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Until Amazon is offering simulcasts they're not really competing.

The Korean drama _THE IDOLM@STER.KR_ is currently being simulcast on Amazon Prime with English and Japanese subtitles.[1][2]

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZNKX78/ [2]: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/.105749

Yeah, this was in the context of anime.

I'm very ignorant of Japanese or Korean dramas/live-action programs.

What's a 'simulcast'? Multi-streams or live broadcast of events? Or something else?

I guess it's kind of an archaic term but it means broadcasting media via multiple channels at the same time. In this case it means that when the next episode of a show is broadcast via cable or over-the-air in Japan (probably cable in 2017) it's also simultaneously available on websites for folks who don't have Japanese cable.

A simple modern example is being able to listen to the announcers of a sports match on radio or watch the same announcers via the television transmission.

Google defines a "simulcast" as a simultaneous transmission of the same program on radio and television, or on two or more channels.

It means showing an episode before the fansubbers (which means the above definition of simulcasting doesn't apply) and pirates get an opportunity to put it online. It means putting it online within as little as an hour or two of airing in Japan. Instead of like what Netflix did with Little Witch Academia for instance. Which took months. For a Studio Trigger show, mind you.

Online streams of shows that are available at the same time as (or very shortly after) the original broadcast.

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