Ah good point. It did get 1 Euro more expensive here as well. Didn’t remember since I am not the one paying for it lol
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Ah good point. It did get 1 Euro more expensive here as well. Didn’t remember since I am not the one paying for it lol
In another article I read, it *sounded* like they planned on only offering an ad-free version w/ the bundle of all three services? So, with put up with ads, or pay for all three?
If that happens, I'll be doing ... none of the above.
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they convinced us that cutting the cord (cable) was freedom and new trend, every one followed, now we are all screwed.
i think the plan was to break cable monopoly so that all these streaming companies can get a piece of the pie.
at the end customers get screwed.
This was a great article from last year about whats going on with Streaming VoD and how it resembles what people thought they had left behind
What Netflix’s Subscriber Nightmare Means for the Future of Entertainment
Desperate for subscriber eyeballs, streamers are pulling back on edgy content—and acting more like the networks they trounced in the revolution.
The reality is more complicated. Since streamers came to dominate the landscape, the assumption has been that broadcast TV is seriously endangered—that it’s struggling to reach new generations of viewers, partly because of its risk-averse rules and its devotion to broad, inoffensive content. That existential threat is real. But some see a worrisome irony emerging: The streamers are acting more and more like the cautious industry they revolutionized. Streamers are pursuing what they call “elevated broadcast,” making sitcoms, dramas, procedurals, and reality TV central to their platforms. Some also appear to be pulling back from the challenging content that attracted audiences in hopes of scooping up every viewer the networks have left.
Insiders say streaming executives are becoming less adventurous—or morepopulist, depending on your point of view—because they’re spooked by the overcrowded market and uncertain about how to keep expanding (and retaining) their subscriber bases. Netflix’s stock price plunged after an earnings report projected a loss of 2 million global subscribers by June. A top executive there also said that they are exploring a lower-priced subscription that would include commercials. “I’m always a little bit worried that half the streamers will go away at a certain point,” says Alan Yang, cocreator of unconventional comedies like Netflix’s Master of None, Amazon’s Forever, and Apple TV+’s upcoming Loot. “Can the market sustain all of them spending the way they are and making the number of shows that they make?”
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So as much as I see people going I stopped streaming this and that service because its going over their budget, if you widen this line of questioning to the whole marketplace, yes it's like musical chairs.
So consider all the streaming services next time you see macRumors mention ad supported subscription, or WB MAX, Paramount +, Disney + raising subscriptions rates, or Hulu going away. It all involves a rather immature marketplace that is not yet finished where they will end up at.
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Right now, I only have Disney+. There are Hulu shows I'd like to maybe watch, but .... there is no way to get Disney+ and Hulu combined without ads - you have to get the bundle with ESPN+ - which I wlll NEVER use - and there is no annual option, like there is with Disney+ alone. Even the Hulu annual price is ad-supported.
Nope. And if the only option I end up with is to switch to a bundle with ads ... Disney+ can add more more to the 4 million subscribers they've lost over the last year.
Nope. And if the only option I end up with is to switch to a bundle with ads ... Disney+ can add more more to the 4 million subscribers they've lost over the last year.
Wrong, in international markets, Hulu equivalent, Star+ (name for Latin-America) is extra charge but includes ESPN live sports.
Special case for Latin America then. Kind of sucks if you don’t even care for sport!
I don't recall any articles that suggested a profitable streaming VoD business was easy. With the exception of Netflix reaching that, most were losing money, even if they had a lot of subscribers. Obviously ad-revenue is very profitable and makes up for a large number of premium subscriptions if that is a goal.
Which raises the question of how sustainable many of these services are, and how many of them even will be around a couple of years from today.
Netflix finally seems sustainable.
Apple and Amazon have the money to keep propping up their own services indefinitely.
Disney uses original content to build their brand and earn via their merchandising and theme parks, so they can actually afford to let Disney+ remain a loss leader. It remains debatable how viable this strategy will be moving forward, especially when signs point to growing superhero fatigue.
You could just leave gay people alone…
WB has changed their tactics to profit generation against Max. The AT&T/Comcast barnacles won't linger. HBO name association will disappear from grandfathered HBO deals with those users. Yes they get some kind of temporary stay of execution, but eventually they have to become subscribers if they want to continue past some point in time. All this should be seen May 23rd when it's launched.I have no idea what their parent company is even trying to do anymore.
Who is the one harassing gay people? The only people I harass are my friends. 😂
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I respect gay people as I respect other people.
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