Streaming Video Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA)

Providing broad access to streaming video while staying on budget is a constant challenge for libraries. ProQuest’s streaming video DDA program puts patrons at the center of collection development—so you acquire only the content that’s actually used.

With access to more than 60,000* academic and educational streaming titles, DDA lets your users guide purchasing while you retain full control over terms, budgets, and ownership options.

Program Highlights

• • Demand Driven Selection
    Usage—not guesswork—determines what your library purchases. Users will be able to search and stream with complete interface functionality, as if these titles were already a permanent part of your holdings.
  • No Start Up Fees
    There’s no cost to activate DDA. On the fourth qualifying view (beyond 30 seconds), a one year subscription invoice is generated for that title.
  • Access to Own Options
    When available, titles can be upgraded to three year subscriptions or perpetual ownership.
  • Customizable Profiling
    Control exposure by publisher or subject to align with institutional priorities.
  • Budget Control
    Spending caps and title level suppression help ensure you stay within budget at all times.
  • Robust Admin Portal
    Includes custom MARC records, budget and spend tracking, title suppression, and engagement insights.
  • Trusted, high quality content
    With hundreds of content providers—including PBS, BBC, A+E Networks’ HISTORY®, Bloomberg, CBS, The Economist, ROCO Films and many more—libraries gain access to trusted, high quality content

Types of Streaming Video DDA Programs Available

Standard Streaming Video DDA
Provides access to 60,000+ streaming titles across disciplines.

DDA: Select
Offers access to 17,000+ titles available exclusively from ProQuest, with no overlap in other DDA programs. Content spans anthropology, counseling and therapy, business, education, history, music, dance, documentaries, feature films, and more—including titles from partners such as Sony Pictures Classics, ROCO Films, and 60 MINUTES/CBS.

DDA: Feature Films
Focused on feature films, world cinema, and silent films, this option is ideal for libraries seeking to supplement existing collections with high quality cinema from leading providers such as Sony Pictures Classics, The Cinema Guild, First Run Features, Oscilloscope, Music Box Films, Flicker Alley, and others.

Already have a DDA program? You can add DDA: Select alongside it — no setup fees, no content overlap, and no added complexity.

* Territory restrictions may apply