Public and private screening

The event screened may be live or recorded, free or paid, and may use film, video, or a broadcast method such as satellite or closed-circuit television.

Live public screenings of association football matches, called "Public Viewing [de]", became especially popular at the 2006 football World Cup in Germany.

[1] Showing a video to a group of people outside of the home is legally regarded as a public showing, and is therefore in breach of copyright for DVDs/videos that have been purchased or hired for domestic use.

To organise a group screening, permission from the copyright owner of the title in question will need to be obtained.

[3] This article related to film or motion picture terminology is a stub.