Thread: VOD Netflix/Streaming Services
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Old 02-11-2018, 09:18   #4632
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by Horizon View Post
As AT&T is launching a new Warner global streaming service next year around the same time as Disney's service, they are shutting some of their other streamers down like this one and a South Korean streamer they owned too.

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That's the question with the streamers, isn't it?

When it was just Netflix, everything was available under one roof for one price, but currently there are lots of streamers out there.

I expect the media companies to further consolidate next year and then we'll see what happens with regards to the streaming services.

As HBO's streamer is currently priced at $15, not all the current streamers will survive. I would expect each media company to eventually just have one global steaming service, although at what price, I've no idea. And as I reckon there will be only 3-6 global media companies in the end, that's how many streamers there will be too, excluding our UK based ones.

Once the bulk of the cable/sat channels disappear, as I expect they will, we may well opine the days when we could subscribe to so many channels and content for such a relatively small price.
There are only three major streaming services available in the UK at the moment - Netflix, Amazon and Now TV.

I would envisage maybe half a dozen popular streamers here altogether with the passing of time (excluding those devoted to sport) and if we use those in place of the existing scheduled channels, the price will be similar to what we pay now for the Full House.

Most of them (like Netflix and Amazon) will be less than a tenner a month. Some (like Hayu on Virgin) will be free to subscribers and others will be bundled by the cablecos at a reduced price, as Sky has done with Netflix and the Sky Box Sets.

The fragmentation of sports coverage and the price of these services is a problem, however, but we will probably end up with three or four main players including Sky and presumably BT. I would not discount Eleven Sports at this stage, but the other main players could possibly include Discovery, Disney or Amazon. The technical issues associated with streaming, including latency, should be resolved over the next couple of years or so.

I think we have much to look forward to rather than be nervous about, and competition between these services should keep prices down to an acceptable level. Just look at how the streaming services have improved our choice of non-sports programming from a few short years ago, offering excellent value for money.
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