an only-streaming plan with unlimited streaming services without DVDs. Starting from the United States, the only-streaming plan reached several countries; by 2016 more than 190 countries could use this service. In 2011, Netflix began to negotiate
10455-447: The collective and kills the Queen. There are 26 major episodes featuring the Borg in Voyager ; however, there are about 100 if counting those with Seven of Nine. In the Star Trek: Enterprise episode " Regeneration ", the remnants of the destroyed sphere from Star Trek: First Contact are discovered in the Arctic along with two frozen drones. The Borg steal a research ship and send
10578-462: The country. It offers classic Warner Bros. films and self-produced programs, and has won the right to exclusively air Ghibli Studios films in the United States. It is not until 45 days after the theatrical release from 2022 that the release is taking place on the platform and reached 70 million subscribers in December 2021. In September 2022, 92 million households were counted as subscribers, but since this
10701-532: The decision, as well as consumers being unhappy with their own network bandwidth being used for transmitting content to other viewers. Samsung TV has also announced their plans to provide streaming options including 3D Video on Demand through their Explore 3D service. Some streaming services incorporate digital rights management . The W3C made the controversial decision to adopt Encrypted Media Extensions due in large part to motivations to provide copy protection for streaming content. Sky Go has software that
10824-409: The fifth season, we see the Borg in " Drone ", where an advanced Borg drone is created when Seven of Nine's nanoprobes are fused with the Doctor 's mobile emitter in a transporter accident. The Borg play a peripheral role in " Infinite Regress ", when Seven of Nine is exposed to a weapon against the Borg that essentially causes her to suffer from multiple personality disorder ( MPD ), being taken over by
10947-474: The fifth-season episode " I, Borg ", the Enterprise crew rescues an adolescent Borg they name " Hugh ". The crew faces the moral decision of whether or not to use Hugh (who begins to develop a sense of independence as a result of a severed link to the Collective) as a means of delivering a devastating computer virus to the Borg, or return to the Borg with his individuality intact. They decide to return him without
11070-413: The film with drones, but then found that it was essential for the main characters to have someone to interact with beyond mindless drones. The Borg Queen returned in the second season of Star Trek: Picard , played by Annie Wersching and Alison Pill . This Borg Queen was from an alternate timeline created by Q's manipulations and she merged with Doctor Agnes Jurati. After being convinced to create
11193-460: The first few seconds of a video loading, and can be changed on the fly. This is valid for both Live and Catch-up content. Additionally, platforms can also offer content in standards such as HDR or Dolby Vision or at higher framerates which can require additional costs or subscription tiers to access. Internet television is common in most US households as of the mid-2010s. In a 2013 study by eMarketer , about one in four new televisions being sold
11316-452: The galaxy before the birth of the Federation. However, Agnes persuades the Queen that the Borg will always be defeated because their collective is built on fear and domination rather than trust. Intrigued by the possibility of finally attaining perfection, the Queen departs Earth to test Agnes' theory. Upon returning to the 24th century, towards the end of the Season 2 finale, it is revealed that
11439-482: The galaxy, having cannibalized many of her remaining drones to survive. After Picard rescues Jack, the Borg Queen is killed when her Cube is destroyed by the Enterprise -D, freeing Starfleet from her assimilation. The Borg were introduced on syndicated television on May 8, 1989, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Q Who", and rose to further prominence in the two-part cliffhanger "Best of Both Worlds, Part I", which aired on June 18, 1990, with
11562-625: The inspiration for YouTube first came from Janet Jackson 's role in the 2004 Super Bowl incident , when her breast was exposed during her performance, and later from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . Karim could not easily find video clips of either event online, which led to the idea of a video sharing site. Apple's iTunes service also began offering select television programs and series in 2005, available for download after direct payment. A few years later, television networks and other independent services began creating sites where shows and programs could be streamed online. Amazon Prime Video began in
11685-621: The old and new systems, subscribers have set-top boxes or other customer-premises equipment that communicates directly over company-owned or dedicated leased lines with central-office servers. Packets never travel over the public Internet, so the television provider can guarantee enough local bandwidth for each customer's needs. The Internet protocol is a cheap, standardized way to enable two-way communication and simultaneously provide different data (e.g., TV-show files, email, Web browsing) to different customers. This supports DVR-like features for time shifting television: for example, to catch up on
11808-463: The paid plan could be accessed via computers, mobile devices, and connected televisions. In 2019, The Walt Disney Company became the major owner of Hulu. The platform has bundle deals where customers can subscribe to both Hulu and Disney +. Max is a streaming service released by Warner Bros. Discovery. The platform was released on May 27, 2020 in the United States, and within the first five months of launching, had amassed 8 million subscribers across
11931-470: The penultimate episode where she assimilates Jack Crusher and is revealed to have been behind the Changelings' actions throughout the season, using them for a plan to infiltrate and take over the Federation. In the series finale, the Queen reveals that the Borg were decimated following the events of Star Trek: Voyager and she now seeks to evolve and propagate her race while annihilating all other life forms in
12054-438: The personalities of other assimilated beings, such as a small child, a Klingon and a Vulcan. In " Dark Frontier ", Voyager steals and uses a transwarp coil to both rescue Seven of Nine from the Borg Queen and then cut another fifteen years off their journey home before the coil burns out. Juliette Harrisson, writing for Den of Geek in 2017, gave actress Susanna Thompson and Alice Krige as Borg Queens an honorable mention in
12177-426: The platform had 22 million paid subscribers. The domain name of YouTube was bought and activated by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in the beginning of 2005. YouTube launched later that year as an online video sharing and social media platform. The video platform became popular among the audience thanks to a short video, called Lazy Sunday , uploaded by Saturday Night Live in December 2005. The SNL's video
12300-442: The playing field," giving viewers from marginalized communities, and representation of their communities, "equal power." Many providers of Internet television services exist—including conventional television stations that have taken advantage of the Internet as a way to continue showing television shows after they have been broadcast, often advertised as "on-demand" and "catch-up" services. Today, almost every major broadcaster around
12423-698: The point of causing issues for some networks. It was reported in February 2014 that Verizon Fios is having issues coping with the demand placed on their network infrastructure. Until long-term bandwidth issues are worked out and regulation such at net neutrality Internet Televisions push to HDTV may start to hinder growth. Aereo was launched in March 2012 in New York City (and subsequently stopped from broadcasting in June 2014). It streamed network TV only to New York customers over
12546-417: The popular streaming service was referred to as Amazon Unbox. Amazon Prime Video was created due to the development of Amazon Prime , which is a paid service that includes free shipping of different types of goods. Amazon Prime Video is available in approximately 200 countries around the world. Each year, Amazon invests in the production of films and TV series that are streamed as Amazon originals. Apple TV+
12669-507: The product. With the advent of broadband Internet connections, multiple streaming providers have come onto the market in the last couple of years. The main providers are Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Some of these providers such as Hulu advertise and charge a monthly fee. Other such as Netflix and Amazon charge users a monthly fee and have no commercials. Netflix is the largest provider with more than 217 million subscribers. The rise of internet TV has resulted in cable companies losing customers to
12792-518: The production of original programming, starting with the series House of Cards . Paramount+ is a streaming service that is owned by the Paramount Global Media Company. The streaming service was launched on October 28, 2014, and was known as CBS All Access originally. At the time of the release, the platform focused primarily on streaming programs from local CBS stations as well as complete access to all CBS network content. In 2016
12915-413: The public during this time. These digital media players have continued to be updated and new generations released. Smart TVs took over the television market after 2010 and continue to partner with new providers to bring streaming video to even more users. As of 2015, smart TVs are the only type of middle to high-end television being produced. Amazon's version of a digital media player, Amazon Fire TV ,
13038-609: The sequel airing on September 24, 1990. In the Star Trek in-universe timeline, the earliest the Borg have been displayed is in 1996's Star Trek: First Contact . Overall, Borg aliens appear in a total of about a hundred episodes of various incarnations of Star Trek . This number includes all episodes featuring Seven of Nine, a former Borg drone; discounting these appearances, the Borg appear in six episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation , one episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , 23 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager , and one episode of Star Trek: Enterprise . The Borg first appear in
13161-576: The series as the Borg Queen. In April 2022, it was confirmed that all the last main cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation would be joining the cast of Star Trek: Picard. To join Patrick Stewart is Gates McFadden , Michael Dorn , Brent Spiner , LeVar Burton , Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes . Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd have confirmed they will also return for Season 3. As of 7 May 2022, Alison Pill , Isa Briones , Santiago Cabrera and Evan Evagora have confirmed they will not be
13284-481: The series, Picard has been retired from Starfleet for 14 years, living in his chateau in France, until he meets Dahj and goes on his personal mission to find and to protect her sister. He has a brain condition that is terminal. At the end of the first season, he dies from his brain anomaly, but his consciousness is transferred into a new synthetic "golem" body that Soong had prepared. Agnes Jurati (portrayed by Alison Pill )
13407-401: The series. In First Contact , the Borg Queen is seen during a flashback of Picard's former assimilation, establishing she was present during the events of "Best of Both Worlds". The Borg Queen is the focal point within the Borg collective consciousness and a unique drone within the Collective, who brings "order to chaos", referring to herself as "we" and "I" interchangeably. In First Contact ,
13530-469: The signature villains for the TNG and Voyager eras of Star Trek . In Voyager episode " Q2 ", even the near-omnipotent Q tells his son, "Don't provoke the Borg!" Star Trek: The Next Generation ( TNG ) writers began to develop the idea of the Borg as early as the Season 1 episode " Conspiracy ", which introduced a coercive, symbiotic life form that took over key Federation personnel. Plans to feature
13653-466: The streaming service created original content that could only be found by using the platform. As the network continued to expand with its content, the service decided to rebrand themselves and took the name Paramount+, taking its name from Paramount Pictures film studio. The network since expanded to Latin America, Europe and Australia. Peacock is a streaming service owned and operated by Peacock TV, which
13776-563: The universe as single-minded marauders assimilating starships, planets, and entire societies to collect new technology. They are discriminating in this area, finding certain races, for example the Kazon , to be technologically inferior and unworthy of assimilation. The Borg then place the assimilated children into maturation chambers to quickly and fully grow them into mature drones. In their second appearance, " The Best of Both Worlds ", they capture and assimilate Captain Jean-Luc Picard into
13899-401: The various series episodes and film. In Star Trek: First Contact , the voice of the Borg is spoken by Jeff Coopwood . The Borg's warning is: We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile. Nanoprobes are microscopic machines that inhabit
14022-410: The virus, but in the sixth-season episode " Descent ", a group of rogue Borg who had "assimilated" individuality through Hugh fall under the control of the android Lore , the "older brother" of Data. Lore also corrupts Data through the use of an "emotion chip", simultaneously deactivating Data's ethical subroutines and projecting only negative emotions to it. Under this programming, Data participates in
14145-496: The world is operating an Internet television platform. Examples include the BBC, which introduced the BBC iPlayer on 25 June 2008 as an extension to its "RadioPlayer" and already existing streamed video-clip content, and Channel 4 that launched 4oD ("4 on Demand") (now All 4) in November 2006 allowing users to watch recently shown content. Most Internet television services allow users to view content free of charge; however, some content
14268-466: Was announced, including subscribers to the HBO channel, it is expected that the actual population of Max alone will be much smaller. Netflix , founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph, is a media streaming and video rental in 1997. Two years later, Netflix was offering the audience the possibility of an online subscription service. Subscribers could select movies and TV shows on Netflix's website and receive
14391-561: Was based on UDP, whereas the basis of the majority of the Internet was HTTP and content delivery networks (CDNs). In 2007, HTTP-based adaptive streaming was introduced by Move Networks. This new technology would be a significant change for the industry. One year later the introduction of HTTP-based adaptive streaming, many companies such as Microsoft and Netflix developed their streaming technology. In 2009, Apple launched HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), and Adobe , in 2010, HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS). In addition, HTTP-based adaptive streaming
14514-414: Was chosen for important streaming events such as Roland Garros , Wimbledon , Vancouver and London Olympic Games, and many others and on premium on-demand services (Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, etc.). The increase in streaming services required a new standardization, therefore in 2012, with the contributions of Apple, Netflix, Microsoft, and other companies, Dynamic Adaptive Streaming , known as MPEG-DASH,
14637-458: Was considered a negative activity. Broadcasting rights (also called Streaming rights in this case) vary from country to country and even within provinces of countries. These rights govern the distribution of copyrighted content and media and allow the sole distribution of that content at any one time. An example of content only being aired in certain countries is BBC iPlayer. The BBC checks a user's IP address to make sure that only users located in
14760-414: Was not broadcast on TV, therefore people looked for it on Google by typing "SNL rap video," "Lazy Sunday SNL," or "Chronicles of Narnia SNL." The first result of searches was a link video on YouTube, which was the beginning of sharing videos on YouTube. Because of its popularity, YouTube had some issues caused by its bandwidth expenses. In 2006, Google bought Youtube, and after some months the video platform
14883-491: Was not offered to the public until 2014. Access to television programming has evolved from computer and television access to include mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers . Corresponding apps for mobile devices started to become available via app stores in 2008, but they grew in popularity in the 2010s with the rapid deployment of LTE cellular networks . These apps enable users to stream television content on mobile devices that support them. In 2008,
15006-545: Was published as the new HTTP-based adaptive streaming standard. The mid-2000s were the beginning of television programs becoming available via the Internet . In 2003, TVonline Station was founded in Greece, making it the world's first television station to produce and broadcast content exclusively over the internet. The online video platform site YouTube was launched in early 2005, allowing users to share illegally posted television programs. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim said
15129-728: Was the second-largest engine search in the world. In the 1990s, the practice of watching entire seasons in a short amount of time emerged with the introduction of the DVD box. Media-marathoning consists of watching at least one season of a TV show in a week or less, watching three or more films from the same series in a week or less, or reading three or more books from the same series in a month or less. The term "binge-watching" arrived with streaming TV, when Netflix launched its first original production, House of Cards, and started marketing this process of watching TV series episode after episode in 2013. COVID-19 gave another connotation to binge-watching, which
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