I'm looking forward to another subscription service and more fragmentation 
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NBCUniversal's Streaming Service to Launch April 2020
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You guys know you don't need to subscribe to each individual service right? and you can cancel/re-subscribe at any time. Yes there are a ton of streaming services. Find the 2-3 that work for you and thats that. If you watch a specific show only subscribe while that show is active. Saves a boat load of money.
None of these streaming services will make enough money from people who only subscribe for a month.
I can see all the streaming services greatly increasing the monthly cost and giving big discounts for people who pre-pay for six months to a year of service (i.e. lock them in).
Constantly switching services also works better when you are single.
Families, especially with kids, have different viewing preferences so with the fragmentation now, families need to keep multiple services
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I agree with the people who say that the cost of a few of these services (sometimes just one) is getting up there with a cable tv/internet bundle. I would bundle my Spectrum internet with tv, if the on-demand selection didn't suck.
Maybe this has changed...I haven't had cable tv for the past seven years. But, when I had it, they didn't have all episodes of a show available on-demand. For example, I heard so many people talk about how they loved Breaking Bad. I wanted to check it out, and I had cable tv. But, I had to watch it on Netflix, because cable would only have a few episodes from the past seasons. You can't watch a show like that, and skip episodes. Also, I hate watching live tv. Way too many commercials. Commercial free, on-demand, is the only way I'll watch anymore.
Maybe this has changed...I haven't had cable tv for the past seven years. But, when I had it, they didn't have all episodes of a show available on-demand. For example, I heard so many people talk about how they loved Breaking Bad. I wanted to check it out, and I had cable tv. But, I had to watch it on Netflix, because cable would only have a few episodes from the past seasons. You can't watch a show like that, and skip episodes. Also, I hate watching live tv. Way too many commercials. Commercial free, on-demand, is the only way I'll watch anymore.
For sure, but Universal has a lot of intellectual properties. And they bought Dreamworks a couple years ago so they’ll have all that content as well. It has potential to be a major streaming competitor.
That said, all these competing services are really forcing the thrifty consumer to make tougher decisions.
CBS All Access finally got me with "Picard". Definitely going to sign up for that. This on the other hand is a hard pass.
The consumer can always decide to do something else rather than watch TV.
If they do want to watch TV, HULU (with ads) is $5.99 / month and they carry some network series.
Over the air TV doesn't cost anything and people can stream for free the Roku channel (Roku) (ATV with airplay), Tubi TV channel, and the Pluto TV channel.
This is why I started moving towards buying my favorites from iTunes. I had cable and wanted to stream Better Call Saul, and ran into issues of availability. AMC is trying to profit any way they can on that show. Even when I tried streaming on their App, I remember there being limitations on when it was available to view, and there were commercials, buffering, low quality, etc. Now they are trying to push viewers into a $4.99/month subscription.
Since this is a show I genuinely like to watch, I just buy it on iTunes. It's about $20 out of pocket once you consider my discounted iTunes gift cards. And I can re-watch it any time I like.
The assumption here is we are talking about consumers who like to keep up with all the best/popular shows. Of course, if that is not important to someone, then the decisions are much simpler/easier.
Sling, And sports season passes are all I purchase. I would be more interested in an NFL live streaming service than a bunch of re-runs. If its newer, I will agree with the others, just buy the season(s) when the price is right for ownership and Download.
I'm thinking as long as I stay below $100/month, I'll stay a cord cutter.
I currently pay for.
Hulu without ads
Netflix
Twitch Turbo - basically give me ad free Twitch
Youtube Premium - because I hate ads
I also get HBO free because I have an unlimited AT&T cell phone account.
I get locals with my Fire TV Recast.
I'd say I'm under $50/month right now. I will 100% get Disney+ when that comes out. That will give me $40 before I hit $100. Plus, if I did go back to cable, I'd still want to pay for Disney+, Netflix, Twitch Turbo and Youtube Premium. Screw it. Cord Cutter for life.
You know, nobody can watch all this crap. Just pick 4-5 services and be happy. You don't need to watch every show in the world.
I currently pay for.
Hulu without ads
Netflix
Twitch Turbo - basically give me ad free Twitch
Youtube Premium - because I hate ads
I also get HBO free because I have an unlimited AT&T cell phone account.
I get locals with my Fire TV Recast.
I'd say I'm under $50/month right now. I will 100% get Disney+ when that comes out. That will give me $40 before I hit $100. Plus, if I did go back to cable, I'd still want to pay for Disney+, Netflix, Twitch Turbo and Youtube Premium. Screw it. Cord Cutter for life.
You know, nobody can watch all this crap. Just pick 4-5 services and be happy. You don't need to watch every show in the world.
Only if you choose to subscribe to them. Good news is with this many and more coming, you have choices.
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I'm looking forward to another subscription service and more fragmentation
Remember when everyone was screaming for a la carte tv? For separate services they can subscribe to instead of bundled by cable?
Well the market answered.
It is all good I still buy Blu-rays and upgrade them to 4K Blu-Rays so I don't have to worry when a show or a movie is no longer streaming better yet I don't have to subscribe to this streaming services.
I'm thinking as long as I stay below $100/month, I'll stay a cord cutter.
I currently pay for.
Hulu without ads
Netflix
Twitch Turbo - basically give me ad free Twitch
Youtube Premium - because I hate ads
I also get HBO free because I have an unlimited AT&T cell phone account.
I get locals with my Fire TV Recast.
I'd say I'm under $50/month right now. I will 100% get Disney+ when that comes out. That will give me $40 before I hit $100. Plus, if I did go back to cable, I'd still want to pay for Disney+, Netflix, Twitch Turbo and Youtube Premium. Screw it. Cord Cutter for life.
You know, nobody can watch all this crap. Just pick 4-5 services and be happy. You don't need to watch every show in the world.
How much do you pay for your ISP? That is where a lot of these problems exist with streaming services. My cable and Gigabit speed internet cost me $150/month. I pay for no other subscriptions and I use PLEX.
I never screamed for a la carte tv. I always thought it was a complicated, convoluted nightmare.
Anyway... point being that not everyone screamed for it.
After first announcing plans to launch a standalone streaming service back in January, Comcast and NBCUniversal today have revealed that this service is set to launch in April 2020 (via The Verge).
The news was given during the company's earnings call today, where CEO Steve Burke also confirmed that the streaming service will be built on a similar platform to Sky's Now TV streaming service in the UK. Because of this, it's believed that NBCUniversal's service will likely host content from Sky Studios, which Comcast also now owns after its acquisition of Sky in 2018.
According to the company, the "vast majority" of content on the NBCUniversal service will initially be from third-party production companies, and not original shows and films. The major addition to the service will be The Office, which will be removed from Netflix in 2020 and exclusively housed on NBC's streaming platform.
Standalone streaming services have become increasingly popular over the past few years, with many individual companies removing their content from services like Netflix and Hulu to host them on their own platform. Recent major announcements for new services include Disney+, HBO Max, and Apple's own upcoming Apple TV+ platform.
Article Link: NBCUniversal's Streaming Service to Launch April 2020
It better include all of Law and Order Universe and Dateline without commercials. If it includes that, it'll be worth it for me
Oh you must be new to MR. The most talked about topic was a la carte. A lot of people here had fantasies of paying a max of $5 per channel!!!!! LOL
And when people like me said that was a fantasy and it would be way more expensive.... we were shouted down.
Point being the market responded to the demand.