Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
I’m still salty that the DirecTV app doesn’t support AirPlay. Or picture in picture. And how about an Apple TV app that we can use when the satellite goes out due to rain or snow?
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AT&T's WarnerMedia to Launch New Streaming Service in Fourth Quarter of 2019
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A la carte would be prohibitively expensive.
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Oh please not that excuse. Pirates will pirate no matter what.
Skeptical.me
macrumors 6502a
With all of these new streaming services its becoming more and more expensive to watch the shows you want to. Although, tey still aren't doing contracts so at least you can pay one month for one service just to binge watch a season of the show you like.
peelage
macrumors member
No kidding! I’ve had DirectTV Now since beta, it’s technically still in beta! Complete garbage!
aaronhead14
macrumors 65816
Noooooo! We can't keep getting more and more streaming services. The biggest appeal with streaming video is that you get so much content in one place and for one reasonable fee. But if every freaking company is just going to start having their own streaming service, then we're basically going back to the cable TV model, which was awful!
jlc1978
macrumors 604
Many channels would simply go out of business as they would not get enough in subscription revenue to produce their shows.
Yup
tennisproha
macrumors 68020
Where are the people that were pro-merger? They seem to have gone back into the woodwork.
Hello, they require a location services and now use the AppleTV GPS. VPNs don’t work
Kal-037
macrumors 68020
This will be a huge hard pass for me. I’ve worked for WB for some time on the low low end of the totem pole, and it had some ups, but mostly downs. But I am mostly concerned/disappointed with the quality of content from WB, NewLine, CW, TNT, CBS, CNBC, CN, etc. **They don’t create fun, unique shows or ideas, but instead try to imitate another company or show and it results in terrible offerings (Suicide Squad, Arrow, Black Lightning, Scream Queens, Justice League, DC Legends, Big Bang, Little Sheldon, Etc, etc.) WB has never learned to keep their hands out of a new and unique project they hired a director and producer to create, which has caused so many issues and a great loss of potential profits... and just bad quality shows that I want to like, but WB guts them to try and be like Disney instead of themselves, so any content this might offer will be an easy pass for me. I don’t love Disney, but I see myself opting for their service more.
AT&T's WarnerMedia is working on its own streaming service to compete with Netflix, Hulu, Disney, and others, the company announced today.
According to AT&T, the upcoming streaming service is "another benefit" of the merger between AT&T and Time Warner. AT&T says it is committed to launching a "compelling and competitive product" that helps the company expand its reach.
AT&T's streaming service will include the WarnerMedia collection of films, television series, animation, documentaries, and more. The plan is to "create such a compelling product" that it will help distributors increase customer penetration and help AT&T reach additional customers.
AT&T already owns DirecTV and offers live streaming content through DirecTV Now, HBO Go, and HBO Now.
At the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit on Wednesday, WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey said that HBO will be a "lead brand" in the new service. From CNBC:Along with HBO, the service will include content from Turner and Warner Bros.
According to Stankey, the new streaming service will feature a "compelling price point" when it launches in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Article Link: AT&T's WarnerMedia to Launch New Streaming Service in Fourth Quarter of 2019
Also WB doesn’t take real risks, unlike Disney that does and they are much bigger for it.
vipergts2207
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This is going to turn into cable 2.0 with each streaming service being what a cable package once was. Want channels A, B, and C? Well you have to subscribe to this streaming service, but it also comes with D through J, which you don’t watch. Oh you want channels X, Y, and Z too? Well those are actually on a completely different streaming service that you’ll have to pay another monthly bill for. But hey it comes with channels N through T at least, even if you don’t watch them. Enjoy the days where Hulu and Netflix covers 95% of your viewing habits while it lasts.
nburwell
macrumors 603
I was thinking the same thing. These new streaming services popping up really needs to stop.
PS Vue may be the first live streaming service to shutter it's service from what I've been reading. Which is a shame considering I've been a subscriber for almost two years now.