I think what people are going to realize with this balkanization is that most TV is just sh*t, and there's no reason to bootstrap random streaming services to get access to the 1% that might not be. There will be a resurgence in people just buying copies of what they care about, and ignoring the rest of the dreck.
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I take a slightly different approach. I have Cable/Sat so I already pay (subscriber rebroadcast fees) for some CBS content on CBS Access. As a matter of principal I refuse to pay twice for the same content. Therefore, I "feel" morally justified to download from the Internet any and ll content on CBS Access. If CBS rolled Showtime into CBS Access then I would subscribe. To quote Perry Mason (HBOMax: Fully paid for). There's what is legal and there is what's right.
That really depends on the use case.
For me the streaming services have been the best thing ever. I have no need to watch 100 TV shows across a dozen different channels. Netflix + Amazon Prime is already way more TV than I can possibly watch.
Yes, there is the occasional important show I cannot get on those. For example I did dip into HBO for GoT, but $15 for one binge month is so much better and lightweight than cable.
Cable is getting a special box, then multiple boxes for every room, all with rental fees, and upcharges for HD or 4K or whatever they can upcharge for, then loads of commercials and channels you don't want, having to watch one someone else's schedule instead of your own, recording with a DVR (recording, seriously, is this the 80's?), and a contract I am bound to for years, then massive price hikes after the contract unless you call and pretend to threaten to cancel. Rinse, repeat every 2 years... are you kidding me? It is a wonder to me that cable has even one single customer.
Obviously I never cared for, nor paid for cable in the first place. I don't understand how people can tolerate the unrelenting ads, high cost, and horrendous customer experience.
You can tell that CBS is in charge, rather than Paramount.
Enterprise was difficult enough, but it ended up not so bad, except for the final episode.
CBS, to me, is the Commercial Broadcasting System because they always seem to be about the money and not about the content.
Fútbol is my crack, so my subscription is inevitable because Champions League. Resistance is futile. At least these content dumps reduce my buyers remorse.
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My Cable bill was double my streaming bills combined. This was coming off standard cable + sports (crack = fútbol) and HBO package. This is Spectrum and Cox in southern CA. I’m not skimping currently, IMO, on streaming services.
Star Trek: Discovery season 2 was amazing - IMO best season of Star Trek ever. And season 1 wasn't half bad, even if it was dark as hell.
I'm a fan of both old and new Trek - well at least most old trek... TNG, DS9 (my fave), most Voyager, ENT, and now the new treks. TOS movies were great too, but the shows were before my time and couldn't get into them.
You should try out PlutoTV then, it's free & on Roku too. They have a channel with The Challenge episodes that just play every episode in order. The also have this for shows like RuPaul's Drag Race, COPS, Love & Hip Hop, etc. It's my go-to streaming service for background noise and such. Highly recommend to all my friends!
All I want is CBS to license old seasons of Big Brother, Amazing Race and Survivor to a UK streaming service. I don’t think it’s ever likely to happen. 😭
Yikes!
That could of been a scene right out of The Orville or Space Force.
“with more than 150 movies in total now available”
Um. Wow. I think.
And padding the numbers by counting episodes, not simply the shows isn’t exactly informative either. Especially when it would appear that in some cases they don’t have every season. Or even every episode from some seasons...
Um. Wow. I think.
And padding the numbers by counting episodes, not simply the shows isn’t exactly informative either. Especially when it would appear that in some cases they don’t have every season. Or even every episode from some seasons...
I am also rotating services. I will continue to subscribe, binge, and cancel until they make it impossible. I did the same with Disney+. For the second season of Mandalorian I will do the same.
Nothing is filming right now. It will probably be late 2021 before season 2 of Picard and season 1 of Strange New Worlds etc. So after Discovery season 3 I will cancel again. Rinse and repeat.
All seasons of Amazing Race are available through Hulu. Must be a contractual obligation.
It's surprising how CBS All Acess isn't emphasizing the live feed cams for Big Brother, especially with All Stars starting in 5 days.
I use an app called Next Episode as my episode tracker. I couldn’t track my shows without it, having so many streaming subs.